My Management Philosophy
I haven’t had decades of experience as a manager of people, but I have led two volunteer-based organizations and of course I have worked with people who are my bosses. I’ve also read a lot about...
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The Obligations of a Manager
I just watched Up in the Air – it’s a movie starring George Clooney as a “career transition counselor” hired by downsizing companies to tell their employees that they are fired. He does it in a firm,...
View ArticleTwo Mindsets to Adopt at Work and in Life
I’ve been mulling two semi-related work habits/beliefs that I think really contribute to individual & team success. I see them in a lot of people I admire and to be honest, they are habits that I’m...
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How to Run a Board Retreat (or any long & important group meeting!)
I just finished a 8 hour board retreat for Gumball Capital, the nonprofit I cofounded at Stanford [1]. Our goal was to discuss information that board members had researched prior to the meeting,...
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The Missing Element of Most Job Openings (and Many Companies)!
Smart, talented people care about where they work. Good companies know this and strive to create a place where smart, talented people will feel excited about working. They know that potential...
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Why Chewing People Out For Mistakes is a Bad Idea
I had a conversation recently with a few friends about chewing people out for mistakes that I wanted to share. My med school friend had been observing a surgery where the surgeon had asked a nurse to...
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Great by Choice: the surprising lessons of how tech startups succeed over the...
Note: This is a pretty long article (~4000 words). You can skim it now but you might want to also bookmark it and fully review it when you have 15 mins or so. Summary: Great by Choice describes the...
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How to Give (Negative) Feedback Effectively
Getting honest and useful feedback is a wonderful gift. Obviously positive feedback (“You’re doing a great job with this project!”) is awesome because it makes you feel good and motivated to keep up...
View ArticleMy Reading Notes on The Alliance
I recently finished The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh. It’s a book about rethinking the relationship between employees and employers. I’d...
View ArticleMy Management Philosophy
I haven’t had decades of experience as a manager of people, but I have led two volunteer-based organizations and of course I have worked with people who are my bosses. I’ve also read a lot about...
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How to Run a Board Retreat (or any long & important group meeting!)
I just finished a 8 hour board retreat for Gumball Capital, the nonprofit I cofounded at Stanford [1]. Our goal was to discuss information that board members had researched prior to the meeting,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Missing Element of Most Job Openings (and Many Companies)!
Smart, talented people care about where they work. Good companies know this and strive to create a place where smart, talented people will feel excited about working. They know that potential...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Chewing People Out For Mistakes is a Bad Idea
I had a conversation recently with a few friends about chewing people out for mistakes that I wanted to share. My med school friend had been observing a surgery where the surgeon had asked a nurse to...
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Great by Choice: the surprising lessons of how tech startups succeed over the...
Note: This is a pretty long article (~4000 words). You can skim it now but you might want to also bookmark it and fully review it when you have 15 mins or so. Summary: Great by Choice describes the...
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How to Give (Negative) Feedback Effectively
Getting honest and useful feedback is a wonderful gift. Obviously positive feedback (“You’re doing a great job with this project!”) is awesome because it makes you feel good and motivated to keep up...
View ArticleMy Reading Notes on The Alliance
I recently finished The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh. It’s a book about rethinking the relationship between employees and employers. I’d...
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Better Culture Starts with Better Meetings
This piece was first published in FastCompany Leadership Let’s face it–you’ll never be able to stop going to meetings altogether. There are times when you just need to gather a bunch of your colleagues...
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