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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
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Teen’s Side Hustle Became a Multi-Hundred-Million-Dollar Business
It's the era of the side hustle, and if you've ever considered starting one to earn some extra cash outside of your 9-5, you're in good company. These days, more than one-third of U.S. adults have side hustles, and their supplemental gigs make an average of $891 a month, according…
Gen Z Needs Office Etiquette Coaches, Managers Say
Return-to-office mandates imply that workers have been in the office before. But what happens if you're not "returning" per se, and have never actually worked in an office? You get a big culture clash, according to many Bay Area managers who spoke to The San Francisco Standard.Wearing inappropriate clothes, leaving…
Why Great Leaders Don’t Lose Themselves in Team Drama
Every few years, a new leadership style captures the collective imagination — often because it flatters our kids. Right now, it's "Conscious Unbossing," Gen Z's polite refusal to manage anyone because, bless them, they're too emotionally self-aware to boss and too exhausted to be bossed. A decade ago, it was…
‘Timmy Failure,’ ‘Pearls Before Swine’ Creator Stephan Pastis on Creativity
Ever get so absorbed in your work that you forget to eat?That's nothing compared to best-selling author and cartoonist Stephan Pastis who told me, " I kid you not, when I'm coming out of a writing session, when I walk out the front door of the studio, I don't always do…
Why Entrepreneurs Are Swapping Beach Vacations for Longevity Retreats
Summer used to signal a slowdown. It was a time to unplug, travel for vacation and maybe answer emails poolside. But for most entrepreneurs and executives I know, including myself, "slowing down" feels more like a slogan than a reality.Amidst growing businesses, leading teams and showing up for family, it's…
Why I Think More Startups Should Try Rotating Leadership
Starting a software development company with multiple co-founders taught me many lessons, but perhaps none more surprising than what we learned from experimenting with rotating leadership roles. While this approach isn't right for every organization, I wanted to share our experience because it fundamentally changed how we think about leadership…
Sisters’ Side Hustle Leads to Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Lee Mayer, co-founder with her sister Emily Motayed of interior design and home decorating company Havenly. Read more about how the Denver, Colorado-based entrepreneur turned a side project into a successful brand, here. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.Image Credit: Courtesy of…
From ‘Side Project’ to 8-Figure Business: Left On Friday
When Laura Low Ah Kee and Shannon Savage met while working at Lululemon in 2005, the Vancouver, Canada-based athletic apparel brand wasn't yet the global phenomenon it is today.Image Credit: Courtesy of Left On Friday. Laura Low Ah Kee, left, and Shannon Savage, right. "The term 'athleisure' didn't exist yet,"…
Twitch CEO Talks Social Media, AI and the Creator Economy
Tech executives often come across as distant and a bit out of touch — Dan Clancy, CEO of Twitch, cuts a different figure. When I met with him at Amazon Studios in Los Angeles for The CEO Series, Clancy's authenticity was evident from the start. Dressed in a casual hat…
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Obsess Over Metrics
Here's a fun thing that happens in product management. You wake up one morning and your daily active users are down 15%. Your conversion rate, though? Up 8%. Customer satisfaction scores just hit an all-time high, but your churn rate is creeping upward. Your metrics dashboard looks like a Jackson…
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