I recently asked a semi-rhetorical question on Twitter about health insurance in the USA. Specifically, it seems deeply weird to me that health insurance is tied in with employment. I mean, your employer doesn’t subsidize your homeowner’s, auto, or renter’s insurance, so why health insurance? Someone answered that this was an end-run around salary caps…
Over the course of time leading people and teams, I’ve learned various lessons. I’ve learned that leading by example is more powerful than leading by other attempts at motivation. I’ve learned that trust is important and that deferring to the expertise of others goes a lot further than pretending that you’re some kind of all-knowing…
I’ve actually had a few spare hours lately to get ahead on blogging, so I was just planning to push a post for tomorrow, read a little and go to sleep. But then I saw an article that made me get a fresh cup of water, turn my office lamp on, and start writing this…
It’s been over a month now since my last post in this series, and for that I sort of apologize. I think I’ve been channelling all of my instructive energy into my now-finished Pluralsight course, leaving the blog largely for opinions, screeds, and a random hiring announcement. So, let’s get back on track and wrap…
I’ve been very busy of late, so I had let this series slip a bit by the wayside. But I was taking a break from recording my Pluralsight course to sort of mindlessly read tweets when I noticed this one: Most kids dream of being athletes, not coaches. So then does why does everyone want…
