This blog post is part of a series of leadership lessons that I have learned from 40 years in tech. I credit the lesson in this post to the man who hired me at CoverMyMeds — our technical co-founder and eventual CEO — since I’m using his words verbatim. My…

This blog post is part of a series of leadership lessons that I have learned from 40 years in tech. This post is a natural follow-up to my previous one, “Lesson Learned: Guide, but don’t force.” In hindsight, I wish I had combined them. Great leaders are skilled listeners; they…

This blog post is part of a series of leadership lessons that I have learned from 40 years in tech. There are thousands of blogs, books, and leadership training classes that espouse the wisdom of teaching and inspiring, rather than doing and telling. I won’t attempt to cover that broad…

This blog post is part of a series of leadership lessons that I have learned from 40 years in tech. Previous posts focused on building a great company. This is the first post on lessons learned in becoming a great leader. “With great power comes great responsibility.” Most readers of…

This blog post is part of a series of leadership lessons that I have learned from 40 years in tech. This is the last post focusing on building a great company. Next week I will start to focus on lessons learned in becoming a great leader. One of the best…

This blog post is part of a series of leadership lessons that I have learned from 40 years in tech. So much has been said and written about meetings, and this is by no means meant to be a comprehensive guide. But I have seen bad meetings, and bad meeting…

This blog post is part of a series of leadership lessons that I have learned from 40 years in tech Many successful companies are built upon a culture of fear and blame. I worked at one for many years. You can get pretty good results with negative energy. People don’t…

This blog post is part of a series of leadership lessons that I have learned from 40 years in tech. Another short but sweet one. Capturing a company’s core values in writing, and promulgating and evangelizing them, is an important step in scaling a company. And once leaders have an…

This blog post is part of a series of leadership lessons that I have learned from 40 years in tech. This week’s post is short and sweet. The leader of a company always sets the standard for attention to detail. It’s only natural that the rest of the company levels…