The ‘Adaptable Leader’ is the New Holy Grail — Become One, Hire One | First Round Review
In this exclusive interview, Dwane explains how to adopt the most important learner mindsets — Gamer, Beginner, and Growth. “The implications of these changes are far-reaching,” she says. “But the changes themselves cost nothing and don’t take much time. You can make these changes while reading this post.”
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team - The New York Times
Some amazing research by the team at Google on what they learnt about themselves ...
Second in Command: The Misunderstood Role of the Chief Operating Officer
Understanding what makes for a successful chief operating officer is vital because the effectiveness of COOs (or ranking operations executives by whatever name they are called) is critical to the fortunes of many companies—and could be to many more. As we will suggest, the second-in-command executive is a role that by rights should become increasingly prevalent. It is prevented from doing so, perhaps, because it is so misunderstood.
Warren Buffett's Leadership Lessons - Fortune
In his annual letter to shareholders this year, three key leadership traits stand out ...
The Amazing Power of Deflationary Economics for Startups | Bothsides of the Table
So which types of businesses become super successful given this environment? Ones that offer amazing value (low relative margins) at high volumes that makes it nearly impossible for high-cost incumbents to compete. That’s what I mean by deflationary economics ...
Why Yesware’s Matthew Bellows is on a Mission to Bring Mindfulness to the Workplace - OpenView Labs
Matthew Bellows has been practicing mindfulness since 1990 — long before he founded Yesware, a provider of software for salespeople, and well before his passion for sales or startups really heated up. And Bellows brings his practice of mindfulness not only to his role as CEO, but to those he employs ...
What Email Can Reveal About Performance & More: This Week in Productivity – Feb 19, 2016
Discovering your top performers and high-potential employees is critical for company growth. One way to predict performance and potential is by looking into the strength and scope of your team’s networks and social graphs.