If you want to be a successful leader, ask for feedback

Feedback is a boondoggle concept for a lot of people; it’s another one of those things that supposedly will be ushered into the mainstream with the advent of millennials in the workforce, although no one is entirely sure. Right now, you… Continue Reading

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Ah, look. Another leadership study. What can we learn?

Damn, leadership. You scary. (Family Guy reference.) Everybody seems to chase it, and everybody wants to be good at it, and there’s this belief that maybe in the coming generations the idea of being “a good leader” will actually have… Continue Reading

Here’s a new way to start work projects

Stop and think for a second, sir. Continue Reading

WTF? Average CMO tenure is only 48 months? 23 percent of top jobs are open annually?

Marketing Department and CMO Churn

Here’s an article with a ton of buzzwords that reads like a catalog of CMOs who have been promoted in recent years; it’s actually really hard to get through without gagging or trying to smash your computer into 48 pieces… Continue Reading

How about this meetings-open-with-a-memo idea, eh?

Amazon Meetings And Memos Before Meetings

Cool article here on “extroverted leadership.” You say “extroverted leadership” to a random rank-and-file at a company, and they probably will instantly quote you their fucking Meyers-Briggs four-letter combo. (Pavlovian.) In reality, though, introverts and extroverts and the interplay of the… Continue Reading

Please stop writing articles about “hiring with intention”

Hiring With Intention Doesn't Exist

This is a concept that doesn’t really exist. Why do we discuss it like it does? Continue Reading

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Asking questions: Less accusatory, more empowering

How To Ask Better Questions

If you really stop and think about it for a few seconds, the whole idea of “asking good questions” is really important to (a) society and (b) work. (“Relationships” would fit here too.) No one knows everything — although there… Continue Reading

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Do these five things well and you’ll make money and keep your best people

Keys To Employee Engagement Purpose At Work

This is a great post by Josh Bersin at Forbes if you’re the type of person who believes in employee engagement and the development of corporate culture, which you might not be. (This might be your attitude.) I recommend you… Continue Reading