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“Great leaders are few and far between. This has nothing to do with genetics. Rather, most people just don’t know how to be leaders. The good news is that it’s relatively easy to learn to be a leader. You can start with these 8 beginner’s errors that can sabotage your efforts as a leader.”
“The best and sometimes the worst around the globe.”
“There are many things I’ve been delighted and impressed by during the nearly five months I’ve now spent at Microsoft. However, there have also been a few things that i’ve found extraordinarily disheartening. One of the latter has been the organizatational dependence on ‘the deck’ (that is, Powerpoint files) as the standard mechanism for conveying nearly all information.”
“A question for the Radar readers: Does anyone know of a case where a company, let’s say a software or Internet company, took no institutional investment (VC or other significant investment) up until the point of a successful IPO? Let’s say that mezzanine rounds don’t count against a candidate.”
“The following is a letter I submitted this morning to USA Today in response to [an article] they ran a few days ago.” (Thanks kotttke,org!)
For some twentysomethings, getting ahead is not about sitting still for a better job or the next raise. It’s about unrestrained ambition. In a corporate workplace, or any institutional meritocracy, people rise largely based on their experience. But experience isn’t something that someone under 30 can really claim, without raised eyebrows and evidence of some prodigal childhood enterprise. For twentysomething entrepreneurs with energy, drive and an impetuous attitude, impatience is their virtue.”
“The surest way to reduce your taxes is to convert personal expenditures into allowable deductions. Turn even a hobby into a business and you’ll cut your tax bill.”
“The Ad Age Small Agency Diary is a blog devoted to the daily realities of life within America’s small advertising agencies. It’s a frank discussion of the highlights, lowlights, challenges and controversies faced by agency executives in the trenches.”
“One of the signs of boom–or at least a boomlet–is that companies start wanting to drive their competition crazy. This occurs when ’survival’ is no longer an issue and optimization or maximization can become a corporate goal. However, the desire to do things to the competition can lead a company astray–or drive it to even greater heights.”
“Following last week’s report on green companies, here’s a list of five that have either present or past complaints against them.”
