Tenet Round-up: The JOY Issue 📰
Oddball Leadership is marked by four core values: belonging, gratitude, curiosity, and joy. Here's a round-up of past posts based on each value. And — if you're ready to level up your leadership skills — there are some open-ended questions at the end of the post for you to ponder this week!
ICYMI: Last week we talked about curiosity. Click here to catch up!
Bri Gerzevske
This week is about my all-time favorite characteristic of Oddball Leadership: JOY!
Joy is a leadership value that a lot of people are the most skeptical of — because somewhere along the way, joy became a thing that was doled out reactively and proportionately to outputs, not a pre-existing condition for doing the work at all.
And that's just wrong. WRONG!!!
Let's dig in. 👇🏻
THE JOY READING LIST
Scattering a Hundred Griefs. "One joy scatters a hundred griefs" — ancient wisdom that's wildly applicable to leadership. And choosing joy doesn't mean pretending the hard stuff isn't hard. It means — especially when the going gets rough — sharing the shreds of joy with your team as you find them.
Playing the Part. In which I make the case for Legos and coloring books in the workplace. Earth-shattering, I know! This one is about the intentional design of an office environment where playfulness can exist — not as a distraction from effective leadership, but as a cherished feature of it.
Launch with Joy. Written in the wake of the Artemis II mission and the viral phenomenon of "moon joy," this post ponders the question my endeavors have been circling all along: What if we didn't wait for the successful splash-down to feel joy? What if we launched with it?
A FEW QUESTIONS WORTH SITTING WITH THIS WEEK
When you look at your own leadership approach, is joy something you experience — or something you plan to experience once the dust settles?
Where do you find your shred of joy at work, and how often do you share it with the people you work with?
What would it look like to design your work environment — physically, culturally, emotionally — so joy has somewhere to land?
If you have thoughts about these questions, drop me a line! I would love to hear from you.
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