Archive For The “Leadership” Category
Great Not Big is about what I’ve learned from building and running a software development company. It’s taken me a long time to clearly understand and fully appreciate the issues around decision making and acknowledgment. I probably still have things to figure out, in fact. In the meanwhile, I think it would be helpful to [...]
Oh; tears. That’s ok. We can keep talking in the meantime. That’s how I’ve handled tears in the office. Most of my experience comes either from my own strong emotional reactions or when working on hard stuff with our female employees. What’s been common to all the latter situations is a distinct sense of shame [...]
I believe in transparency as a philosophical basis from which to run a company. The resulting trust, loyalty, buy-in and contributions of your employees more than make up for the downsides. But there are indeed some downsides. The two I’ve been most aware of are inefficiency and unnecessary anxiety. One’s a simple tradeoff; the other [...]
One of my take-aways from Bob Sutton’s book, Good Boss, Bad Boss, is this observation: everyone watches the boss. I’ve been a boss long enough to be generally aware of, and at times both amused by and frustrated by this phenomenon. Sutton explained it well and really drove home the point. If you haven’t read [...]
The New York Times recently published excerpts from Adam Bryant’s new book, ”The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons From CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed“. The article describes the five characteristics of people who make it to the role of CEO in various organizations. Bryant researched his book by interviewing more than 70 [...]
