Send to Kindle One of the hardest parts of any job is working with difficult people. No matter what your assignment, if there are other people who make it hard for you to get your work done or who make you feel unhappy, unsupported, or misunderstood while you’re doing your work, it can turn going [...]
Send to Kindle This is a post I have been thinking about for a long time, but didn’t have the balls [figuratively of course] to write until now (more on why below). If you are running an engineering organization of 5 or more people, and your product is launched, you shouldn’t be writing code. Trust [...]
Send to Kindle I set out to do my startup at the end of January. I had worked in startups the last 6+ years so you think I would know what it takes. But transitioning from a work-for-someone-else job to a 2-person startup has been a difficult one. I used to spend most of [...]
Send to Kindle Meetings suck – my tips to make your meetings better (or at least less worse) [not sure that sentence even makes sense, but I liked the ring of it] I hate meetings. I wish I didn’t talk as much as I did. I waste too much time. And these are [...]
Send to Kindle Build your own personal advisory board In a lot of people’s minds, entrepreneurs and innovators often stand out as super-individuals; ones who had a vision and just made it happen all on their own, through sheer determination and force of spirit. It’s easy to get caught up in that mindset and [...]
Send to Kindle Happy Valentines Day! First a quick personal update, and then on to the good stuff I have been absent the last few weeks – quiet on twitter, behind on email, and missing on my blog. I am working furiously to launch an MVP of my first leadership tool (and I [...]
Send to Kindle I have some news: As of last week, I am officially an entrepreneur! I had planned to leave Decide this year, even before I had interviewed I planned to start my company in 2013 (and for those who with concerns, don’t worry, I told everyone involved up front about my plans). And while [...]
Send to Kindle Lots of people want to work at startups these days. And for good reason. When I left my former positions at big companies like Microsoft and Amazon, I caught the startup bug and got hooked on the challenge and opportunity they provided. But the thing that we all love about startups – [...]
Staring is Creepy – Time to Develop Networking Skills (some are obvious, but surprisingly difficult)
Send to Kindle Networking: Mastering the Art of Small Talk Do you want to know what I consider a form of torture? Walking into an event knowing I am going to spend the next few hours making polite conversation with lots of strangers, all while trying to seem like I am having a good time. [...]
Send to Kindle What are your predictions for the year? I don’t know about you, but my year is already starting out in a wild and crazy way (more news on that soon)…. I love New Year’s because it’s such a perfect opportunity to reflect on the year that has passed; I can look back [...]