I have a lot of conversations about how to price products in startups. It took a long time to realize that before any meaningful...

Purpose: Performance Conversations Performance conversations are the foundation for effective and healthy organizations to exist & grow....

Getting Started New employees experience waves of new people, places, tools, processes, and languages as they acclimate into their new...

Previous Post: Recruiting: Planning, Prep & Talent Attraction Our previous post focused on establishing the foundations to clarify,...

Degrees from top universities can cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. But a savvy founder can get a more specific, targeted...

A friend of mine was once asked how much his house was worth at dinner. He said “I guess whatever someone will pay for it.” I was pretty...

Previous Post: Talent Foundations: Art & Science It's now time to shift our focus towards identifying, attracting, qualifying, and...

There are 5 main types of organizations that are founded. Each comes with positives and negatives and there’s really no perfect formula...

The Balance Nothing impacts organizational performance and culture like the people we select to become a part of our company. Ensuring we...

Distractions can destroy our productivity. But leading a startup means there’s a constant barrage of things that need to be handled....

The task of defining, finding, selecting, on-boarding & growing talent is time, energy & capital intensive. Often, an organization's most...

Take 10 seconds to think about your organization and reflect on the following question: Can you name a part of any business that works...

An organization, almost by definition, has more than one person. A key goal for leaders in any organization is to keep people inspired....

A lack of clarity can contribute to some of the most challenging, stressful, and sometimes dangerous moments we experience in business (and

I am a perpetual student. And I have had the privilege of working with some of the most effective folks who share this quality. I spend...

As we start to re-open offices and get back to normal (or find a new normal), there's going to be a lot of new pressure applied here and...

Timely and relevant information is critical for leaders of any organization. This improves decision making for our teams to chart...

A great listener is almost empathic. They can make anyone feel important and like they have something worth hearing. Everyone does have...

There are a lot of ways to bootstrap a company. In the early days of building a product, this often means that we’re working a day job to...