Here’s a blog post describing how your PURE model can help entrepreneurs position their start-ups and find product-market fit.
Mastering Electronic Business Communications: When to Hit Send—and When to Stop
Understanding when and how to use these tools can make the difference between smooth collaboration and unnecessary conflict. Here’s a simple framework to ensure your electronic communications are effective—and not destructive.
A Framework for Budget Prioritization
A framework for prioritizing budget decisions during budget expansions or reductions to enhance organizational health.
Tiger Teams
The name “Tiger Team” was first coined by NASA to describe a highly skilled team of individuals with different specialties coming together to solve a set of complex problems. Problems do not occur in isolation, and by that same token, neither do solutions.
Working with Boards in Startups
When companies are just starting, they need additional support from their board of directors. Astute entrepreneurs understand the advantages of building rapport with board members early on.
Creating Flexible Offers
Trying to guess what combination of salary and stock options will motivate an employee candidate is a major frustration for managers. My solution is to put those tradeoffs into the hands of the potential hire.
Energy in Startups
Startups need every advantage they can get. Adding high-energy, positive people to the team creates a healthy and productive organization.
Jay Adams
Jay was a remarkable man for building friendships and creating an organizational structure. His model ensured that he always had an action plan that he executed every day.
Managing Multiple Generations of Employees
As a leader, one must continuously adjust motivational and management systems to address older and younger employees to obtain the highest performance.
The Most Important Leadership Skill
Being promoted to a manager does not mean a person will be a good leader. To be successful in this role, one must develop a followership.