What are the surface level indicators of a thriving company? Pretend you have no access to growth rates, financial statements, TechCrunch articles, or product demos. Just imagine you walked into an office one day and started observing. Would it be a certain audible buzz? Catered lunches? Flowing kombucha? A wide variety of snacks? Weekly happy […]
Ok so it’s been a long week. This is not a grand piece on influencing others or a pontification on the art of leadership and effectiveness. Nope. This is about something so simple it makes me want to scream, reach through the computer, and grab ahold of the senseless offender every.single.time. it happens. We’re talking […]
You’re on the floor of the Nasdaq as confetti rains down. Filled with pride, you close your eyes and reflect on the time spent toiling and moiling at a company for over four years in order to celebrate its seminal moment. The founders ring the bell and those shares that have slowly vested are now […]
It starts slowly. The sound of a nose being blown. Then perhaps a sudden sneeze. Before you know it, there is contagion across the company floor. It’s that time of year. It’s officially sniffle season. Wherever you are and whoever you work with, everyone has dealt with that heroic colleague who refuses to stay home […]