Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Managing staff”
Tl;dr: Startup guide to culture, values, and culture codes. This is a 20k word blog! Hey buddy! Are you thinking about building a great culture at your startup? Would you like to make some tangible steps to documenting your culture? If that’s the case keep reading. What the feck is a culture code? If they weren’t invented by, they were …
When I was a junior M&A banker, I worked crazy hours. 20 hours a day was pretty regular for me. When I build startups I work pretty long hours and encourage staff to do the same. Only, I wouldn’t dream of making staff work a minimum of 16 hours a day (every day). The banking world is a little different. …
Tl;dr: A blog on disagree and commit. If you want to make better decisions, in a faster time frame, reduce meeting hell and analysis paralysis, then implement disagree and commit. In short, everyone shares their opinion, argues their case and a decision gets made. Everyone who disagreed sucks it up and ships the project with 100% commitment Management by consensus …
I’ve hired a lot of people. A lot. I’m talking hundreds. With that volume of people, there is going to be voluntary churn. There is also going to be… involuntary churn. That means firing people. I’ve been sued for wrongful dismissal. I’ve been in more than one termination and had people either freak out and shout, or at the other …
Tl;dr: A beautiful startup offer letter you can use for inspiration when making offers to your startup staff If you as a founder are a little clueless about how shares and options work, trust me, your staff are even more clueless. So clueless (for the most part in many countries) that many don’t even see the value in owning stock in …
