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Matt Mullenweg is the founder of Automattic and creator of the open source WordPress software. Picked from HBR Apr 2014 issue. The Idea: In its early years, Automattic relied on traditional résumé screening and interviews to do its hiring. But over time Mullenweg came to focus on tryouts, in which final candidates are paid to spend several…

An excerpt from Managing for Happiness. Kudo Box and Kudo Cards Motivating people with better rewards Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within. — Franz Kafka Rewards are among the trickiest and least understood tools in management. Paying for results can actually make people perform badly, and that the more you pay, the…

Adapted from https://www.thedaily.coach/p/problems-conflict-aversion Conflict is inevitable. It’s just a question of whether we want to deal with it on the micro or macro level. It’s 10 a.m., and the client meeting is in an hour. The team has reviewed its presentation and everything is ready to go.  Then, Megan chimes in with an idea: The…

Picked from: https://academy.nobl.io/make-noise-make-do/ As a leader, do you know your teams’ full potential, and how far they are from meeting it? What’s holding them back,  or where might they be stuck? Misaligned? Under-resourced? Right now, at this very moment, do you know what you could do to push both their collective efforts and individual impact…

You believe in a good idea. But you can’t make it happen on your own. You need support. You present a plan well. Then, along with thoughtful issues, come confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets. It matters not that the idea is needed, insightful, innovative, and logical. It matters not if the issues involved…

Handle the challenge of change well, and you can prosper greatly. Handle it poorly, and you put yourself and others at risk. Change and succeed under any conditions. I cannot but highly recommend this book for anyone who are responsible for bringing change in their organization, community or even personal life situations. Eight steps to…

Richard Sheridan (Cofounder and CEO, Menlo Innovations) wrote Joy Inc to share insight into practices that worked for his Org. Here he urges leaders to embrace change, create a “being safe” culture and make mistakes faster. Fear is one of the biggest killer of joy. Freedom from fear requires feeling safe. If you feel safe, you…

How do people succeed?How do successful people stay successful? While there are as many ways to success as there are successful people, Robert Maurer in “The Kaizen Way” suggests that there is one unusual method many/most use. Same method works for change — coming out of an addiction, improving a career, exercising. When people want to change,…

Perhaps one small flaw or behavior we barely even recognize is the only thing that’s keeping us from where we want to be. In his book “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”, Marshall Goldsmith has a “to stop” list rather than one listing what “to do”. This “to stop” list is designed to…

Perhaps one small flaw or behavior we barely even recognize is the only thing that’s keeping us from where we want to be. In his book “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”, Marshall Goldsmith has a “to stop” list rather than one listing what “to do”. This “to stop” list is designed to…