Late Career
Anyone Can Have a Big Idea. Thinking Big is About Charting a Path.
The concept of Thinking Big is not about having big ideas. It's about charting a path to accomplish great and challenging things.
Late Career
Late Career
Keep Calm and Carry On - Calm Beats Chaos Every Time
Staying calm in a crisis is a necessary component of leadership.
Late Career
Your Strength Got You Here, but Doing The Opposite Will Take You Farther
Your natural tendencies work brilliantly in the right context, but real growth comes from learning when to flip them.
Late Career
Confidence: A Legal Performance-Enhancing Drug for the Office. 7 Manipulation Tips for Winners.
You don’t need permission to lead. You just need to look, sound, and act like a person others instinctively follow. Because, yes, we're all sheep.
Late Career
“Are Right, a Lot”: The Most Misunderstood Amazon Leadership Principle
This leadership principle is less about knowing the right answer and more about getting to the right answer eventually.
Late Career
Why You Should Give Feedback — And How to Deliver It Without the Awkward Crying
The why and how to write feedback for others.
Late Career
A Time When I Was Tricked Into Being Honest — Bringing Facts Into Work Discussions
Moving discussions from emotional interpretations to facts and metrics can move a group from conflict to problem-solving.
Late Career
Do Jerks Get Hired For Management Roles, or Does Management Create Jerks?
I assumed that certain rude personalities were promoted to leadership positions. Then I both found myself being promoted, and adopting some of those behaviors.
Late Career
The Art of Simplification: Why We (over) Build When We Should Simplify
Simplifying can add as much (or more) value as building new things. The value is frequently overlooked, which creates an unfortunate trend of spending too little effort simplifying.
Late Career
4 Common But Insidious Patterns That Derail Software Projects
With experience, you can recognize the less obvious patterns which lead to costly disasters.
Late Career
6 Ways that Good People Build Trust, and Become Leaders That Others Follow
What type of leader do you want to be? One core identifying feature of admired leaders is how many people follow them to their next role. And trust is the core tool to improve that metric.
Late Career
Good Employees Follow the Rules. Great Employees Break Them.
Because the rules are meant for those who aren't as smart and brave as you. Seriously.