You should write. It's good for your career.

Writing makes you stand out. It shows that you're a mentor, teacher, thought-leader, and that you’re willing to share your ideas. It's great for career development, and great for your team too.

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I’m constantly coaching my teams to write.

There are so many great reasons. Writing is good for your career, good for your team, good for opening up new opportunities. Sit back, take some time, and imagine clearing your head of all those interesting thoughts, ideas, and problems — putting them on paper, and realizing some of the benefits for your own career.

Knowledge should be shared, not hoarded

A while back I wrote an article, Why being a hero isn’t great. The gist of the article is pretty straightforward. Some people keep knowledge to themselves, they focus entirely on making themselves valuable by allowing crises to develop. It’s a destructive role to play and one that’s terrible for the team dynamic.

The antithesis of that “hero” role is someone that tries to lift their team up. Share their knowledge, make the team itself better, stronger, and able to respond to crises together.

These are the kinds of team members every manager wants.

I worked with an…