Does your business need an anti-chaos officer? And what in the heck is an anti-chaos officer anyway? I’m referring to a senior leadership role that is dedicated to reducing the internal friction, noise, and chaos that naturally emerges across and between functions and whose mission is to enable the entire business to execute faster and smarter as a whole. This
Changing your organizational structure sucks. There. I said it. Helping companies change their structure is the work I do every day. If I didn’t know what I know now, I’d wonder, “Why would anyone want to do it?” Changing your company’s structure can be a massive initiative. If you don’t do it correctly, it’s a recipe for disruption and disaster.
If I were to ask you — “How are you instilling a culture of speed, accountability, and teamwork as your organization scales up?” — how would you respond? This is a critical question. On the one hand, you want to keep what works well from your early start-up culture — fast decision making, risk-taking, camaraderie, and innovation. On the other,
Being business partners is a lot like being married. When the relationship is thriving, it’s awesome. But when it isn’t, it really sucks. In fact, few things can destroy organizational momentum like two co-founders in a bad relationship. I have a friend in a successful business partnership who puts it like this, “I have two wives. One at home and
Decode Talent, Amplify Results PSIU Assessments: Gain Quick, Practical Insights Into Others & Self Watch: It takes about :15 seconds to understand the basics of someone’s personality (including your own). PSIU Assessments are an innovative workstyle assessment method based on first principles. PSIU Assessments can help you do a number of things. First, they can help you to quickly identify
Ars Technica published a great article this week “The rise and fall of AMD: How an underdog stuck it to Intel.” The article follows the rise and fall of AMD over the years in its attempt to wrest a market leadership position from Intel (a war it was never able to win) and gives many anecdotes about the leadership style
I came across a phenomenal obituary written for Frosty Westering by Chuck Culpepper at Sports on Earth today. Frosty was the football coach for the Division III Pacific Lutheran football team and he was remarkable. He coached for over 32 seasons without a losing record in any. He never mentioned playoffs or titles to his players but won four national
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