How to make you and your team extremely happy and productive. — These days, there are lots of guides for remote work, with lots of good ideas. But the logistics and social dynamics of successful remote arrangements can be quite subtle. I’ve been working on and leading remote teams for two decades, and I’m going to share a bunch of tips that…

The biggest benefits of setting up your company for remote work are not the ones you think — Remote work is becoming more common all the time, yet the arguments for it seem frozen in time. Yes, hiring people who can work anywhere gives you a bigger, more diverse pool of talent, lowers attrition, and may offer cost savings in salaries or office space. …

In October 2016, after years of intensely heavy and painful periods, I had a laparoscopic hysterectomy. I’d tried everything else: birth control pills that had nasty side effects, a Mirena IUD that I bled out during a client meeting, an endometrial ablation that didn’t work, acupuncture that was also fruitless…

12 things to do before, during, and after your talk to handle stage fright and anxiety — Public speaking often has personal and professional benefits, and it’s required in many jobs. What do you do if the very thought of it sparks dread? The bad news here is that the fear is not just in your head; it’s a real physical experience. …

It is a well-known fact that as you move through adulthood, you will either have kids or not, and your friends will either have kids or not. …

A guide for managing morale while pushing for innovation — Innovation is a buzzword for our era. It evokes the promise of profiting tomorrow from today’s changes in technology. The word innovation implies a clean, crisp path. That’s a lie. In fact, innovation requires enormous amounts of failure — which then presents leadership challenges. Some organizations, like startups and corporate…

Photo: https://unsplash.com/ramblere Last weekend, Danielle Morrill, CEO of Mattermark, tweeted up a storm of solid advice for startups looking to raise investment. There’s a lot of mystique around fund raising, and she talked about details people don’t usually mention: how hard it is to find Sequoia; where to eat lunch…