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What does excellence look like? How do I know I’ve got it? How do I build a culture of excellence in my organization?
In 2016, I sent out a request for feedback from my direct reports. I got a number of things I was expecting, but there was one thing that really surprised me.
I’ve been asked about ownership, “Why in the world should I have to act like an owner? I don’t have stock.” And my answer goes something like this...
Success doesn’t usually just happen. We all know success is the result of hard work. But there’s one other important lesson about success many don’t know.
Just like startups, plowing is such hard work. So is building. But the concepts of plowing and building have something in common: they don’t happen overnight.
In order to #findaway, you have to be able to think about problems differently than everyone else. Here’s a few tips.
A few years ago, I spent time studying the causes of business failure. I reasoned that to succeed you first have to not fail. Here’s what I learned...
I like to think of building a company like going on a journey—like venturing off to an unknown land with lots of challenges and obstacles along the way.
People sometimes ask me, “How do you balance improving vs. doing your job?” And “How do you personally learn and develop, Chris?” Here’s my answer.