Memorable Quotes:
“At its core, what we really mean by the brightest bulb challenge is a leader who’s going from making or cultivating or creating a thing to turning towards making, cultivating, creating a team.” – Ray Foote
“When we’re moving into a leadership role, we become more abstracted from the doing of the work. And now our success as a leader is measured not by our individual contribution, but by the collective output of the group.” – Andy Crissinger
“When I was an individual contributor, I could really think much more myopically about my contributions, but now that I’m a leader, I have to make this shift to recognizing I’m not successful unless the team is thriving.” – Andy Crissinger
“Being able to quantify kind of how am I spending my time can often show up as doing even a time audit is a fantastic tool to use just to see and be able to be objective about it.” – Ray Foote
“There is no magic book to tell you how to do this stuff. You will come up with your own way to realize this, to manifest this balance.” – Ray Foote
“The individual contributor work can be so satisfying and it can feel so safe. We know we’re doing well when we’re doing that work well. The thought of letting go of that can be really scary for folks. And so we may be hanging on to the IC work because it feels really unsafe to not do that. Will I be good in this new role? Will I be contributing enough? Will people see me as valuable? “ – Andy Crissinger
“It may feel somewhat insurmountable in the beginning, but over time you will develop your way. Engaging with that process and seeing it as a learning process and an opportunity actually to expand your ability to make more things at scale can be a way to support yourself.” – Ray Foote
