Where are the people-pleasers?
March 19, 2025
The biggest issue for people-pleasing leaders isn’t that they need to be tougher. Or scream more. Or play a different boss on TV.
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Run it like a business
March 5, 2025
You should have just said “run it badly.”
The heart of it
February 19, 2025
To be worthy of your time, work needs to have dignity, meaning, and impact.
Who manages the managers?
October 9, 2019
A special edition of the newsletter, for the worst reason
Where are my infectious disease specialists?
September 25, 2019
Back from betterboss with therapy, coaches, and crisis
Imagine being able to count on the people you work with
September 11, 2019
The prisoner’s dilemma is why you didn’t do the pre-reading, Jeff
Leadership insights with fewer fire hazards
August 28, 2019
Come for the psychedelics in the desert, stay for the psilocybin in LA.
Downtime and 700 words each
August 14, 2019
You don’t get longform without downtime
Valley thought leader prefers free market
July 31, 2019
No you don’t get to charge the interns, Jason.
The one question post-mortem
July 17, 2019
In retrospect, we did use a lot of Jay-Z in this one
Nightingales don’t fail. And other bullshit.
July 3, 2019
Why yes, there *is* a secret announcement in this one.
Take my horse to the sand hill road
June 19, 2019
I been in the valley you ain’t been up out that porsche
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