Insights on leadership, entrepreneurialism and management
Entrepreneur Stress
Read more“If it wasn’t for the stress, I’d never get anything done!” Every entrepreneur gets a bucket of stress, but they handle it differently. The fellow I quoted above used stress as a motivational tool, dealing quickly with business issues...
The key to hiring the best employees
Read moreMicrel had the lowest employee turnover rate in the American semiconductor industry, and the highest rate of boomerang (returning) employees. I personally have hired hundreds of people and Micrel hired thousands. Hiring the right employee matters more than most...
The Employee Happiness Quotient
Read moreUnhappy employees don’t contribute much and rarely stay for long. Micrel, the semiconductor company I founded and led for 37 profitable years, had happy employees. We had the highest retention rate in the industry, and though it is not...
The key to hiring the best employees
Read moreMicrel had the lowest employee turnover rate in the American semiconductor industry, and the highest rate of boomerang (returning) employees. I personally have hired hundreds of people and Micrel hired thousands. Hiring the right employee matters more than most...
What every employee should know when he’s looking for a new job
Read moreOddly, very few people are prepared for job interviews. In 37 year of running Micrel, and in the process becoming the longest serving CEO in Silicon Valley, I have interviewed thousands of people. Knowing that hiring someone is like...
How to control events and employees without actually controlling them
Read moreDictators are typically unpopular and short-lived. It is little wonder. People are by nature free agents, and resist being controlled. In a market economy, micromanaging employees – to be their dictator – causes the smart ones to leave and...