A great culture doesn’t just happen — it’s built through care and intention. Great company cultures require intentional effort.  Culture is cultivated and groomed, not just at...

Not all terminations need to happen. For the ones that do, preserving dignity is key. I turned into a robot the first time I fired someone....

Someone once asked critically acclaimed film director and screenwriter, Stanley Kubrick, if it was usual for a director to spend so much care on lighting each...

My parents come from Sri Lanka, and I was born in the UK. We were one of those families that moved every two or three years....

In this time of the “Great Resignation”, many knowledge workers have the luxury of options and feel their “stock” rising.  In response, there isn’t a single...

I was born with a fear of the ocean. When I first tried scuba diving years ago, I was terrified. Terrified of losing control, of not...

When people want to learn a new topic, internet research alone is not enough. In Gong’s early days, one of our biggest hurdles was learning about...

We don’t grow by sitting at home by ourselves all day long. Like many others, I am just now starting to reacclimate to the real world....

Written with Marc Winter | Artwork Credit: Joy Yun You’d be hard pressed to find a company without a set of documented values.  Whether they’re codified explicitly as...

This article was written in collaboration with Carina Cortese Strategic planning needs to change because our world has changed. We’ve long assumed the world we operate in...

I’m a big believer that when you first start a company, you want to hire senior people. The first few people you bring on board are...

In a crowded marketplace, only great brands survive. Great brands are built through humanity’s oldest tool: storytelling. Nowadays, all you need to start a business is...

I have been the founder and CEO of a PR agency for over 15 years. For what it’s worth, I came from the brand side — most recently...

I’ve worked with many leaders over the years, and one thing that always surprises me is how many don’t internalize their own power. They spend their...

In 2008, Forbes began publishing their annual list of America’s top colleges. From then through 2019, the list was more or less a confirmation of conventional...

We have a running joke in our extended family that my husband, Brad, loves sloths.  I couldn’t tell you when it started, but whenever it’s time...

Life is short. Most people I know have completely changed the way they think about managing their time after living through COVID. For almost a year,...

Most of what our aunts and uncles, friends and family members tell us about having a successful career is incorrect. “You should make an effort to...

A decade ago, you could spin up a website and launch a DTC product, and the mere fact you were “DTC” made you competitive. The space...

Routines are great. But you never really know how your routine is working for you until you change things up. Every week, I take a dance...