March 10, 2015
How Smart Managers Manipulate Employees
On Sunday, I wrote about how you can outsmart your difficult boss. I wanted to empower you to stay calm and fight back with smarts rather than venom. For most people,…
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March 8, 2015
How to Outsmart a Difficult Boss
I wish that the words “evil” and “boss” never met. But if you have had three or more jobs, you have likely crossed paths with a rotten boss who ruined many of your days.…
March 3, 2015
How Successful People Conquer Bad Days
I had a bad day. Ok, it was really more tragic than bad. On Sunday, I shared with you the news that my sister-in-law passed away at 40. She died last Monday, was buried…
March 2, 2015
How to Break into Product Management
My first product gig was like Lyft, but for grounded aircraft engines. If a flying machine needed a spare part, then our solution helped locate the nearest optimal…
February 25, 2015
The One Word That Will Make You Poor
Earlier this week, I wrote about The One Word That Will Make You Rich. Responding with “Done” to a question about your work delivers momentary joy to everyone who reads…
February 23, 2015
Google Apps Single Sign-On Now Available in Aha!
Integrating the tools your product teams use with Aha! is a great way to focus the team on what matters most — building better products. Currently, there are more than 20…
February 22, 2015
The One Word That Will Make You Rich
There is one word at work that arrives like a gift. It makes me feel happy and brings a jolt of joy to everyone who sees it in an email, IM, or text. I love reading this…
February 19, 2015
Your Social Media Disclaimer Will Fail You
Several years ago I was preparing to interview Nick (name changed), a promising candidate. We had an opening for a content manager and social media skills were near the…
February 18, 2015
Show Your Logo Some Love — Add It and Your Brand Colors to Aha!
Aha! is the go-to tool that product managers live in every day. And it should feel like home. So, if you are one os the the thousands of teams that use us daily, we want…
February 18, 2015
You Deserve To Be Happy at Work
On Monday, I published an article on a controversial topic — You Will Never Find Work/Life Balance. So many of us have grown up trying perfectly allocate our time at the…