Not Always Right

Working around truly smart people, real geniuses, can be invigorating. But we often defer to them too easily. Are smart people really right more often? Do they really get more hits, or do they just take more swings at the ball?
Up Scope

As your career progresses up in an organization the most overt change is the expansion of scope. Scope in time, and scope in organizational perspective. What you gain with more scope is an invaluable asset: context. And the most important thing you can do as a leader is to share that context.
One Small Step

Common wisdom is that the first promotion from individual contributor to leader is the hardest. But it’s the second promotion that is the true turning point in a leadership career.
WFH Killer App

The next killer app is the one that figures out how to effectively replicate the brainstorming / bulls**ting / hallway moment session virtually.
The Gruntled Manager

There are a lot of “disgruntled” people around lately. But it’s not clear it’s all their fault.
Where’s Your Admin Now?

Whatever you do, if you’re going to learn one piece of technology, learn how to video conference. It will be how you lead. Now, and probably into the future.
Loyal to a Fault

Loyalty gets a bad rap. Rightfully so. Misplaced loyalty is too common. The best loyalty is that which is placed in a cause, in an institution.
Hire the Fisherman

There are a lot of ways to recruit people, and some of them are far better than others.
Why Semi-monthly?

Ever wonder why so many people get paid on the 15th and last day of the month? Here’s the whole story.
In Praise of the Tiny Inbox

Wired just ran an article entitled “Everything You Thought You Knew About Inbox Zero Is Wrong”. In it, Merlin Mann who claims to have invented the idea of “Inbox Zero” recants essentially everything. He basically says “never mind”. Merlin was right. And is now wrong.
Slave to Success

There’s a great deal of noise going around on Twitter right now about how you have to work 80 hours a week to be a success. It’s wrong.
Lack of Coordination

I was reading a post on a forum from someone asking if they should take a job as an “HR Operations Coordinator”. I almost threw up in my mouth. Not because HR is terrible, quite the contrary. I have the utmost respect and admiration for people who make other people’s […]