Insights on leadership, entrepreneurialism and management
Life Can Be the Pits
Read more“This isn’t fun!” Life – including the mundane moments, unmet expectations, and plain old enduring – seems like a drag to many people. To others, these challenges are the spices of life. This last group are quite often entrepreneurs....
Your Personal Brand
Read moreIago knew of what he spoke of when saying, “Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls.” Your “good name” is your brand. It is what you are known for, whether...
The Pros and Cons Of Venture Capital
Read moreThe only thing more popular in Silicon Valley than food and sex is venture capital. Silicon Valley runs on the stuff. It is part of the intellectual infrastructure of high tech. Rare is the bootstrapped start-up or a company...
Asking the right question
Read moreThere is an old adage that says one should seek to understand before seeking to be understood. I say we have two ears and only one mouth for a reason – because we need to listen twice as much...
Rusty Golden Handcuffs
Read moreThe history of American slavery notes that some slaves reluctantly accepted their shackles, knowing that their harsh life at least provided shelter and food. Yet they wanted to flee. This is frighteningly like how employees relate to golden handcuffs....
Your Problem Employee is The Dysfunctional-Functional Employee
Read moreOne of the biggest mistakes that I made while running my company Micrel for 37 years was to hang on to those employees who are extremely functional in that they produce a lot of high-quality work, but were dysfunctional...