Posts filed under: leadership

I Don’t Have Time

“I don’t have time.” How many times a day do we hear someone say this about doing something we think is important? Or, worse yet, how many times do you say it? The reality is this – we all get... Read More

On Purple Squirrels

[Updated February 10, 2012: I stand corrected. Apparently, purple squirrels do exist as evidenced in this crazy article that surfaced this week. So, instead of saying they don’t exist, I’ll just go with “super rare.” Special thanks to @recruitmoore and... Read More

On Being Nice

It’s funny that one of today’s big headlines is about nice guys earning less. Not “ha ha” funny. But more “sad” funny. According to the CNN article and the research of four university professors, agreeableness has a negative impact on... Read More

Millions

A poor hire can literally cost your company millions. This isn’t an exaggeration, but a hard truth. The inability to close large, multi-year deals with complex moving parts, the inability to solve a critical product development problem, the inability to... Read More

Definition of Insanity

Someone once said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” While this is certainly true, I’d like to offer a different definition. Alternatively, the definition of insanity is doing things other... Read More