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They’re exhausted. They haven’t taken a vacation day in almost a year. And while they put on a brave face, everyone can see they’re struggling. Burnout...
As a young founder, my heroes were the leaders of great tech companies — CEOs like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. I’d watch them being interviewed and...
Are you a productive procrastinator?
Maybe your friends see you as fiercely productive, but you’re secretly avoiding the one thing that actually matters — that...
Workshops may seem like something only a professional trainer needs to worry about. However, the ability to run an effective workshop is a major asset to senior leaders.
There...
If you ask CEOs about their business strategy, you might hear statements such as:
- ‘Our strategy is to help our customers do X.’
- ‘Our strategy is to grow...
A practical insight that can help you, and your team, find meaning in your daily work.
We all need a sense of purpose in our lives, but when we can’t find one, it can...
Human beings need to feel some sense of certainty in order to act. So how do you get people to act when there is no certainty . . . like in a new business?
There are two ways to...
In my viral essay, ‘The Best Way to Develop Your Team Isn’t Feedback’, I make the case that if your goal is to help your people develop, then sharing your...
New companies usually have few processes in place, so team members are often encouraged to ‘figure it out’. But as the team grows, so does the complexity.
Life throws a lot of paradoxes at you. For example, you need to work as hard as humanly possible but you also need to have a life. You need to listen to customers but you also...
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