Stepping Into Management: Perception Becomes Reality

I became a first time sales manager officially last year. I had been coaching sellers internationally for several years but hadn’t yet taken on a full-time role as a leader. I had all of these preconceptions about what I thought it would be like making the transition; namely more guaranteed income without the headache of…

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Airbnb’s 4.7M-view product launch

How Airbnb generated 4.7M views on Twitter for a product launch Airbnb has been getting some heat lately. Lackluster amenities. Insane, often hidden fee. Unreasonable check-out protocols. With all of the inconveniences, the question for customers became: Why not just stay at a hotel? And last week, Airbnb fired back. They dropped a massive update…

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Why is talking about compensation so hard?

Have you ever had an employee completely bypass their manager and come straight to HR to ask about a compensation adjustment?  🙋🏾‍♀️ I’ve been there more times than I can count.  Most of the time it’s because the manager has fumbled the conversation and the employee decided to go directly to the source of all…

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A Bucket of Cold First Principles 

Editor’s note – this interview with Frank Rotman, Chief Investment Officer at QED Investors, has been edited down from a longer interview, which can be found here. The edits were made to improve clarity and conciseness and to make Alex Johnson sound like less of an idiot. Alex Johnson: Instead of asking you to predict…

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Focusing on the things in your control will change your life

Nobody wakes up and decides to become a reactive boss, but it happens when you aren’t intentional about where you focus your energy. There are two places for you to put your energy and attention: Your ability to navigate between these two has a trickle down effect on your team. Like we talked about last…

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