An email with the subject line, “Thank You!” stood out in my inbox. It was from Christina who I have mentored and coached over the years. It took me back several years to when Christina was in a job she didn’t like. Unsure of what to do, Christina reached out for advice. We brainstormed [...]
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depends On ItBy: Chris Voss with Tahl Raz Life is negotiation. The majority of the interactions we have at work and at home are negotiations. Your career, your finances, your reputation, your love life, even the fate of your kids – at some point all hinge [...]
A few years ago, my team went through a reorg that split us into two groups. One half of the team was spun off to another company, and the other half stayed with me at Intel. With the change, all familiarity and certainty were gone. We were now knee deep in the unknown. It [...]
Mentors are one of the biggest accelerators to success. So much so that Donald Perkins, Chairman and CEO of the Jewel Companies said, “Everyone who succeeds has had a mentor or mentors.” While I’m sure there are some that succeed without mentors, there is no denying that having a mentor can provide a huge boost [...]
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and LeadBy: Brene Brown We tend to define things by what they are not. In our culture we have a scarcity problem where we believe we never have enough e.g. I didn’t get enough sleep, I don’t have enough time, [...]
The Mindset Shift One of the top questions I get asked is, “How do you manage work-life balance?” It comes up in 1:1s, when I’m speaking, coaching sessions, and in everyday conversations. There’s good reason, this is a big challenge for those of us in technology. Tech companies are known for their demanding cultures, a [...]
Two kids take a math test. Both get a “C.” One kid looks at his grade and thinks, “I’m just not good at math. I don’t know why I bother studying.” The other looks at her grade and thinks, “I should have studied more. Next time I’ll study harder and do better.” Both have the [...]
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since many of us began working from home full-time. Over the last 12 months we’ve seen a rapid change in how and where we work. We’ve moved from offices to working on kitchen tables. To setting up sit-stand desks, webcams, microphones, and backgrounds for video calls. Some [...]
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things DoneBy: Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan Execution is the main reason companies fall short of their promises, and the gap between what a company's leaders want to achieve and the ability of their organizations to deliver it. Strategies fail most often because they aren't executed well. Leaders play a [...]
Jeff Bezos rocked the world when he announced that he was stepping down as CEO of Amazon. Jeff founded the company in 1994 as a small online bookstore. In 27 years he turned Amazon into an unrivaled tech powerhouse selling over 350 million products and growing it to a trillion-dollar business. In Bezos’ email announcing [...]
