Boss versus leader
My daughter Annie will be a high school senior next year. As a parent, that’s somewhat terrifying. I want to acknowledge that before starting to dive further into the topic. […]
Management
Much of my career has been spent managing other people and their work. I’ve grown to have a few opinions about management. Some of them are informed by research and education, some of them are just from my experience.
Minimum viable product – don’t forget the 2nd word
I had an interesting experience at a recent marketing event where a company I know well was presenting a broad suite of new products to the market, about 10 products […]
The one habit of successful people
If you read the business press, eventually you will come across an article about the habits of CEO’s, successful startup founders, or just successful people generally. There’s almost always a […]
National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
I was looking through the National Day Calendar for some blog ideas, and discovered that July is National Cell Phone Courtesy Month. (It also happens to be National Ice Cream […]
Sick time > PTO
I recently had to take a sick day from work, and discovered that sick time is vastly superior to standard PTO, excepting the downside of actually being sick. What’s the […]
9 tips to make your next return to work much easier!
If you’re like me, you’re coming back to work today after four days off. (Unlike me, you may have had to do the crazy family thing in there. I had […]
The tyranny of ability
I finally realized why it’s taken me so long to write this blog post. It feels like bragging. But I’m going to do it anyway. I’m good at doing stuff. […]
The power of deadlines
Our mortgage lender and our real estate agent got together to throw us a housewarming party this past Saturday afternoon. They did some online promotion, sent paper invites to our […]
Stoicism as a management philosophy.
Things are a little crazy around me right now. My work team is shorthanded due to a weird confluence of circumstances. We are, once again, looking for a house. On […]
Me and “Bogus” Trumper
One of my favorite books of all time is John Irving’s The Water-Method Man. And in this very moment, I’m feeling a little bit like the protagonist, Fred “Bogus” Trumper. […]