Why Mission-Driven Teams Outperform Money-Motivated Talent TL;DR - The best people don't do it for the money. Money is nice, but the best engineers, marketers, managers, etc. are motivated by something beyond compensation. And Beware:...

Making the case for radical personal responsibility and matrixed accountability TL;DR - Companies stall when team members pass the ball without ensuring it's caught. Leaders can ensure success by making sure everyone owns bottom-line outcomes,...

The Magic of Using Constraints to Gain Velocity TL;DR - Rivers flow fastest where they are constrained. The same thing applies to organizations. To gain velocity in Q1, try doing fewer things, having tighter deadlines,...

End of year reviews are good, but personal reflections are even better. They are the feedback we give ourselves, and they are often more instructive, honest, and motivating than anything we could learn in a...

Here’s the simple truth: We think and work better when we feel both grateful and appreciated. Feeling grateful helps us feel full, like we have resources and options. Feeling appreciated makes us feel worthy and...

What if the biggest obstacles holding you and your team back are the invisible ones you are creating yourself? That is the question I’m asking in my next book. If you are a Founder or...

Paul Graham’s post on Founder Mode has certainly struck a nerve. The memes alone have provided days of delight and distraction. But while over-delegating to professional managers can screw things up, the solution is not...

Four years after the pandemic, the American workplace is still in crisis. Gallup’s most recent workplace surveys found that only 30% of employees are engaged—the lowest engagement rate in over a decade—and more than half...

Everyone experiences fear. It’s essential, in fact—you wouldn’t be alive today if your ancestors didn’t have a healthy fear of heights and wild animals. Fear spurs us to action and keeps us inventing. However, when...