The Energy Detox

Q: What can Danny Tanner, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Elizabeth Warren teach you about #Leadership Humility?

A: That it’s ok to ask for a little help from your friends.

🆘 Danny Tanner—played by the late Bob Saget on 'Full House'—sought the help of his friend Joey and his brother-in-law Jesse to support Danny's daughters following the death of their mother.

🆘 The Steelers sought the help of the Jaguars, Raiders, and Chargers yesterday to make the playoffs as they helped themselves to an upset road win against the Ravens. 

🆘 Senator Warren SHOULD seek help from her friends in Appalachia as her Massachusetts constituents 1) face the potential of blackouts and #naturalgas shortages this winter; 2) pay far more for #energy than residents of Pennsylvania; and 3) rely on imports of natural gas from not-so-friendly Russians.

All that being said, this episode of 'The Energy Detox' will challenge your leadership humility and help you (G)row, (P)rotect, and (S)ustain success by encouraging you to answer these 3 questions:

💡 In what ways is your refusal to seek help hindering your ability to grow?

💡 What do you think you're protecting by ignoring assistance from others?

💡 For how long can you sustain momentum before you need a push or pull from someone else?

Geriatric Millennial Ben Roethlisberger likely played his final home game for the Steelers last night.

The Steelers may have played their final game under the shadows of giant ‘Heinz 57’ ketchup bottles last night.

And today’s live episode of The Energy Detox will use those headlines to help you defend against the value-destroying reality of ageism in the oil & gas industry—regardless of whether you’re on the kicking or receiving end of this ubiquitous problem.

#ConciousLeadership

"Net-Zero: To 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝ly go where every corporation has gone—or said they're going to go—before!"

Do you honestly believe that the predictions or resolutions you're making for the new year are "bold?"

Or do you know that what you're saying or promising isn't much different from the scripted and stale words of a CEO trying to convince his stakeholders that his company's long-term net-zero plan—or in some cases, a "plan to come up with a plan"—is something unique or praiseworthy?

Either way, this episode of The Energy Detox will help you realize that there's nothing bolder than taking action TODAY to help yourself and your company (G)row, (P)rotect, and (S)ustain success. RIGHT. NOW.

That being said—and as you devote time and #energy looking ahead to the new year and beyond—take a moment to ponder the words of Marcus Freeman from his first address to the Notre Dame football team as their head coach a few weeks ago:

"This isn't about the future...this is about right now."

#Leadership #Sustainability

Are you unwittingly spreading toxicity among your professional and personal stakeholders?

Find out now by taking a simple 3-step test that merely requires answers to these questions:

1 - In what ways are you limiting the growth of those around you?

2 - How might you be protecting yourself at the expense of others?

3 - How sustainable are your demands and expectations?

NOTE: Self-administered tests have a much higher likelihood of false negatives than tests administered by an independent third party...especially if that third party also tests your friends, family, employees, co-workers, and other close contacts.

What's one Christmas "gift" you've received that turned out to be nothing but trouble?

🎁 A new puppy...that immediately ate all the other presents?
🎁 A promotion...that destroyed a career?
🎁 Free cheese...that harmed the health of its lactose intolerant recipients?
🎁 Renewable energy...that led to a cold, dark Christmas?

On today's live Christmas-themed episode of The Energy Detox, we'll string together the following topics to help you be a more conscious leader...and gift-giver:

📰 The 40 year anniversary of the "Government Cheese" Program
📰 Last month's Strategic Petroleum Reserves headlines
📰 The unintended consequences of renewable #energy

And as always, we'll gift you 3 questions to help you (𝐆)𝐫𝐨𝐰, (𝐏)𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝐒)𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 success:

💡 Are you unwittingly growing a stockpile of moldy, smelly, and over-processed #leadership gimmicks?

💡 In what ways might the "gifts" you're giving your employees actually inflicting harm?

💡 What's one gift you can give your team that they'll actually still use a year from now?

#Leadership #Sustainability

Well, with the U.S. Department of Energy announcing a new $20 billion "Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations" yesterday, what better time to ask yourself whether you're better at TALKING about your theoretical value or DEMONSTRATING your actual results.

So, to help answer that question, today's live episode of The Energy Detox turns to the personification of CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS: the late Pittsburgh native and OxiClean spokesman Billy Mays.

The headline: 𝐃𝐎𝐄 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐰 

The goal: to (𝐆)𝐫𝐨𝐰, (𝐏)𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝐒)𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 success by pondering these 3 questions throughout your day:

💡 Do you have a clean and clear vision of the results your audience expects you to produce?

💡 How well are you protecting and promoting your prior successes?

💡 What are all the ways you can demonstrate your current and future impact on the "real world?"

#Energy #Leadership #Sustainability

If you live north of the Equator, you'll experience the shortest, darkest day of the year today.

If you follow The Energy Detox, you probably expect some friendly reminders and/or bad puns about how the #oilandgas industry helps figuratively and literally brighten the world.

If you follow workforce trends, you've undoubtedly seen headlines about rampant burnout, exhaustion, and anxiety among today's workers.

And if you tune into this live episode of "The Daily Detox," you'll answer 3 questions that will help you address employee engagement, morale, and well-being issues plaguing #energy companies today:

💡 (G)ROW: What is ONE way you can you better connect with ONE employee TODAY?

💡 (P)ROTECT: Are you unwittingly widening fractures between corporate "wellness programs" and company #culture?

💡 (S)USTAIN: How much time, money, and energy are you wasting on outside "fixes" to workplace burnout, anxiety, & disengagement?

#HumanResources #Leadership

Sustainable Leadership 101: Prevention vs. Treatment

Does it make sense for an oil & gas operator to spend $1 billion to prevent $30 million in costs associated with fishing, sidetracks, screenouts and other unplanned—yet manageable—events?

Does it make sense for leaders like you to place all your faith in a "foolproof" plan that makes you look like a fool when you're unable to adapt to some unforeseen issue?

While you're likely to answer "no" to each of those questions, you're also likely to spend more time than you should today worrying more about perfecting plans than about perfecting your ability to adapt to changing conditions...especially when it comes to talent management within your organization.

So in this LIVE episode of The Energy Detox, we'll draw upon recent industry news, a recent controversial Joe Rogan podcast, and a few sports analogies to help you ask the questions needed to appropriately balance the PREVENTION of personnel problems with the TREATMENT of talent troubles so that you—and your company—emerge as a more sustainable leader.

The headline: 𝐎𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 (by Andreas Exarheas of Rigzone)

The article: https://www.rigzone.com/news/omicron_continues_to_drive_near_term_volatility-17-dec-2021-167335-article/

The goal: to (𝐆)𝐫𝐨𝐰, (𝐏)𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝐒)𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 success by pondering these 3 questions throughout your day:

💡 How might your small and stale playbook be limiting your growth potential?

💡 Are you worrying more about your competition than your customers?

💡 Have you unwittingly become over-dependent on offense, defense, or special teams?

#HumanResources #Leadership #Culture

When it comes to investing in yourself, your team, or your company, it's easy to default to a fairly limited menu of training & development options.

But just as the decision by New York City Council yesterday to ban clean, domestic, reliable, affordable, plentiful #NaturalGas from new construction will lead to plenty of unintended consequences for NYC residents (at least the ones who don't decide to move out of NY by the time the ban takes effect), your decision—whether conscious or unconscious—to limit access to certain resources may be costing you a whole lot more than you realize.

That being said, this live episode of #TheEnergyDetox will help YOU avoid unwittingly cutting off access to resources that can elevate you and your organization above your short-sighted competitors.

The headline: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 (by Emma Newburger of CNBC)

The article: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/15/new-york-city-is-banning-natural-gas-hookups-for-new-buildings.html

The goal: to (𝐆)𝐫𝐨𝐰, (𝐏)𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝐒)𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 success by pondering these 3 questions throughout your day:

💡 What are all the resources that can best fuel sustained growth and development?

💡 Which resources are you unwittingly discouraging yourself or your stakeholders from accessing?

💡 In what ways are sexy and short-term "solutions" blinding you from proven and sustainable resources?

#HumanResources #Leadership #Sustainability

Today is not only "National Cat Herders Day," but it's also the 4th anniversary of the death of AIM: AOL Instant Messenger.

Born in May 1997, AIM left this world on December 15, 2017 at the age of 20, providing a great excuse for us today to ask how you might unwittingly be killing whatever "aims" you have as a leader...and whether the time, #energy, and money you're devoting to achieving your stated intentions are really just masking the fact that you're an ineffective leader who is aimlessly trying to herd cats.

The headlines:

📰 ‘Enormous buying power of federal government’: Biden aims for carbon-neutral U.S. by 2050 with new executive order (MarketWatch)

📰 Music Industry unites to pledge net-zero emissions by 2050 (The Guardian)

📰 Nebraska aims to decarbonize its power sector by 2050 (The Hill)

The quotes:

💬 "If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time." - Zig Ziglar

💬 "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky

💬 "Aim small, miss small." - The Patriot

The questions:

💡 (G)ROW: How well can your stakeholders articulate your supposed goals?

💡 (P)ROTECT: What's holding your team back from taking the shots needed to secure victory?

💡 (S)USTAIN: How well can you shift between big picture targets and discreet intermediate steps?

#Leadership #Sustainability