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Cocktails in the office anyone? 22 Aug 2013 | 10:01 pm
When you drink at work, or with your coworkers, does it help or hinder you? Matthew Yglesias makes The case for getting drunk at work in Slate: the advantage - being more creative; the disadvantage be...
It takes guts to make imperfect decisions 10 Aug 2013 | 03:26 am
Every day we make decisions that impact our future. Every day we decide on pricing, product, sales strategy, hiring and because it's an imperfect world we never have enough information. When you're b...
Triathlon teambuilding 2 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
Over the years I've found that real teams form when you have an intense experience together, or repeated intense experiences that force you to be authentic and completely present - and so your true se...
Why Stress is Good for Sales People 20 Jul 2013 | 01:56 am
Published in the Huffington Post earlier today: With so much riding on closing the sale, making quota and generating revenue, sales reps are some of the most stressed out members of the workforce. Ye...
Defining success 18 Jul 2013 | 11:37 pm
Invited to answer a few simple questions about success and leadership I found myself having to think hard. To really think about how to get such a complex concept across simply - and be truly authenti...
10 things I don't need to know about you 17 Jul 2013 | 05:56 am
I believe in having an open door. I believe in making it easy for employees to talk to me. And yet, there are some things I just don't need to know. Salary.com posted an advice piece on the 10 Things...
What day would you relive every day? 11 Jul 2013 | 10:10 pm
If you had a chance to relive one day of your life every day forever - do you know which it would be? Do you know what you would be doing? Would you be working? with friends? camping? sailing? eating ...
Scaling a startup can be like driving without brakes 7 Jul 2013 | 05:23 pm
I dream of driving with the brakes failing on my car all the time. As CEO, sometimes you just have to put your foot on the gas and go, knowing you may have no brakes and if you take a wrong turn you ...
The night The Stiletto Network came to my house... 22 Jun 2013 | 02:35 am
We turned our back garden into party-central last night and threw a book party for NY Times writer Pamela Ryckman, author of the Stiletto Network. Now, I've never been to a book party before in my lif...
James Gandolfini - a God of Carnage 21 Jun 2013 | 04:53 am
I confess I have never seen the Sopranos. Hard to believe I know. But when I heard today that James Gandolfini had died I didn't immediately think of Tony Soprano. I thought instead of an amazing n...
