Everyday Leadership In Your Startup and Lollipop Moments
Drew Dudley presented at TEDxToronto and gave a speech that completely resonates with me. Drew spoke about "Everyday Leadership". When I think about today's leaders, I think about President Obama, Richard Branson, my ex-boss Stuart Mckee and the list goes on and on. Drew believes leadership is not a characteristic
Transparency: Too Much Or Not Enough In Your Startup Culture?
Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz, has a corporate culture of transparency. Rand spoke to the local chapter of the Entrepreneur Organization recently. Based on the story that he shared with us, it sounded like he was a person that was not very transparent in the early days of Moz. However,
Fail and Fail Again But Never Quit
Fail and fail again - Mo Isom is an inspiration
What You Want and How You Get There
It's pretty hard for me to give up a Saturday. My husband and I both work awfully hard during the week so that we can enjoy the weekends side-by-side. Whether we are cleaning the house, adventuring into a new part of the Pacific Northwest or just enjoying time with our
Cultivating Women Leaders in Seattle
I met Shandel Slaten, CEO of True Life Coaching, six years ago through the Entrepreneur Organization Seattle. Since then I have hired Shandel to help coach me with building my company and team. Shandel has been critical in helping me identify my own strengths, understand my communication style (or lack
The First Key Employee – Working For A Dumb Boss
A lot of people go into business to be their own boss. That's one of the biggest reasons why people run their own company. Before we talk about hiring employees let's think back to working for "the man". Working for a dumb boss [listplus] Have you ever worked for someone and thought: Wow,
Total Belief, Total Commitment. Find Another Gear.
[youtube_sc url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70UF82nysIU"] Today, I saw a video clip of Heather Dorniden running in the Big 10 600m track championship. At one point she's leading the race but she trips and falls with a little less than one lap to go. Now in last place and quarter lap behind she some how
Working Hard To Not Fail Or Working Hard To Succeed?
Facebook has five core values (see below). The one that I like is "move fast and break things". While this isn't for everyone, it keeps you innovating and keeps you from becoming stagnant. There's so many sayings that are similar to this: [listdot] If you don't fall down you're not learning.
Push Yourself, Find the Edge, and Safety Third
[youtube_sc url="http://youtu.be/bPQ1-YwyOgM" playlist="Ziyp_dPlW-I, oFOMJszFsWk, WEqp2M_thrs" width="460" height="240" ratio="4:3"] For the last three days I've been with 120 entrepreneurs from the Entrepreneur Organization Seattle group at our annual retreat. We went to Victoria to grow closer as an organization as well as stretch ourselves both professionally and personally. One activity that we
Meet to discuss. Instead: Meet to decide.
I was reading an article about "How to Fail: 25 Secrets Learned through Failure". One that I think will be on a post-it note on my monitor at work tomorrow morning is going to be: Meet to discuss. Instead: Meet to decide. Meetings used to disseminate information are the biggest time-sink at almost