Better Good than Lucky

Investors have pulled back on early stage Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) investment in 2016, according to the Wall Street Journal. Mutual funds are big players in the IPO market, and downgrading their holdings of Silicon Valley darlings has chilled the VC market. … Continued

The Fallacy of Employee Performance Metrics

This time of year many of us managers use numbers when we conduct performance evaluations. Most of us, however, make serious attribution errors, believing business outcomes are due to individual performances. As a result, we use metrics inappropriately and demotivate … Continued

Is your Company Leading or Firefighting?

Some companies never seem to have their act together. Others run like well-oiled machines. How does yours operate?   Organizational behaviors exist on a continuum. From most chaotic at the base to most disciplined at the apex, the maturity pyramid … Continued