A Company Is Only as Good as Its People. Here’s How to Find Them In the business world, success traditionally means maximizing profit. This view clearly fails to take into account the wide-reaching and long-term value generated by the people who improve every aspect of their organizations simply by committing…

Last year I released my second book, Good People, focusing on the theme and need for leadership of competency and leadership of character. Unfortunately, on the latter, we have lacked a way to really assess, develop and instill great leadership of character and goodness in our organizations. Our bias has…

Many people still believe that there’s no place in the business world for “soft” concepts like goodness. “Good people” — it’s a phrase we hear all the time, both in the office and out of it. What do we really mean when we say those words? When we say that…

Acknowledging the part luck plays in our lives isn’t easy for most of us. — There are heart-dominant entrepreneurs, who bring purpose and passion in the business world, and smarts-dominant leaders who apply rationality and facts to build their business. After studying how guts play an important role in entrepreneurship, we will discover today the power of luck. Luck is random, chaotic, selective, arbitrary, and…

If the world were full of the most passionate and purposeful people with the brightest minds and the luckiest personalities but no guts to act, there would be no progress. — Successful entrepreneurship and business requires four qualities: heart, smarts, guts, and luck. I’ve previously written about heart-dominant entrepreneurs, who bring purpose and passion in the business world, and smarts-dominant entrepreneurs who apply rationality and facts to build their business. Today, we’ll discover another important trait that defines entrepreneurs: guts.

Entrepreneurs have long been fascinated by understanding the defining traits of great founders and business builders. Four qualities that successful entrepreneurship and business require are Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck. …

Entrepreneurs have long been fascinated by understanding the defining traits of great entrepreneurs and business builders. Four qualities that successful entrepreneurship and business require are Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck. …

It’s a big week for me. I’m off on my annual pilgrimage to the TED Conference, where I’ll lead a workshop based on the principles I’ve developed in my new book, Good People, which launches today. This week also marks the 10th anniversary of a business I co-founded and the…

The pursuit of goodness and good people has become the central organizing principle of how I try to conduct my life, raise my children, build businesses, and lead my firm in ways that meet our business objective of delivering superior returns while also positively influencing our partners, colleagues, entrepreneurs, investors…