Leadership’s Future: Hubris
Leadership’s Future: HubrisPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess An article Monday asked, “Are we raising a generation of nincompoops?“ (Scary reading for managers for years to come if the parental...
View ArticleHubris: You are Your Press
Hubris: You are Your PressPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess We glorify top managers, print their pictures in newspapers and magazines, praise their decisiveness and vision, give them awards and treat...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs: Role Models
Entrepreneurs: Role ModelsPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess A comment in response to an article entitled Steve Jobs Is a Lousy Role Model caught my eye. I agree that good managers have to ‘manage’ their...
View ArticleExpand Your Mind: CEOs
Expand Your Mind: CEOsPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess CEOs are an interesting species of executives. CEOs are often lauded one quarter for their vision and leadership and derided the next quarter for...
View ArticleIf the Shoe Fits: Confident or Arrogant?
If the Shoe Fits: Confident or Arrogant?Post from: MAPpingCompanySuccess A Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here. Entrepreneurs are a...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs: Abusing the E Word
Entrepreneurs: Abusing the E WordPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess In 2007 I wrote Stop abusing the L word!, and it is still one of my all-time favorite posts. Five years later we’re still abusing the L...
View ArticleDigital Arrogance
Digital ArrogancePost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess The Twitterverse and blogsphere are raging pro and con over the hiring of homeless people to promote mobile wi-fi devices at the South by Southwest...
View ArticleIf the Shoe Fits: Staying Lucky
If the Shoe Fits: Staying LuckyPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess A Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here Analysis by VC Anthony Tjan,...
View ArticleWhat’s Sauce for the Goose
What’s Sauce for the GoosePost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess Do you ever see titles like 5 Ways To Commit CEO Career Suicide, but skip the article because you aren’t a CEO and have no intention of ever...
View ArticleExpand Your Mind: Attitudes
Expand Your Mind: AttitudesPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess Today we look at what’s going on in and around your head. According to current research, being an overconfident, rude jerk is a great way to...
View ArticleIf the Shoe Fits: Confidence vs. Arrogance
If the Shoe Fits: Confidence vs. ArrogancePost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess A Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here Why would anyone...
View ArticleDucks in a Row: Arrogance and Empathy
Ducks in a Row: Arrogance and EmpathyPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess Years ago I worked with “Craig,” who, as vice president of engineering, managed a large organization that was responsible for...
View ArticleIf the Shoe Fits: Entrepreneurship can Beget Arrogance
If the Shoe Fits: Entrepreneurship can Beget ArrogancePost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess A Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here This is...
View ArticleIf the Shoe Fits: The Real World
If the Shoe Fits: The Real WorldPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess A Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here Yet again, the startup world...
View ArticleFlavors of Fools
Flavors of FoolsPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess In the past we’ve looked at fools and money, fools and management and Shakespeare’s idea that one should never underestimate someone “wise enough to...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs: Limitations
Entrepreneurs: LimitationsPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess In a celebrity-driven culture and considering the hype around global startup salvation, you might start believing that founders are, indeed,...
View ArticleDavid Beckham and Your Brand
David Beckham and Your BrandPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess In these days of social media too many people put more time and effort into building their brand and raising their Klout score than they do...
View ArticleBrand or Bore?
Brand or Bore?Post from: MAPpingCompanySuccess Welcome to the Twenty-first Century where “brand yourself” is the call to action, whether people are more narcissistic is hotly debated, and interest in...
View ArticleWhy Do People Cheat?
Why Do People Cheat?Post from: MAPpingCompanySuccess Over the years I’ve written about the prevalence of cheating in all its various forms, whether in business, personally or at school. The generally...
View ArticleIf the Shoe Fits: a Tale of Two Companies
If the Shoe Fits: a Tale of Two CompaniesPost from: MAPpingCompanySuccess A Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here Last week two...
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