Leaders: your calendar is your culture and your strategy. Set it carefully

Forget mission statements and forget the list of values posted in the boardroom. If you really want to understand a team’s culture, start by looking at a leader’s calendar. In an era when artificial intelligence is automating more of our work than ever, a leader’s calendar has become one of the most powerful tools for building trust and culture that we possess. Every meeting we schedule, every one-on-one we cancel, every interruption we allow, and every hour we protect sends...