Leadership

Success Through Adversity
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Adversity is like manure; it stinks but it helps us grow. If any one lesson could be imparted to...
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Crafting The Ideal Workplace
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A lot of people enjoy working from home, because to them it is the ideal workplace. So why isn’t...
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Changing Silicon Valley
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Silicon Valley is working well, but is increasingly broken. We have venture capitalists to thank and blame for both....
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Success with People
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Originally posted on LinkedIn Pulse “Mankind was my business,” wailed the ghost of Jacob Marley. In life, nothing is...
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Tough Things First Podcast Launches
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The Tough Things First Podcast launched today. As if I were not busy enough. Several people have told me...
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Entrepreneur Stress
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“If it wasn’t for the stress, I’d never get anything done!” Every entrepreneur gets a bucket of stress, but...
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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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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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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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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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Four steps to stop entrepreneurial procrastination
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I saw Warren Muller, my co-founder at Micrel, pulling an oil tray from under his automobile and pouring the...
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A Company Divided Against Itself …
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To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, a company divided against itself cannot stand. The foreshadowed collapse comes from office politics, a...
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Success Through Adversity

Crafting The Ideal Workplace

Changing Silicon Valley

Success with People

Tough Things First Podcast Launches

Entrepreneur Stress

The Employee Happiness Quotient

How to control events and employees without actually controlling them

Passion and stress: Firing up the team without burning them out

Momentum: how to keep employees engaged and energetic for the entire year

When Bonuses Aren’t

Entrepreneurial Stall Horns

The Secret to Employee Happiness

Four steps to stop entrepreneurial procrastination

A Company Divided Against Itself …