At Netflix, autonomy above all else

  • April 20, 2017

Reed Hastings believes that talented people thrive when you simply leave them alone. So the co-founder and CEO of Netflix created a culture of independence.

Hire SWANS and let them swim

  • March 29, 2017

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. The return on investment will be extraordinary.

Performance reviews: a two-way street

  • March 23, 2017

Performance reviews are an excel­lent time to exchange important information with employees. But to be effective, there must be a genuine exchange.

Get employee buy-in on job descriptions

  • March 15, 2017

Do you have current job descriptions for every position on your team? If they're more than six months old, you may have a lot to gain by updating them.

Get them to solve their own problems

  • January 05, 2017

Yes, your door is always open to your employees. But you shouldn’t tolerate a steady parade of workers into your office looking for answers to every little problem.

Facebook’s hacker culture drives it

  • January 03, 2017

At Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg adopted an unusual motivational strategy from the start. Rather than prod employees to excel, he and his co-founders left them alone.

Work-at-home abuse? Demand accountability

  • December 05, 2016

Are you sure employees are working when they are supposed to be? Or are they abusing your flexible rules about taking time off and working from home?