Mary Marshall Today’s Wall Street Journal has a piece about several companies, including Yahoo, moving away from the “negative feedback” given during performance reviews. Rather, they are focusing on what employees do well and how they can do more of whatever their successful skills and traits are. … Read more
There is a lot written today about which gender makes a better leader and depending upon the perspective, there are varying opinions. Recently, there was also an article in Fast Company about how women leaders were reviewed more harshly for “personality” or “emotional” characteristics, while … Read more
What? Can this possibly be true? According to a recent article in Inc. Magazine, it is. An extensive research study done by TalentSmart measured leaders’ Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and correlated that to company performance. Chinese leaders scored almost 15 points on average higher than their … Read more
A recent Wall Street Journal article referenced the fact that among those age 35 and younger, the rate of entrepreneurs starting new businesses has declined precipitously. Less than 20% are actually starting new businesses and the rate has been declining for the last 20 years. … Read more
For most of us, this is a time for reflection, both personally and professionally. What did we hope to accomplish this year vs. what we actually accomplished? Sometimes there is cause for celebration, but more often than not, it’s a time to rethink, revise, and … Read more
In the 25+ years or so that I’ve been working with small to mid-sized businesses, I’ve seen just about every type of “end.” Some good, some not so good. Let’s start with “the ugly.” One entrepreneur grew his business to about $15M and wanted to … Read more
Entrepreneurs are famous for always thinking about “what’s next,” however what’s next can often come at the expense of what is. You’ve heard of “bright shiny object” syndrome? It’s the entrepreneurial version of Attention Deficit Disorder. Chapter 10 of my book, Putting together the Entrepreneurial … Read more
This week we launched the CEO Global Network Speaker Series in the US. Seattle hosted futurist Mary O’Hara-Devereaux to provide Puget Sound area CEOs and Executives a taste of what’s coming and wow did she deliver! I wanted to share some of the key takeaways … Read more
The three F’s I’m talking about are “Fail Fast and have Fun” while doing it. I’ve discussed this before but I think it deserves more air time because it’s so critical to business success, and life success for that matter. A recent article from Stanford … Read more
An entrepreneur from last year’s Emerging Leaders class that I teach at the Small Business Administration experienced what most businesses would call “phenomenal growth.” He started by creating what he thought was a workable strategy to achieve the vision he had. The vision was good, … Read more