Runs on People · Dailyhttps://runsonpeople.com/daily/ One thought and one small action a day, for anyone who looks after people.en-gb Most courage at work is quiet. It's saying the true thing in the meeting where it's awkward.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-11-09Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Say one honest thing today that you'd normally soften into nothing. (Hard days)Saying no to the wrong things is how you keep saying yes to your people.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-11-08Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Decline or hand back one request that isn't yours to carry. (Yourself)By the time someone resigns, they decided months ago. The question is whether you noticed.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-11-07Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Ask one person what would make them want to stay another three years. (Your team)Integrity is doing what you said you would, even when nobody would ever check.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-11-06Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Follow through on one small promise nobody would notice you'd forgotten. (Every manager)A setback shared with the team becomes a problem you solve together. Hidden, it becomes a rumour.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-11-05Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Share one setback openly, along with what happens next. (Hard days)The manager who keeps asking keeps learning. Certainty is where curiosity goes to stop.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-11-04Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Learn one thing today from someone more junior than you. (Yourself)People grow when the work is slightly beyond them and someone they trust is standing close by.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-11-03Tue, 03 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Hand one person a stretch task, and tell them you'll back them. (Your team)Silence in a meeting isn't agreement. Often it's the opposite.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-11-02Mon, 02 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Before closing a decision, ask, “What would make this not work?” (Every manager)Change is won in the middle months, long after the launch, when the excitement has gone.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-11-01Sun, 01 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Check in on a change you started three months ago. (Leading change)Rest is not something you earn by being exhausted.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-31Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Stop work at a set time today, and tell someone you're doing it. (Yourself)Culture is visible in meetings: who speaks, who gets interrupted, who gets the credit.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-30Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Watch who talks in your next meeting, and who doesn't. (Your team)Good managers make themselves a little less necessary every year.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Teach someone one thing only you know how to do. (Every manager)Rumours fill whatever space you leave empty.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-28Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Share what you know now, even if it's incomplete. (Leading change)On the worst days, go back to basics: listen, be fair, tell the truth.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-27Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Pick one of those three and do it deliberately today. (Hard days)Your job isn't to be the cleverest person in the room. It's to make the room cleverer.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-26Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: In your next meeting, ask a question where you'd normally give an answer. (Your team)Fairness isn't treating everyone the same. It's giving everyone what they need to do well.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-25Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Ask one person what support would help them most right now. (Every manager)Every change costs someone something. Acknowledge it, even when you're sure the change is right.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-24Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Work out who pays the price for this change, and thank them. (Leading change)Not every problem is yours to solve today. Some just need holding until tomorrow.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-23Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Write down the problem that's keeping you up, and leave it on the desk. (Hard days)You were promoted for doing the work. You'll be remembered for helping other people do theirs.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-22Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Spend an hour today on someone else's progress rather than your own list. (Yourself)You manage the work, but you lead the people. Confuse the two and both suffer.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-21Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: For today's biggest task, ask: is this about the work or the person? (Every manager)Leading change means going first. People believe what you do, not what you announce.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-20Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Use the new way of working yourself, visibly, this week. (Leading change)After you've delivered bad news, your team needs your presence more than your explanations.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-19Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: After hard news, walk round or call round. Be easy to find. (Hard days)Listening isn't waiting for your turn. It's being willing to have your mind changed.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: In one conversation today, ask a follow-up question before giving any view. (Yourself)One brilliant person who makes everyone around them smaller costs more than they deliver.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-17Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Tell someone who makes their colleagues better that you've noticed. (Your team)Your enthusiasts are a gift. Your sceptics are an early warning system. You need both.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-16Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Have a coffee with your most sceptical colleague and ask what they see. (Leading change)Losing a good person hurts. Let it, and then ask what it's teaching you.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-15Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Write down one thing you'd do differently to keep the next one. (Hard days)Your mood walks into the room before you do. People read it in seconds.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-14Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Before your first conversation, take one minute to notice how you're arriving. (Yourself)Someone on your team is carrying something you don't know about. Leave room for that.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-13Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Give one person the benefit of the doubt you'd want for yourself. (Your team)Hiring is the most important decision you'll make, and the one most often rushed.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-12Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Give your next hiring decision more time than you'd planned. (Every manager)The pressure you feel doesn't have to be the pressure you pass on.https://runsonpeople.com/daily/ daily-2026-10-11Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Try today: Absorb one piece of pressure today rather than passing it down. (Hard days)