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From The Heartbeat Podcast: Interview with Sara Sutton Fell, Founder and CEO of FlexJobs
As the founder and CEO of FlexJobs, a 100+ person remote company, Sara Sutton Fell shares with me what she learned the hard way as a leader, having started her first company when she was 21 years old.
Transcript of the interview here
Latest reads
Kill The Elephants In The Room Before They Kill You.
âA common mistake I observe in leaders of teams big and small is to aspire for peace as a default.âWritten by Scott Belsky, Founder of Behance + 99U and Venture Partner at Benchmark
Give Performance Reviews That Actually Inspire Employees
âThe essential question is this: âHow do we hold people accountable for their performance in a way that is more accurate, helpful and inspiring?ââWritten by Ben Wigert and Annamarie Mann, Gallup
CEOs Should Leave Strategy to Their Team â and Save Their Focus for Execution
âThe common perception is that strategy is done at the top of the org chart, and execution is done below. It is exactly the opposite â let me explain why.âWritten by Roger L. Martin, Harvard Business Review
The Angelâs in the Details
âOnly by being obsessed with little things do amazing things emerge.âWritten by Andy Dunn, Founder of Bonobos
How to Make Executive Hires at Your Startup
âThe first thing you need to figure out is whether youâre hiring someone to help search for the business model or to help execute a business model youâve already found.âWritten by Steve Blank, Entrepreneur + Creator of the Customer Development Methodology
Favorite reads
Five Moments When Saying No Is Your Best Strategy
âThe first step in building your capacity to say no is to recognize some common situations that should raise a red flag.âWritten by Elizabeth Doty, strategy+business
The difference between management and leadership
âManagers want authority. Leaders take responsibility.âWritten by Seth Godin
Good boss, bad times
âPeople tend to devote a lot more energy to their bossâor to their board, even, if theyâre CEOsâto figure out what is going on. âQ&A with Robert Sutton, Management Expert, McKinsey Quarterly
Don Charlton of Jazz on the Power of Candid Questions
âOne of the things we talk about is âembrace unfairnessâ. We have big competitors, and we embrace them as competitors. If a competitor takes a customer from us, thatâs part of business.âInterviewed by Adam Bryant, New York Times
Just for fun
Move Slowly and Fix Things
My friend and designer at Basecamp, Jonas Downey, wrote this incredibly insightful piece about software design in the 21st century.
