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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…
Read MoreBreaking down the Option Care Health – Amedisys $10 Billion merger
Do you hear that sound? It’s the collective groan of equity analysts as they’re forced to update their models for the latest healthcare services merger between home & site infusion operator Option Care Health and home health & hospice provider Amedisys.
Read MoreAirbnb’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…
Read MoreWhy 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreFocusing 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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