September 2011

[Baseball Anyone?] The Rhythm of Winners

Sports are an imperfect analogue. But like Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, analogues and metaphors provide representations that if properly understood can give us insight to the real world – not simply shadows on the cave wall. So  what does this have to do with the most American (as in the United States and Canada – [...]

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The Startup Called “You”

The myth is that startups mostly exist in places like San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Austin, Portland and Boulder, Boston or New York City. That part is no myth; startups up do exist in those places. But there is another startup in the town where you live. In fact, it’s even got your name on [...]

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The Good Time to Fire Someone?

Journalist (and Twitter friend) Kara Swisher noted regarding the Carol Bartz debacle that “there really is no good time to fire someone.” I think Kara’s work is great, and I’d suggest otherwise. There are good times to fire people. Lord knows that as someone who worked as a corporate HR exec during the height of [...]

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[Life Back West] September 2011 – Guess What Predicts Your Success?

Character counts – at least that’s what most of us are told as kids. But does it really? What if – as the headline of this week’s New York Times Magazine blared – The Secret to Success is Failure, and not your GPA or even the schools you attended but rather your CPA – character [...]

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Sympathy for the Alpha Male (and Female)?

Life as a corporate alpha male – or alpha female – can be tough. Rivals lurk everywhere; rivals that need to be dominated and subdued. Impatience, aggression and anger for some alphas is only a millisecond away – a tough price for the “plays well with others” performance rating and getting people to spend time [...]

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