People want to help: put them in position through giving
Everything except the most simple tasks needs a team.
We expect direct support, the kind of support from our boss or teammates.
However, we rarely account for the indirect support, those that come from people on adjacent teams and mentors.
Those people, who I like to call your shadow team, are the ones that keep your blind spots clean.
How do you create that team?
Give.
Give your time and energy to help those who don’t have to reciprocate.
That simple act, done honestly, creates a shadow team of people who have your back.
Problems are a lot easier to deal with when they never get to you.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 