5 ways to lead in an era of constant change
In this TED talk video, Simon Sinek tries to connect how military leaders are willing to sacrifice themselves for their subordinates.
Category: Leadership
Atrendia Friday Video 38: Two reasons companies fail and how to avoid them
In this TED talk video, Simon Sinek tries to connect how military leaders are willing to sacrifice themselves for their subordinates.
Atrendia Friday Video 37: How to start a movement
In this TED talk video, Simon Sinek tries to connect how military leaders are willing to sacrifice themselves for their subordinates.
Want stability in your organization? Move fast. No. Even faster.
In his book, Thanks For Being Late, Thomas L. Friedman recounts the advice from an Olympic Kayak medalist: To enhance stability in rapids it’s important to move as fast or faster than the current. Every time you rudder or drag your paddle in the water to steer you lose momentum and that makes you more vulnerable to flipping…
Atrendia Friday Video 36: Why good leaders make you feel safe
In this TED talk video, Simon Sinek tries to connect how military leaders are willing to sacrifice themselves for their subordinates.
Hey Mr. Sales Director, George Trachilis is NOT nuts. Are you nuts?
One of your prime objectives as a sales director is to get your teams out of their inbox and in front of the customer as much as possible. I’m not knocking the importance of email, I’m just saying that you probably see a huge benefit to having your teams managing their inboxes at twice their…
Atrendia Friday Video 29 – Everyday Leadership
In this TED video, Drew Dudley (tell me his parents didn’t name him after some fictional cowboy figure), helps us recognize the power of everyday leadership. It’s an amazing concept that we should all aspire to. Drew talks about a “lollypop moment”. It’s a moment that I think many of us, as leaders and as regular…
Guest blog: Do you want to lead? or have someone follow?
I’m a dancer. When I studied the Argentine Tango there was a foundational rule that I believe is true for all leaders: The leader opens the door for the follower to pass through, and the leader then follows. If anyone notices the leader, he’s not doing his job. The goal is to showcase the follower….
8 strategy questions every CEO should ask
With 300+ likes and 1K shares, the strategy article 8 things every leader should know about strategy somehow struck a nerve. But as many readers pointed out correctly, it’s one thing to know what strategy is all about, but it’s another to get out there and come up with one. As you will probably agree, there is…
Why Fix It If People Don’t Know Email Should Be Prioritized
I just read an article by a very smart man, Nathan Zeldes, who believes that we need a benchmark for email classifier performance. In other words, some way of gaging how well auto-prioritization Maybe. Maybe not. It seems that most email apps these days are looking for this algorithm as if it were the Holy…