Nate Jackson
@thatnatejackson.bsky.social
The Thursday wisdom that changed how I lead:
HIGH EXPECTATIONS + HIGH SUPPORT = High Performance
HIGH EXPECTATIONS + LOW SUPPORT = Burnout
LOW EXPECTATIONS + HIGH SUPPORT = Comfort Zone
LOW EXPECTATIONS + LOW SUPPORT = Failure
Where is your team right now?
💭 Comment your honest assessment below
HIGH EXPECTATIONS + HIGH SUPPORT = High Performance
HIGH EXPECTATIONS + LOW SUPPORT = Burnout
LOW EXPECTATIONS + HIGH SUPPORT = Comfort Zone
LOW EXPECTATIONS + LOW SUPPORT = Failure
Where is your team right now?
💭 Comment your honest assessment below
June 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Thursday wisdom that changed how I lead:
HIGH EXPECTATIONS + HIGH SUPPORT = High Performance
HIGH EXPECTATIONS + LOW SUPPORT = Burnout
LOW EXPECTATIONS + HIGH SUPPORT = Comfort Zone
LOW EXPECTATIONS + LOW SUPPORT = Failure
Where is your team right now?
💭 Comment your honest assessment below
HIGH EXPECTATIONS + HIGH SUPPORT = High Performance
HIGH EXPECTATIONS + LOW SUPPORT = Burnout
LOW EXPECTATIONS + HIGH SUPPORT = Comfort Zone
LOW EXPECTATIONS + LOW SUPPORT = Failure
Where is your team right now?
💭 Comment your honest assessment below
The paradox of accountability:
The more you hold people accountable for outcomes they don't fully control, the less accountable they actually feel.
True accountability starts with clear ownership of the controllable inputs.
The more you hold people accountable for outcomes they don't fully control, the less accountable they actually feel.
True accountability starts with clear ownership of the controllable inputs.
April 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The paradox of accountability:
The more you hold people accountable for outcomes they don't fully control, the less accountable they actually feel.
True accountability starts with clear ownership of the controllable inputs.
The more you hold people accountable for outcomes they don't fully control, the less accountable they actually feel.
True accountability starts with clear ownership of the controllable inputs.
Good Morning Team Builders!
What separates exceptional teams from merely good ones isn't talent or resources.
It's how they handle disagreement.
The best teams disagree more frequently—but more productively.
What separates exceptional teams from merely good ones isn't talent or resources.
It's how they handle disagreement.
The best teams disagree more frequently—but more productively.
April 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good Morning Team Builders!
What separates exceptional teams from merely good ones isn't talent or resources.
It's how they handle disagreement.
The best teams disagree more frequently—but more productively.
What separates exceptional teams from merely good ones isn't talent or resources.
It's how they handle disagreement.
The best teams disagree more frequently—but more productively.
Mentorship creates followers.
Coaching creates leaders.
The difference?
Mentors provide answers.
Coaches provide questions.
Coaching creates leaders.
The difference?
Mentors provide answers.
Coaches provide questions.
April 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Mentorship creates followers.
Coaching creates leaders.
The difference?
Mentors provide answers.
Coaches provide questions.
Coaching creates leaders.
The difference?
Mentors provide answers.
Coaches provide questions.
The ultimate leadership test:
If you disappeared for a month, would your team's performance:
1. Collapse immediately
2. Maintain briefly then decline
3. Continue at the same level
4. Improve without you
Your answer reveals everything.
If you disappeared for a month, would your team's performance:
1. Collapse immediately
2. Maintain briefly then decline
3. Continue at the same level
4. Improve without you
Your answer reveals everything.
April 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The ultimate leadership test:
If you disappeared for a month, would your team's performance:
1. Collapse immediately
2. Maintain briefly then decline
3. Continue at the same level
4. Improve without you
Your answer reveals everything.
If you disappeared for a month, would your team's performance:
1. Collapse immediately
2. Maintain briefly then decline
3. Continue at the same level
4. Improve without you
Your answer reveals everything.
Good Morning, Team Builders!
The leadership metric that predicts team success better than any other:
How quickly information about failures moves up the organization without being filtered.
The leadership metric that predicts team success better than any other:
How quickly information about failures moves up the organization without being filtered.
April 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good Morning, Team Builders!
The leadership metric that predicts team success better than any other:
How quickly information about failures moves up the organization without being filtered.
The leadership metric that predicts team success better than any other:
How quickly information about failures moves up the organization without being filtered.
Good Morning Team Builders!
The most dangerous leadership myth:
"I need to have all the answers."
The strongest leaders aren't those who know everything, but those who can access the right knowledge at the right time.
The most dangerous leadership myth:
"I need to have all the answers."
The strongest leaders aren't those who know everything, but those who can access the right knowledge at the right time.
April 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good Morning Team Builders!
The most dangerous leadership myth:
"I need to have all the answers."
The strongest leaders aren't those who know everything, but those who can access the right knowledge at the right time.
The most dangerous leadership myth:
"I need to have all the answers."
The strongest leaders aren't those who know everything, but those who can access the right knowledge at the right time.
The question that transformed my week planning:
"What conversations am I avoiding that need to happen this week?"
Courage today prevents crisis tomorrow.
"What conversations am I avoiding that need to happen this week?"
Courage today prevents crisis tomorrow.
April 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The question that transformed my week planning:
"What conversations am I avoiding that need to happen this week?"
Courage today prevents crisis tomorrow.
"What conversations am I avoiding that need to happen this week?"
Courage today prevents crisis tomorrow.
Leadership maturity is measured by how you respond when someone challenges your thinking.
Defensiveness signals insecurity.
Curiosity signals confidence.
Defensiveness signals insecurity.
Curiosity signals confidence.
April 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Leadership maturity is measured by how you respond when someone challenges your thinking.
Defensiveness signals insecurity.
Curiosity signals confidence.
Defensiveness signals insecurity.
Curiosity signals confidence.
Good Morning Team Builders!
Sunday planning thought: Most teams don't lack capacity.
They lack focus.
What one priority, if accomplished this week, would make everything else easier or unnecessary?
Sunday planning thought: Most teams don't lack capacity.
They lack focus.
What one priority, if accomplished this week, would make everything else easier or unnecessary?
April 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good Morning Team Builders!
Sunday planning thought: Most teams don't lack capacity.
They lack focus.
What one priority, if accomplished this week, would make everything else easier or unnecessary?
Sunday planning thought: Most teams don't lack capacity.
They lack focus.
What one priority, if accomplished this week, would make everything else easier or unnecessary?
Weekend thought: The best work environments aren't those with the fewest problems.
They're those where problems can be safely named and effectively addressed.
They're those where problems can be safely named and effectively addressed.
April 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Weekend thought: The best work environments aren't those with the fewest problems.
They're those where problems can be safely named and effectively addressed.
They're those where problems can be safely named and effectively addressed.
Burnout doesn't come from working too many hours.
It comes from making too little impact.
People can sustain incredible output when their effort translates to meaningful results.
It comes from making too little impact.
People can sustain incredible output when their effort translates to meaningful results.
April 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Burnout doesn't come from working too many hours.
It comes from making too little impact.
People can sustain incredible output when their effort translates to meaningful results.
It comes from making too little impact.
People can sustain incredible output when their effort translates to meaningful results.
Good Morning Team Builders!
The most underrated leadership skill is defining the problem correctly.
Most teams jump to solutions before agreeing on what problem they're actually solving.
The most underrated leadership skill is defining the problem correctly.
Most teams jump to solutions before agreeing on what problem they're actually solving.
April 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good Morning Team Builders!
The most underrated leadership skill is defining the problem correctly.
Most teams jump to solutions before agreeing on what problem they're actually solving.
The most underrated leadership skill is defining the problem correctly.
Most teams jump to solutions before agreeing on what problem they're actually solving.
Friday reflection:
The most powerful question to ask at the end of each week isn't "What did I accomplish?"
It's "What did I make possible for others to accomplish?"
The most powerful question to ask at the end of each week isn't "What did I accomplish?"
It's "What did I make possible for others to accomplish?"
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Friday reflection:
The most powerful question to ask at the end of each week isn't "What did I accomplish?"
It's "What did I make possible for others to accomplish?"
The most powerful question to ask at the end of each week isn't "What did I accomplish?"
It's "What did I make possible for others to accomplish?"
Leadership truth: Everyone watches what the boss pays attention to.
Not what you say matters.
Not what you measure matters.
What you personally show interest in matters.
Not what you say matters.
Not what you measure matters.
What you personally show interest in matters.
April 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Leadership truth: Everyone watches what the boss pays attention to.
Not what you say matters.
Not what you measure matters.
What you personally show interest in matters.
Not what you say matters.
Not what you measure matters.
What you personally show interest in matters.
Good Morning Team Builders!
Your calendar reveals your actual priorities better than your words do.
Where does your time go when you're not in crisis mode?
That's what you truly value.
Your calendar reveals your actual priorities better than your words do.
Where does your time go when you're not in crisis mode?
That's what you truly value.
April 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good Morning Team Builders!
Your calendar reveals your actual priorities better than your words do.
Where does your time go when you're not in crisis mode?
That's what you truly value.
Your calendar reveals your actual priorities better than your words do.
Where does your time go when you're not in crisis mode?
That's what you truly value.
Three words that transform feedback conversations:
"I'm noticing that..."
This phrase makes observations feel less like accusations and more like shared data.
"I'm noticing that..."
This phrase makes observations feel less like accusations and more like shared data.
April 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Three words that transform feedback conversations:
"I'm noticing that..."
This phrase makes observations feel less like accusations and more like shared data.
"I'm noticing that..."
This phrase makes observations feel less like accusations and more like shared data.
What you tolerate defines your culture more than what you promote.
The behaviors you allow without consequence become your real values, regardless of what's on your wall.
The behaviors you allow without consequence become your real values, regardless of what's on your wall.
April 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What you tolerate defines your culture more than what you promote.
The behaviors you allow without consequence become your real values, regardless of what's on your wall.
The behaviors you allow without consequence become your real values, regardless of what's on your wall.
Good Morning Team Builders!
The strongest indicator of leadership potential isn't intelligence, charisma, or drive.
It's how quickly someone takes ownership of problems that aren't technically "their job."
The strongest indicator of leadership potential isn't intelligence, charisma, or drive.
It's how quickly someone takes ownership of problems that aren't technically "their job."
April 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good Morning Team Builders!
The strongest indicator of leadership potential isn't intelligence, charisma, or drive.
It's how quickly someone takes ownership of problems that aren't technically "their job."
The strongest indicator of leadership potential isn't intelligence, charisma, or drive.
It's how quickly someone takes ownership of problems that aren't technically "their job."
If your meetings end with people unclear about:
1. Who owns what
2. By when
3. How success is measured
You didn't have a meeting. You had a conversation.
1. Who owns what
2. By when
3. How success is measured
You didn't have a meeting. You had a conversation.
April 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
If your meetings end with people unclear about:
1. Who owns what
2. By when
3. How success is measured
You didn't have a meeting. You had a conversation.
1. Who owns what
2. By when
3. How success is measured
You didn't have a meeting. You had a conversation.
When you explain the "why" behind decisions, compliance increases by 40%.
When you involve people in the "how," ownership increases by 70%.
Most leaders do neither consistently.
When you involve people in the "how," ownership increases by 70%.
Most leaders do neither consistently.
April 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When you explain the "why" behind decisions, compliance increases by 40%.
When you involve people in the "how," ownership increases by 70%.
Most leaders do neither consistently.
When you involve people in the "how," ownership increases by 70%.
Most leaders do neither consistently.
Good Morning Team Builders!
The most expensive communication mistake in business:
Confusing agreement with alignment.
Agreement is nodding your head. Alignment is changing your behavior.
The most expensive communication mistake in business:
Confusing agreement with alignment.
Agreement is nodding your head. Alignment is changing your behavior.
April 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good Morning Team Builders!
The most expensive communication mistake in business:
Confusing agreement with alignment.
Agreement is nodding your head. Alignment is changing your behavior.
The most expensive communication mistake in business:
Confusing agreement with alignment.
Agreement is nodding your head. Alignment is changing your behavior.
Most team issues aren't capability problems.
They're coordination problems masquerading as capability problems.
Does your team lack skills or clarity?
They're coordination problems masquerading as capability problems.
Does your team lack skills or clarity?
April 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Most team issues aren't capability problems.
They're coordination problems masquerading as capability problems.
Does your team lack skills or clarity?
They're coordination problems masquerading as capability problems.
Does your team lack skills or clarity?
Complex problems → Simple solutions.
Simple problems → Complex solutions.
The difference?
Novice leaders solve simple problems with complex solutions.
Expert leaders solve complex problems with simple solutions.
Simple problems → Complex solutions.
The difference?
Novice leaders solve simple problems with complex solutions.
Expert leaders solve complex problems with simple solutions.
April 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Complex problems → Simple solutions.
Simple problems → Complex solutions.
The difference?
Novice leaders solve simple problems with complex solutions.
Expert leaders solve complex problems with simple solutions.
Simple problems → Complex solutions.
The difference?
Novice leaders solve simple problems with complex solutions.
Expert leaders solve complex problems with simple solutions.
Most leaders waste 23 hours every week in meetings.
What if I told you that top-performing teams have a radical solution that completely transforms how they communicate?
What if I told you that top-performing teams have a radical solution that completely transforms how they communicate?
April 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Most leaders waste 23 hours every week in meetings.
What if I told you that top-performing teams have a radical solution that completely transforms how they communicate?
What if I told you that top-performing teams have a radical solution that completely transforms how they communicate?