The Hard Lesson I Learned About Doing Business Alone For most of my career, I believe this myth: Great leaders go it alone. I also believed other lies, such as: Being the smartest guy in the room was the key to scaling. Asking for help meant you weren’t cut out for the pressure. Back in… Continue reading The Hard Lesson I Learned About Doing Business Alone
How Do You Determine Appropriate Performance from Employees? Just about everyone has a term for how to measure performance in employees. Some people call it metrics, and others call it key performance indicators. I am not all that concerned about the term you use. I’m more concerned with how you determine what’s expected of your… Continue reading How Do You Determine Appropriate Performance from Employees?
There are a lot of things I’ve gotten right in business and a lot of things I’ve gotten wrong. I can’t say what percentage I’ve gotten right and what percentage I’ve gotten wrong, but one thing that I know I’ve gotten right is my sense of urgency.
If You Want to Scale Your Business In almost every business that I have been to, I have seen people in way too many meetings. As soon as a meeting gets cancelled, many people are breathing a sigh of relief. They say, “Oh, thank goodness, I can go do some work.” If you’re in that… Continue reading If You Want Your Business to Scale and Succeed, Be in Fewer Meetings
