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Episode 1: Doing the Tough Things First
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Tough-Things-First-Podcast-Episode-1-Doing-the-Tough-Things-First1.mp3Doing the tough things first. Learning to love doing what you don’t like to do. These are aspects of true...
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The Employee Happiness Quotient
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Unhappy employees don’t contribute much and rarely stay for long. Micrel, the semiconductor company I founded and led for...
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The key to hiring the best employees
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Micrel had the lowest employee turnover rate in the American semiconductor industry, and the highest rate of boomerang (returning)...
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What every employee should know when he’s looking for a new job
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Oddly, very few people are prepared for job interviews. In 37 year of running Micrel, and in the process...
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How to control events and employees without actually controlling them
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Dictators are typically unpopular and short-lived. It is little wonder. People are by nature free agents, and resist being...
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Passion and stress: Firing up the team without burning them out
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Passion is a good thing. During the 37 years at the helm of Micrel, we fired up our employees...
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Momentum: how to keep employees engaged and energetic for the entire year
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Keeping people engaged and energetic for the entire year, or an entire decade, is like auto maintenance. The dials,...
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Entrepreneur New Year’s Resolutions
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With a new year breaking, people across the world are penning lists of resolutions, many of which won’t last...
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When Bonuses Aren’t
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A $100,000 Christmas bonus check will certainly get your receptionist’s attention. An oil and gas company in Texas did...
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Post Consolidation in Semis
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The good news is that the latest semiconductor industry consolidation is set to wind down, and the entire industry...
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Xerox Almost Killed Us
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Adapted from Tough Things First, by Ray Zinn Xerox was responsible for a Micrel policy because they shook our...
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Frugality, VCs and Enduring Companies
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An excerpt from Tough Things First, by Ray Zinn It was a 1954 Ford coupe. Like many men on...
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Entrepreneurs Are High Hurdlers
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Adapted from Tough Things First, by Ray Zinn Running the high hurdles isn’t easy when you are vertically challenged....
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Entrepreneurial Stall Horns
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Adapted from Tough Things First, by Ray Zinn My stall horn sounded, telling me I was about to crash...
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The Secret to Employee Happiness
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What CEO doesn’t wish for an office filled with happy, creative and hyper-productive employees? The fact is, CEOs who...
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