Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 28, 2023
I always struggle with coaching along these lines, so I was pleased to see some excellent guidance on tactics in making decisions in a new book, “ The Leap To Leader ,” by Adam Bryant. Without a shared context, people will all create their own narratives for where they think the company is doing well and where it is struggling.
socalTECH
JANUARY 29, 2020
This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. That's the framework we've build with Evolution.
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 17, 2016
It is a hugely compelling show because Zakaria covers world issues that will affect all of us in ways that are accessible and with frameworks for processing disparate information. My observation is that many companies become Game of Thrones with warring factions and competing interests.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 21, 2022
Thus, ever after years as an executive in IBM and other companies, I’m still looking for the magic. I was impressed by a recent book, “ The Leadership Star ,” by Brian Hartzer, an experienced business executive, offering a concise leadership framework that I believe embodies the key attributes that I recommend.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 28, 2010
Years ago I was working in England and I worked for a very big company – Accenture. Anyway, I spent the first part of my career consulting for large companies. McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks. Stand for high quality.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
recently wrote a post talking about how some VCs meddle in operating company decisions or some executive teams are too reliant on VCs to jump in and make hard calls for them. So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.”
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 13, 2010
We did big, boring but necessary implementations for large companies. I next moved into system design where I designed computer systems to deal with large industrial natural gas customers and telecommunication companies. He coached me that I had to start with the answers. I started by doing billing systems.
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