by Brad Herbert | May 16, 2012 | Development
Venture Capitalist Scott Weiss has a blog post discussing the merits and challenges of promoting from within, along with some sage advice from his father. The recommendation was never to take a top salesperson off the floor to be a people manager because most will not...
by Brad Herbert | May 11, 2012 | Development
My friend Wendy connected me to a fun blog post on 15 things you should give up to be happy. I’m guilty of many of these things some of the time, and probably all of them at one point or another. What about yourself? Here’s the top line take aways; please...
by Brad Herbert | May 8, 2012 | Development
I recently read an article on the global context for increased focus on employee recognition. I thought it was interesting that leadership coaching was called out as an investment that paid dividends across multiple challenges. Here are the highlights: ...
by Brad Herbert | May 2, 2012 | Development
Form follows function, and I believe the folks at Valve have done a stellar job explaining the cultural “how and why” around org design, product development, priorities, and company strengths and gaps. It’s a quick read and a great example of the...
by Brad Herbert | Apr 30, 2012 | Development, Recruitment
In part II of his ERE post, Dr. John Sullivan offers some solutions for “Great to Good Slide” companies. I’ve shortened the article to just the highlights so please visit ERE for the l article. Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast...
by Brad Herbert | Apr 30, 2012 | Development, Recruitment
Author’s 2021 update: This post was written in 2012 when Facebook and Google (and really social media in general) could do no wrong. Suffice it to say I no longer feel that way, but the points below are still interesting. — Dr. John Sullivan is a Professor...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 29, 2012 | Development, Recruitment
Knowledge @ Wharton has an interesting article on why external hires tend to be paid more, quit 18-20% more, and get worse performance evaluations than internal promotions. Given the shift towards external hiring versus internal promotions across all sizes of...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 28, 2012 | Development
The more I study and personally practice positive psychology the more I want to complain about why it took me so long to figure this out. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Seriously, why are we not teaching this to every kid in the world as something equally...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 18, 2012 | Development
All personal growth requires some form of vulnerability: to be open to new ideas, to admit that you don’t know how to do something, or that you want to change, or that you too also have experienced feelings of shame (I’m not worthy) or guilt (I made...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 16, 2012 | Development
Stanford psychologist Kelly McGonigal, PhD, author of The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It, speaks to the San Francisco Habit Design Meet-Up, a group of enthusiasts and professionals interested in...
