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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Why there are so few women in tech (and what you can do about it!)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Problems with workplace culture A major obstacle facing many women in tech is an unfriendly, male-dominated culture. While it is difficult to quantify culture, several pieces of information point to common problems that women experience. Unwelcome cultural environments create situations where women may feel compelled to leave.

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My Number One Advice for Startups or VCs: Conviction > Consensus

Both Sides of the Table

Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. That senior exec you didn’t fire but who undermines your culture brings down the performance of his peers. conviction > consensus. He took two words where I take 1,000!

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Stay Focused on Your Goals Not Your Critics

Both Sides of the Table

Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) November 22, 2015. Company culture matters such a great deal. As you build out your teams be very thoughtful about team dynamics and culture. And at just the right moment when my head was about to explode Twitter came to the rescue. I stepped back and realized how true that was.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear

Period, full-stop. And everyone else at WP Engine would tell you the same thing. So to everyone at WP Engine, let me repeat the message from one year ago: Look what we did !

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6 Steps To Become a More People-Centered Company

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Along with the rise of mission-driven leadership comes an abundance of business movements centered around purpose: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Benefit Corporation (B Corp) certification and many more. As such, the pair established The Life You Love Laboratory to support their vision of improving workplace culture in America.

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Empowering millennials in Peru to take action volunteering

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

It was a culture shock,” she states. By the end of 2015, the movement had over 200 volunteers focused on engaging citizens in the local development processes of their communities. “In She then reassessed her passions and in the meantime signed up for a volunteer teaching post in Brazil.