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On Modern Leadership

Telling people what to do is easy. Forcing them to do it is easy. Shutting down the entire US Government by force and dictum is …

Let me tell you what to focus on

Rackspace, our clients and friends, have a one-track mind. They’re focused on customer success. They’re invested in their customers doing as well as they can, …

Identifying the question

Cellphones are wonderful — but they’re only a tool. They’re not what keep us connected, but they help us stay connected. Every piece of …

Culture beyond the conversation

In medicine, every study shows that patient care improves as teamwork improves. Why? Because teams that know how to work together work better. It’s …

Employee Engagement: Alternative Facts

It was with the best of intentions that we devised such terribly ineffective ways of measuring our employees’ work engagement. We must measure not …

The necessity of work

The idea? Avoid boredom. The way to get there? Work. Why? Because unlike, say, skydiving or base jumping, there’s always a way to …

you're either doing what you're most passionate about

Sustainable passion

Maybe being passionate about our work doesn’t mean what we think it means. Passion doesn’t mean neverending love. Passion means…well, passion. We’re all passionate …

What it means to be an employee

We can be excellent at our jobs, but that’s different from being a great employee. We can hit all the marks on hard skills, …

The lightning bolt

John London, famous novelist and journalist, had strong opinions about inspiration. The quote, You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it …

Companies have feelings too

Mark Earls wrote a terrific book book a decade ago called “Herd” adressing the impact of group behavior on individual choices. As Earls puts …

The thing that holds us together

Culture is what keeps a company going. When stock prices are unpredictable – when products aren’t meeting standards – when the atmosphere is turbulent. …