Solopreneur or Entrepreneur Part 1: Designing Your Company From the Start
Should everyone run a company with people, functions and structure? Is it okay to have a sustainable one-man business instead? […]
Communicating with Staff in a Hybrid World
My former boss taught me something about the military. According to him, when a superior officer gives an instruction to […]
You Can Teach Management
My Mastermind community includes two sets of entrepreneurs—those starting a company and those scaling an existing enterprise. I never assume […]
Reading: A Hallmark of Effective Employees
I am not the best poster child for reading. Unless I find the material fascinating, it takes me months to […]
Technical Vs. Adaptive Problems: Understanding the Difference
During my Acumen Fellowship, I learned about the difference between a technical problem and an adaptive one. A technical challenge […]
Some Networking Tips
When you attend networking events, you may wonder why the effort you put into finding investors rarely leads to commensurate […]
Head of the Home
Let me tell you a parable about a relationship. It is a sad one because no one could find the […]
Executive Search for Intimacy
I watched a clip from the TV show, Billions. The character Taylor Mason, a brilliant portfolio manager, hires a professional […]
Seeking Help: The Hallmark of Effective Leaders
An interesting trait of highly effective leaders is that they readily ask for help. This might seem counterintuitive. After all, […]
Recruiting HR in a Painful Economy: Why my Company is Pivoting to Internships
If you lead a small company in Africa, by now, you’ve gotten the memo. Educational systems are failing and the […]