Operating Metrics
Over the years we’ve shared the story of Outsell’s genesis; I was a senior officer working for a software-enabled information company in…
Dark Money
What a shame yesterday to learn that one of my favorite leaders lost his job in a tussle with his PE owners during his “second bite at the…
By Our Own Rules
The proverbial ink had just dried on my last blog when my colleague sent this article citing McKinsey and LeanIn.org’s latest study. The…
Out of Step
How silly I felt last week. Last Friday, our world was reflecting on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We published a blog on…
Outsell Leadership Community Themes — Summer 2022
The Outsell Leadership Community — our peer-to-peer networks of industry CEOs and MDs — successfully returned to in-person meetings this…
Gone Fishing — Fourth of July Holiday
A few weeks ago, I wrote about burnout among leaders and their teams these past two years, now going on three. It’s real. Many leaders…
The Art of Unplugging
I’ve written before about the importance of vacations, the art of unplugging, and why it’s so effective for leaders to disengage from their…
She Succeeds
She Succeeds I was very pleased to be interviewed recently by the She Succeeds podcast, hosted by Meredith Vorndran. We talked about what success means in its various forms, including personal, business, health, and more. I discuss the creation of Outsell to serve the information industry, the challenges of starting a new business, how to…
Now More Than Ever
I will start this post by first saying that nothing going on in my world, or that of 99% of the leaders I’m speaking with, compares in any…
What We Can Do
Words defy description of that feeling in the pit of my stomach. It is that awful gut feeling that a crazy man is driving the world to the…