Kevin Sayer had only been at Dexcom for a few months when he was faced with a career-defining decision: the company was set to announce the release of its new glucose monitoring device, but there was a problem when Sayer learned from some trusted sources that the device was no better than the previous version. Faced with the decision about…
“Never assume,” Duke coaching legend Mike Krzyzewski said, pausing for effect. Never assume the person you’ve spoken to understands you 100 percent until you see proof that your message has been received and, preferably, acted on. Too often, leaders allow themselves to feel so busy that they communicate quickly and without taking the time to see whether their team fully…
“Being a professional is doing what you love to do even on days you don’t love doing it,” said Daniel Pink. For Pink, this principle has a very specific metric attached to it: 500, as in 500 words a day. That’s the daily output — we’ll call it minimum output — Pink feels will keep him moving forward on a…
Constance Schwartz-Morini is not the person to turn your back on. Just ask the original D-O-double-G himself, Snoop Dogg. Early in Constance’s career, she was part of a marketing team that was meeting its client, the famous rapper and youth football coach, only to find themselves staring at the back of his head as, resplendent in a long purple fur…
Christian Ponder tells the story told to him by his father about legendary Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden, who coached the Seminoles to two National Championships during his tenure from 1976 to 2009. On the Friday evening before a game, said the elder Ponder, a defensive lineman at FSU, Coach Bowden always held a meeting with his players….
In this edition of our Corporate Competitor Podcast, Maxwell Leadership Thought Leader Don Yaeger sits down with Scooter Braun, CEO of HYBE America, and founder of SB Projects, to discuss times when we need to lose our fear and ask, “Why not me?” When Scooter Braun’s high school basketball team went up against an opponent known for having a killer full…
