There isn't one best answer.Many of us reach a point in our careers or in the growth of our companies when we find ourselves in a position of having people to report to us. It's a mark of some professional success. The question arises as to the kind of style we want to employ when engaging with ...
KEEP READINGNo new ground broken, they only put a new wrapper on existing practice.The Business Roundtable recently came out with a statement of purpose-;which was signed by 181 CEOs of prominent companies-;where they signaled that they would be valuing the "stakeholders" in their business: customers, employ...
KEEP READINGAs 2019 comes to a close, we wanted to share with you the top 10 blog posts of the year. They cover a wide range of topics that every entrepreneur can gain some insight from. We had just under 1 MM reads this year and the posts have been translated into 9 different languages. Each blog is auth...
KEEP READINGDependence on Talent over Systems can Stall Your GrowthOne of the things we celebrate, particularly in entrepreneurial organizations, is the last-minute effort a person or a team puts in to beat a tough deadline. Maybe it's a product team hustling to complete a prototype against the clock, a grou...
KEEP READINGWhen most of us are faced with making a decision in business or in our personal lives, we tend to frame it within a context of yes versus no, and that's a huge mistake.When most of us are faced with making a decision - in business or in our personal lives - we tend to frame it within a context of...
KEEP READINGInterests shift over time - you need to be prepared.I was recently working with the two founders of an entrepreneurial company. Between the two of them, they still owned most of the company. While they had grown the company substantially since its inception, the two partners began to have some se...
KEEP READINGRight now, they are not good enough and too expensive.A lot of us operate in relatively stable and existing in markets where we sell a product or service that our customers are happy with--which allows us to make money every day of the week. We also know who our primary, or "in-kind," competitors...
KEEP READINGIt's not performance or work ethic - but they help Every great leader has something in common. They have gravitas, which is to say they have executive weight, a presence that people respect and want to follow. Yes, they also need to have intellectual capability and competencies. But without gravi...
KEEP READINGIt's a high risk answer -- you want to get it right.One of the most unfair questions you can be asked during a job interview is: What salary were you expecting? This question is not only potentially unethical, but it also violates one of the cardinal rules of negotiation, which states that whoeve...
KEEP READINGThey are valuable, if they are used properly Most of us who run companies aren't lawyers, perhaps fortunately. At the same time, we are dependent on the skills, education, and background of professional attorneys to advise us. The challenge is that we have to be very careful about how we eng...
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