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Diversity: How we built a 50% female leadership team
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Several months ago, my daughter Catherine decided to play dodgeball during lunch with several students from her seventh-grade class. Knowing she was a stellar athlete, one of the boys in…

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How my bad habit sabotaged productivity for my team
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Over the past 12 years of my career, I have ruined vacations for nearly an entire generation of my employees. Like it or not, as leaders, people watch, and emulate,…

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Is the Sharing Economy furthering the wealth divide?
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I spent a good part of last week at one of my favorite conferences of the year – Fortune’s BrainstormTech conference. The conference brings together executives from the Media, Technology…

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Engineering Cultures Suck at Product
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I laughed out loud this morning as I read a blog from High Scalability that noted “Engineering First Cultures Suck at Product.” The author couldn’t be more right, and it’s…

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Why Pushing for More is Slowing You Down
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One of the worst mistakes software executives make in product development is pushing to maximize velocity. They equate minimizing time to value with going faster, when, in reality, going faster…

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3 Ways to Act, and Act Now
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Leadership styles vary greatly when it come to initiating action. Some leaders are quick to move while others deliberate and process. The latter are more analytical and often find themselves…

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3 Principles for Prioritizing and Building Relational Capital
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A Chief Executive holds many responsibilities. Chief among them is the responsibility to set clear expectations and ensure that the team has the resources needed to deliver on them. Once…

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The Problem of Ubiquitous Information
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In a world where information is readily available and easily accessible, knowledge itself might just be the problem. Patrick Lencioni, one of my favorite authors, speakers and thought leaders, preaches…

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Digital, is Not Digital, is Not Digital
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Very few of us would confuse an advertising executive with a film producer. One understands the art of the sale while the other entertains us. Both are tasked with telling…

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4 Ways Great Leaders Think Differently About Hiring
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Too many leaders overlook hiring as just another responsibility, and good managers know how to identify talent and plug a hole. But great leaders understand that the right hire will…

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