In his roles as CEO or president of more than 15 publicly traded, venture-backed and technology start-ups around the world and across the United States, Paul Thomas wasn’t interested in overseeing companies that were humming along smoothly. In fact, he was the guy the board of directors would call when they couldn’t decide whether to shut the company down or continue to invest in it. With tumultuous situations as the theme of his career, one might imagine he has stories to tell. Fortunately, he … [Read more...] about Serial CEO T. Paul Thomas Offers Lessons in Leadership in New Book
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On the Grid – College Graduate’s First Job
College Graduate's First Job Part 1 [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/317797332" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /] Part 2 [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/328003303" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" … [Read more...] about On the Grid – College Graduate’s First Job
Speak the Language: Remember, It Is the Little Things
For my column this month, I have decided to write about two things that I experienced in the last 30 days. Both have real world lessons for anyone running a company or managing a business or employees. Speak the Language My youngest son, Ross, will be graduating from Northern Arizona University in December and we have wanted to do a trip to Europe together. He is a history guy and has wanted to travel to London and Normandy to see firsthand sites from WWII. So, we went to London and Paris … [Read more...] about Speak the Language: Remember, It Is the Little Things
