Management

How to Coach a Future CEO

If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know I’m a fan of Ford CEO Alan Mulally. He started in the top job at Ford about five years ago and, he has led the company to quarter after quarter of profitable growth. He’s accomplished that through any number of ways. Probably one of the biggest is by changing the culture of the company’s leadership team.

Management

How To Lead Like a Top Chef

Foodies in Washington, D.C., know all about Jose Andres, the award-winning chef who popularized Spanish style tapas dining in America. Andres arrived in the United States from Spain in 1993 and opened his first restaurant, Jaleo, that year. Today, he is the CEO of Think Food Group and the mastermind behind eight restaurant concepts with locations in D.C., Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Management

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

There was a vastly underrated road trip movie last year starring Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr. called Due Date. Downey plays an uptight businessman and Galifianakis plays a goofy but lovable stoner. They take a cross-country trip together. Hilarity ensues.

Management

Wondering 'Am I a Good Leader?'

Over the past six months Ive read a number of profiles on the COO of Facebook and, based on what Ive learned about her, have come up with three questions that can help determine if youre a good leader:

Management

Has Ego Trumped Your Mission?

Lessons in transparency from the Komen Foundation fiasco.

Management

How To Deliver Better Feedback

Rypple's Nick Stein explains his company and gives some tips for giving – and getting – effective feedback.