How to hire the best
Hiring the right people is nearly impossible. The real secret is firing the wrong people fast and compassionately.
Organizations & Culture
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Why You Should Stop Consuming The News & My Media Diet (August 2019)
The news is designed to outrage you & addict you. Politics taps into this to get votes. I want to help you block the outrage and find better stuff to read.
Books & Reading
RIP: Is The Performance Review Dead?
Companies are eliminating the performance reviews, but does that mean they \"get it?\". The answer is complicated, but companies who experiment will win
Organizations & Culture
Conquering Chronic Illness & Learning How to Live
Paul shares his multi-year journey of recovery from chronic lyme disease and the challenges and lessons he learned along the way.
Personal Reflections & Essays
So You’re Getting an MBA… Now What?
Four lessons from my MIT Sloan MBA that actually mattered: none of them involve your finance grade or GPA.
Modern Careers
Beyond the Feedback Sandwich: Delivering World-Class Feedback
The feedback sandwich protects people from the truth. Here are five elements of feedback that actually helps people improve.
Organizations & Culture
Blame it on a Millennial!
Millennials are the scapegoat for many issues in the workforce, but that just distracts companies from needing to change and adapt to new technology
Organizations & Culture
The Future of Work: What Winning Organizations Will Look Like in 2025
Successful firms in 2025 and in the future of work will have agile teams, adaptive technology, process excellence and purpose driven cultures.
Organizations & Culture
Even Michael Jordan Had a Coach
“You already are a coach, you just need to start doing it. The words stopped me cold in my tracks. Why? Because now I knew I had to do something about it.”
Modern Careers
The Career Transition Playbook
This 10-step career transition playbook is a set of exercises, tools and tips needed to make a massive transformation in your career to land your dream job
Modern Careers
Four great reads on CEO performance, team effectiveness at Google and the failure of the MBTI
Four research finds worth knowing: humble leaders outperform, Google's top team factor is psychological safety, CEO impact is mostly luck, and the MBTI is broken.
Organizations & Culture
Should you go to business school?
Six reasons to go to business school and one big caveat: it won't help you figure out what you want to do with your life.
Modern Careers