April 10, 2016
Boss Life : A Leadership Story Never Told
TL;DR? Watch the 1 minute summary below.Many leadership and management books come from big, noteworthy businesses. Fortune 500s, celebrity CEOs,…
April 4, 2016
Jeffrey Pfeffer’s Nihilistic Masterpiece On Leadership
Jeffrey Pfeffer’s new book, Leadership.B.S, came to me as a holiday gift. I’d noticed the striking yellow cover and red stamp on…
April 2, 2016
Perks. Why Tech Companies Have It So Good
Life of Luxury Perks. Employees at tech companies have it so good. Google employees get high quality food for breakfast,…
March 28, 2016
Inexpensive Ways To Show Employees You Care
A few years back, I found myself in an argument with our IT department about standard equipment and refresh policies for my team. They wanted us to move off Macs and standardize on Windows, use small monitors and buy new…
March 27, 2016
It’s Time To Leap, With Seth Godin
If you aren’t familiar with Seth Godin. Type the word “Seth” into Google. His blog is the first result, ranking…
March 27, 2016
Mental Resilience Is A Raft On The Ocean
Think of mental resilience as being a raft. Everything happening around you is the ocean. At first your raft is a few planks of wood,…
March 22, 2016
Three Words Every Manager Should Say To Their Team
Here’s the scene... I have just taken on the largest team I’ve ever managed. I have prepared for this challenge diligently. I know where I want to take the team and how we’re going to get there. Because I believe…
March 22, 2016
Self-Management Has A Go-To-Market Problem
My good friend Josh Allan Dykstra recently wrote a piece called The Future Of Managers, Is No Managers in which…
March 4, 2016
Practicing Acceptance In The Rain
Acceptance is the art of being at peace in uncomfortable situations. When things aren't going our way we try…
