Leadership

Are you a player-coach?

It’s been a long time since Bill Russell was a Boston Celtic. It’s also been a long time since Pete Rose was a player manager. Maybe because it’s been so long we’ve forgotten that they used to exist. The Player Coach: a role for those who are leaders that also are individual contributors. In business …

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Leading from the front or back

Sometimes it’s hard to know if leaders should lead from the front, or whether they should lead from the back. While people may recommend different approaches, here’s my simple approach.

Here’s why you should buy your friend’s company, if you can

The deal finally closed. Today. After months of negotiating, after months of finding middle ground, after months of looking over details, numbers, and contract clauses – the deal was finally wrapped up. Today we announced the acquisition of iThemes – a company run, and partially owned, by my friend Cory Miller. Did I do the …

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