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The pervasive idea has crossed nearly everyone’s mind at some point: I should start a podcast. Our tendency to record our thoughts and ideas goes beyond the internet, but when it comes to podcasting, ...

Vivint CEO Todd Pedersen wasn't “fast enough” to work in one of his own warehouses, was “moving a little slow” on an installation job and should have been more adept at handling a basic tool, ...

A few months ago, I posted about a friend of mine regaling me with a story about her boss's truly awful decision-making process. (In the interest of full disclosure, details regarding my friend and ...

People have a deep yearning to feel important and validated, and good leadership is about driving and pushing people, but also about letting people know that they can do the job. When Brian Hamilton ...

Nearly 10 years ago, I co-founded a youth advocacy group to reform county-level foster-care policies. I worked at this job for four years, and as is the nature of child welfare, lots of changes were ...

Do you hate Mondays? I don’t, but there was a time when I did. Back then, the Monday blues would start on Sunday. And with each passing hour, the dread would settle in further, culminating at bedtime ...

With the Olympic fanfare over, I finally had the chance to watch Undercover Boss, CBS’s new reality TV show about corporate executives who go undercover to observe first-hand what’s happening on the ...

Undercover Boss—Lessons Learned Each week a different executive will leave the comfort of their corner office for an undercover mission to examine the inner workings of their company. While working ...