Tag: business
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Articles
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Reflecting on how we put 2025 goals to practice
I share five operating requirements for 2025: customer value focus, execution excellence, strategic influence, team building, and automation.
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The Hidden Gold Mine: Why Your Mature Product Might Beat That Shiny New Startup
I explore why mature products often outperform shiny new startups, sharing frameworks for making smarter product investment decisions.
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The People You Work With Shape Everything
Why the people you work with early in your career become the foundation for long-term success. Real insights from 20 years in tech.
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The Dinner Table Test: When Problem Employees Follow You Home
A father-in-law's simple management wisdom: if you mention a problem employee at dinner 4 times, it's time for them to leave the team.
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the danger signs of when loyalty clouds executive judgement leading to bias, failed execution, and the loss of A players who expect to be evaluated on results not friendship
How executive loyalty can destroy company culture, drive away top talent, and create execution failures when personal relationships override performance.
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the challenges of layoffs and having some leaders in the know and operating with others in the blind.
How information asymmetry during layoffs destroys leadership credibility and organizational trust, plus a framework for better execution.
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when it makes sense to take an existing product from good to great versus starting a new product line and how that relates to revenue choices and risk for the business. a specific focus on what to do wtih mature products, in markets that are changing, and the way to think about maximizing revenue. teams often falsely give up on products just because they have been established, when in fact they offer higher revenue potential than starting fresh. finally considering the skills and knowledge of the existing team versus doing a new startup from scratch.
Why mature products often offer better ROI than new startups. Strategic framework for maximizing revenue from existing products vs starting fresh.
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The Judgment Imperative: Why Great Product Leaders Aren't Born, They're Forged Through Diverse Experience
Great product leaders aren't born with judgment—they develop it through diverse experience, learning from failures, and understanding team dynamics across different contexts.
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The Judgment Imperative: Why Great Product Leaders Aren't Born, They're Forged Through Diverse Experience
Great product leaders aren't born with judgment—they develop it through diverse experience across companies, teams, and failures over decades.
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Staying true to your leadership values and methods of inspiration, even when challenged by low performing leaders that dont "get it". For instance my value of celebrating team success and using the power of positive reinforcement to drive outstanding results that take a team to the next level, while allowing for critical feedback in private to coach and drive continuous improvement.
How to maintain positive leadership values when working under managers who favor criticism over recognition. Practical strategies for driving results through celebration.