Posts tagged with ‘management’

  • How to Stay Valuable in the Age of AI

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    Artificial intelligence is changing the workplace faster than almost any technology we have experienced in decades. Some people see...

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  • Employee Reviews That Matter

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    Most managers think employee reviews are about evaluating past performance. They’re not. An effective review is about helping an...

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  • Loud Quitting: Tantrum your way out of future job prospects.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-QuietCuitting01.mp3The trend had been “quiet quitting” where an employee stops putting out any effort at all at work, but...

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  • Back To Work! (in-person)

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-BackToWork01.mp3Major companies say productivity and creativity are suffering from remote work and are now ordering workers back to the...

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  • Chasing the Dream! A good way to lose everything.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-ChasingTheDream01.mp3You have heard about “chasing the dream,” but is it a fool’s errand in the end? In this Tough...

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  • The nature of indecisive leadership and its effect on a company.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-IndecisiveLeadership01.mp3A job title doesn’t make the leader. In this edition of the Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn explores...

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  • Be more than just about profit, and profit follows.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-MoreThanProfit01.mp3Fictional Wall Street tycoon Gordon Gekko famously uttered the words, “greed is good.” But, for real life CEOs with...

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  • “Crap Happens”

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Crap-Happens01.mp3“The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was a prime example of people and organizations who seek to place...

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  • Belt Tightening in Recession

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-BeltTightening01.mp3You can’t control the world, but you can lead your company through a downturn. How? In this Tough Things...

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  • Working hard or Work-a-holic? There’s a costly difference.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-WorkaHolic01.mp3Is it easy to fall into the work-a-holic trap. Did you know that working 80 hours a week does...

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  • Quiet Quitting: How to reverse it in the age of remote work.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-QuietQuitting01.mp3Quiet quitting isn’t just a buzzword, it’s happening. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn discussing this costly...

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  • Proof of Concept

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Experimentation01.mp3It is one of the toughest tasks for the successful entrepreneur. That’s why your proof of concept should get...

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  • Ray Zinn: “An excuse is nothing more than a reason wrapped in a bag of poop.”

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Excuses01.mp3Ray Zinn, the longer serving CEO in Silicon Valley, was well known for fostering a culture of  “do whatever...

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  • The Right Company Hires the Right Person

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-HiringAdvice01.mp3In thirty-seven years as CEO of Micrel Semiconductor, Ray Zinn has done his share of hiring at all levels....

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  • Who Moved the Cheese?

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-RobertBarker-Cheese01b.mp3The ability to pivot is not only an option in business, but also a necessity. In this Tough Things...

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