Avoid FOMO: Build Success with Skill, Discipline, Experience
The one piece of advice I wish I would have given myself 10 years ago is to never make a single decision out of FOMO. All great things come from skill, discipline, and experience.
Start With Yourself: Emma Grede on Authentic Leadership
Loved interviewing Emma Grede, a CNBC Changemaker about her new book, Start with yourself - so much authenticity, vulnerability, and wisdom. Talking founding iconic brands @skims @goodamerican her podcast @aspirewithemmagrede and motherhood. Check out the full pod anywhere you get...
Results Over Friendliness: Direct Leadership Drives Success
The first day our new Sales VP arrived at TrueSAN in 2001, he came into the all-company meeting and made an announcement in just about this many words: “I am not here to make friends. I have been hired to...
CEO Slashes Salary Until Company Performance Improves
$DGL CEO taking a pay cut until performance improves. The guy doesn't need it. Still, would love to see this at pretty much every company I follow. https://t.co/bBgDpe00t2
Psychological Safety Drives Sustainable Performance, Not Numbers
Culture is not what you say. It is what people feel safe to say. When individuals can raise ideas, questions, and challenges without fear, you build real capability. But this does not happen by chance. It requires discipline, process, and leaders who put...
Snap Cuts 1,000 Jobs, Credits AI for Efficiency
Snap Axing 1,000 Staffers, 16% of Headcount; CEO Evan Spiegel Cites AI as Helping Boost Efficiency for Smaller Teams https://t.co/8UZdWps46q via @variety
Southwest Hires United Veteran, Rapid Rewards Set for Overhaul
Southwest Airlines Hired A United Veteran As New Loyalty Chief — Rapid Rewards May Not Look The Same For Long - View from the Wing https://t.co/aOQueNHfwg
Master Four Core Skills for Leadership Attunement
Explore the four core skills that every leader and team member should hone. This is the insight that leaders and teams need to master attunement. https://t.co/5w48xuDobg #leadership #employeeengagement #employees
Zero Meetings Drive Faster Growth Through Autonomy
At my company we have ZERO meetings. And we're growing fast. Here's how we do it: 1. ANYONE can make a decision Most meetings are a way to avoid making hard decisions. Or a way to have 107 different people "give their input". Instead,...
Overcome Change Resistance by Addressing Fearful Threats
Resistance to change often stems from fear of the unknown. People worry about losing familiar tools, having their expertise centralized, or even job automation. Addressing these perceived threats is key to overcoming resistance. #ChangeManagement #FearOfChange https://t.co/iTioqPIiQd
Kirkland & Ellis Appoints Wachtell Star as Nemecek Successor
NEW: Kirkland & Ellis hires Wachtell star to replace Dave Nemecek. From @mroliverbarnes and me: https://t.co/4sYasj7toe
Make Work Visible: Accountability Empowers, Not Threatens
Accountability is only threatening to people who aren't doing the work. If you're doing the work, you want someone to see it. Build a culture where the work is visible.
Leaders, Speak Directly—Audience Craves You Over Graphics
Fripp’s Tips: Don't let your managers and leaders fall into the trap of using technology as a substitute for communicating directly with their audience. The audience wants to see their leaders more than glossy graphics. #publicspeakingskills #customercare #businessgrowth
Turn Customer‑Centric Talk Into Actionable Culture
Too many organizations talk about #customercentricity, but most never actually design it. BUILT TO WIN shows #leaders how to build the #culture that makes customer-centricity operational, not aspirational. https://t.co/B6gAp2EDZ3 https://t.co/mUYbJccttS
Manager Support, Workflow Fit Drive AI Adoption
AI in the Workplace: What Separates Adopters and Holdouts. Having AI tools at work doesn't guarantee use. AI adoption depends on manager support, workflow fit, and whether workers see value in the tools. https://t.co/Gw9QttY7hv
Toxic Bosses Haunt You Long After Work
A toxic boss doesn’t just ruin your workday, they follow you home in your thoughts.
Deep Discovery Questions Drive Expert Founder Conversations
Founders: Discovery question depth framework: Level 1: 'Just hired 2 AEs?' Level 2: 'How long onboard?' Level 3: 'Closed anything yet?' Level 4: 'What's hardest about ramping?' Pull the thread. Don't jump topics. Your expertise shines 3 levels deep.
Great Managers Confront Low Performers, Not Ignore Them
Low performance doesn’t fix itself. Leave it unchecked and it’ll drag the entire team down. Sh*tty managers avoid the situation... Great managers hit it head on. Here’s how the best managers deal with low performers:
AI‑error Intolerance Clashes with Human Collaboration Realities
People who get really turned off when AI gets things wrong on the first try and requires detailed feedback to go back and try again would be really surprised to find out what it’s like working with or managing other...
Replace “Sorry for the Delay” With Professional Alternatives
Stop saying "Sorry for the delay" in your work emails. Here are 15 professional alternatives you can steal:
Biglari's Mouthpiece Claims Credit for Planned Board Exit
Sardar Biglari's apparent social media mouthpiece is taking credit for David Goebel's departure from the Jack in the Box board. He lost the proxy. JIB already named Mark King chairman and David had been planning to step down at the end...
Companies Demand Notice, Then Fire You Instantly
Why does your company demand two weeks' notice, a 30-day transition plan, and a handover document when you resign, but will lay you off at 9 AM on a Tuesday and lock you out of your laptop in 60 seconds?
Fractional CMOs: Smarter, Cheaper Alternative to Full-Time Hire
A full-time CMO costs $347,000 a year on average. That’s before benefits, before the 90-day ramp where they’re still learning your product, and before the moment six months in when you realize their last job was in an industry that...
Executives Need Outage Insights, Not Live Post‑Mortems
RT Executives don't want a live post-mortem during a crisis; they want a partner who translates outages into business impact, risk, and a realistic recovery path. #DigitalTransformation #ITLeadership @Star_CIO https://t.co/a4Q8PTsrKE
Zoom CEO Predicts AI Will Grant Workers More Free Time
Zoom CEO envisions AI becoming so powerful that workers might be able to earn themselves some time off work. https://t.co/bmR0k9IY2d
Prioritize Employee Understanding Over Customer Obsession
Most companies obsess over customers and overlook the people who actually deliver the experience. Employee Understanding flips that script. Culture. Insight. Empathy. EMPLOYEE UNDERSTANDING https://t.co/6dANPEOjGZ #book #employeeexperience #culture #insight #empathy https://t.co/hVaZlnF1x7
Define Your Speaking Pace to Slow Down Effectively
Q: How can you slow yourself down when you're speaking too fast in a presentation? A: Being aware of speaking too fast, speaking too slowly, or speaking in a monotone is a great start. You can solve any problem if you...
Speed Wins Early, Not a Sustainable Moat
"Speed should get you to somewhere that has more long-term advantages." At $4.5B-valued Decagon, speed is an advantage, not a moat. "If everyone is at the same starting line in the early days, it's just, how fast can you go?"...
Washington Post CEO Sets 2026 Priorities: Profit, Excellence, Growth
Washington Post C.E.O. Jeff D'Onofrio emailed employees last week, expressing hope the company will be break-even this year and profitable thereafter. He also cited three priorities for 2026: "journalistic excellence, data, cost mastery & productivity, and disruptive growth." https://t.co/u50IOd3Chk
Success Isn’t a $1M Target, It’s Personal Goals
Every time a client tells me they want to hit $1M in revenue, I casually ask why. Why THAT number? *Usually* no math was done to get to that number, it just sounded good. Seemed reasonable. Makes them a 7...
Let New Chairman Warsh Guide the Next Cycle
“We should wait for the new chairman, Warsh, and let him lead the next cycle” https://t.co/oUzwu2fhxd
Managing Managers Requires Different Rules Than Managing Teams
Going from IC to manager is hard… But becoming a manager of managers is next level. You’re no longer managing the work. You’re managing the people who manage the work. Throw your vanilla management advice out the window. Instead, focus on these...
Building AI‑Ready Teams for Future Success
#TimTalk - Building Teams for the AI Era with Daria Rudnik https://t.co/VEKVXCzT37 via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #Strategy #Culture #Motivation #Inspiration #Success #Mindset #Entrepreneur #Business https://t.co/IsR8o8XtEA
Skip Academic Advice: 9 Counterintuitive Tips for Success
This is Steven Bartlett. At 30, he's built multiple 8-figure companies, hosts Europe's #1 business podcast, and sits on Dragons' Den. He believes 99% of entrepreneurs fail because they follow advice from professors who’ve never built anything. His 9 counterintuitive advice every entrepreneur...
AI Redefines Executive Roles and Future Work
I explore how #AI is reshaping senior leadership and what it means for the future of work. Learn more by tuning in live at 12 pm CT at: https://t.co/ykUbRecoZO #TPSS #IoT #sustainability #5G #cloud #edge #digitaltransformation #PeggySmedley #podcast
Musk: First‑principles Thinking Beats Analogy Shortcuts
Elon Musk on why it is better to reason based on first principles versus analogies https://t.co/xhhbm7cZar
Leadership Means Honestly Letting Underperformers Go
The hardest thing I do as a leader? Let people go. When you take other people’s money, you have a responsibility — you build the best team possible. And if it’s not working, you fix it. That means being honest, even when...
Leaders Overestimate AI Impact, Missing Workflow Integration Gap
When you ask leaders whether their organizations are actually operating differently, whether decisions are faster, outcomes more autonomous, models of work truly reinvented, the honest answer is often a hesitant, “no.” This creates an enterprise transformation gap between AI that thinks...
Leaders Use Influence to Boost Productivity and Engagement
RT @JoeContrera Visit the Extraordinary Leadership Blog for the latest insights on how leaders leverage influence to achieve higher levels of productivity and employee engagement. https://t.co/rftDWCLf5N #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipspeaker https://t.co/SivILf1XLL
Embedding AI Organization-Wide Mirrors Early DevOps Evolution
Do you have an AI org or are you embedding AI across existing teams? This feels very similar to early DevOps where everyone was spinning up dedicated teams and roles, but over time it became something that had to be...
Zaslav’s Legacy: Common Studio Moves, Just More Visible
I am not holding up Zaslav as a great keeper of the WB flame. But the degree to which his legacy is still defined by Batgirl and other early writedowns and other choices that literally every other studio and streamer...
Vrabel Likely to Dodge Personal Issue, Avoid Team Candor
Vrabel will be asked and he’s gonna deflect it as a personal matter but he’s not gonna address it with the team with any sort of candor and the players aren’t gonna demand that from him either
Mentors Boost Career Growth: 10 Essential Benefits
10 Concrete Reasons Why Everyone Needs a Mentor at Work https://t.co/Vk9vERxDp3 #mentoring #career #lifehack #SuccessFormula
Swap Feedback for Suggestions to Reduce Resistance
"Get out of the feedback business and into the suggestion business. You can say more, more often, with a lot less resistance just by how you frame it." - Randall Stutman (EP.497) With thanks to @AlphaSenseInc, @CanoeAI, and Ridgeline.
AI Clone of Zuckerberg Challenges Meaning of Leadership
Meta is experimenting with how leadership scales in the AI era. An AI version of Mark Zuckerberg is being trained on his tone, thinking and communication style so employees can interact with a digital version of the CEO. It raises a new...
Embracing Leaner Teams After Difficult Goodbyes
Yesterday was not an easy day. Parting with excellent people is hard, and so is announcing it. What's next? Leaner teams, focused on clear goals.
Women Build the Unseen Backbone of High‑Performance Teams
A man told a room full of executives we need more masculine energy. Every woman in that room had already solved the problem he was describing. Silently. Without credit. THE INVISIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE of every high performing organization has a woman’s name on it. You just...
Leadership Means Knowing When to Step Back
I’ve learned that sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is be present, but stay out of the way so people can do what they do best. Once you recognize that everyone brings their own talent and gifts to...
Choosing Between Career and Executive Coaching: What Matters
I’m thinking about hosting a webinar on career coaching vs. executive coaching… A lot of folks seem unclear about the difference, which one they need, and what the investment levels are for each one. As someone who has done...
General Catalyst Appoints Nikesh Harora as Lead Independent Director
Thrilled to welcome @nikesharora as @generalcatalyst's first lead independent director. Nikesh brings the rare combination of investor thinking and operator execution and has led some of the most consequential tech orgs in the world. I've long admired the clarity and...