stress management, personnel issues and development, hiring & firing, team building, managing both up and down the organization
This post about forgiveness vs. permission truly resonates with me. Anybody doing Agile programming has already implemented many of these thoughts, or at least should have. But what about the rest of the organization? What … Read more
Paul Graham wrote about successful vs. unsuccessful teams. The sentence that grabbed me was “The startups that do best are fire-and-forget in the sense that all you have to do is give them a lead, … Read more
For those of you old enough to remember Super Bowl XXVII, you’ll remember one of the biggest bone-headed plays in the history of the big game. Leon Lett started celebrating what would have been a … Read more
One of my favorite sports movies is “42” I mentioned to my wife after the movie that “every kid in America should see this movie.” If you haven’t seen it, watch it with your kids! … Read more
There are books that you read and they stay with you long after you are done. One book I read that fits that description is “What Were They Thinking” by Jeffrey Pfeffer. His book … Read more
When you take hiring and sales reps stress and add a dose of startup dynamic what you end up with is a really complicated mess! Startups are one of the most exciting yet stressful places … Read more
Hiring is a difficult thing to do well. I’ve always been fascinated at human behavior – even before I moved from Engineering to Sales almost 20 years ago, I was always watching how people reacted … Read more
There was a great post from Steve Blank about aiding a friends’ startup company that was having execution issues. The discussion primarily centered on the unhealthy relationship between sales and marketing in the company. While … Read more
Physicist Richard Feynman has two quotes that I have posted on my wall and reflect on regularly – “I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb,” and “The first principle is that you must not … Read more
Empathy gets a lot of attention from a Management perspective. Many people will tell you it’s critical to being a successful leader, others think it’s over-rated. I’m here to tell you that you cannot be … Read more
