Let’s consider a few scenarios when you are playing a game against someone: 1. You win against someone way below your skill level. Typically, you won’t enjoy that win or worse, you may not even want to play with the person again. 2. You lose against someone way above your skill level. Typically, you won’t… Continue reading
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Ready for inspiration overload from Mark Cuban?
Who does not know Mark Cuban – the founder of Broadcast.com (sold to Yahoo! in 1999) and owner of Dallas MavericksNow, in his own words, Mark describes his journey, trials and tribulations, successes and failures from nothing to where he is today on his blog. Here is the link Success and Motivation – redux Read… Continue reading
Strategy simplifed – 3 questions (Courtesy: Don Schmincke)
I had the privilege of attending a TEC talk by Don Schmincke (author of The Code of the Executive) a few days ago. The talk was phenomenal and had a ton of “take home value.” One of the key things that I remember very well was the answer to the question – how do we… Continue reading
Mitchell's three rules of business success
It’s always fun to meet my friend Mitchell Levy of Happy About. Today at lunch, Mitchell was kind enough to share his three rules of business success. Here they are (with his permission) 1. Make as many friends as possible and do as many favors as possible. 2. Looking for pain and solving it directly… Continue reading
Leading smart IT professionals
Leadership in challenging times
That was the topic of my talk at Cisco as part of the “Beyond Code Tour” organized by NetIP San Francisco Chapter. I have posted new album with photos from the talk at Flickr. The theme of the talk was simple. There is a rapid acceleration in the rate of change and it’s only going… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Dennis Pear
Many people who end up in leadership positions think they are leaders. This little quote explains that it’s not the position or it’s not the people that report to you that defines the quality of your leadership but.. “The quality of your leadership is reflected in the caliber of people choosing to follow you” –… Continue reading
Operation Hero Miles – Hats off to AA!
AA just unveiled a program called Operation Hero Miles where people can donate American Advantage miles and AA will pool them and donate to those that are serving in the war. AA’s goal is to get at least 17,760,000 AAdvantage® miles to Operation Hero Miles. With the matching program in place all it requires is… Continue reading
** Knowledge Alert ** Master giving away wealth of knowledge
I have known Marshall Goldsmith for a few years now and every interaction with him has been inspirational. I just heard from him that he is giving away a wealth of knowledge on leadership, coaching etc. at his new website Marshall Goldsmith Library Cost: Free Value: Priceless Thanks Marshall for sharing this. Please sign up… Continue reading
SDForum Visionary Awards – What an evening!
Yesterday I attended the SDForum Visionary Awards celebration (happens every year) Every time I attend this event, I come back charged up and inspired. The event was held at the home of Heidi Roizen and David Mohler. This year’s award recipients were: 1. Carol Bartz, CEO of Autodesk (intro: Scott McNealy) 2. Bill Draper, Partner… Continue reading