Recent Articles from Chuck Blakeman
Treating employees like adults can have amazing results
Leaders at Nearsoft believe that when you give people complete freedom, it makes them even more responsible, not less. It's counter-logical, but actually very intuitive.
Why you should have only one goal the rest of your life
To have a life of purpose, we have to live on purpose. Here are three reasons why you should take the bull by the horns and make life happen for you, not to you.
What do you want to be known for?
What are you building? Do you know? If not, it’s never too late to get this answer. Stop for a moment and get it, because every decision will fall in place after you get this one.
Time to get rid of your rules
Do you want more loyal, productive people and a more profitable company? It’s time to get rid of your rules. They are having the opposite effect from what you had hoped.
Why time away from business is as important as time in it
Surveys show 76 percent of CEOs, owners and founders don't take time away from the business. The sad irony is that nothing will hurt their ability to grow a successful business more than working in the trenches every day.
Should you eat an airplane just because you can?
Thirty-five years ago, Frenchman Michel Lotito became famous for eating a Cessna 150. Yep, he ate the whole thing: wings, tires, windows, seats, engine--everything. It took him two years, but he got the whole thing down, and I'm assuming, out.
People want their brain back at work. How can you help?
What we miss is that empowered and engaged behavior are both results, not strategies. The driver isn't an engagement program or emphasizing empowerment, but a Participation Age culture.
Why you should get your hands dirty in business and life
Outside of winning the lottery, great reward doesn't come without risk. Living without risk means living without significant reward, and it condemns us to the great unwashed "middle", where nothing remarkable happens.
Why you need to become a prisoner to achieve business freedom
Want freedom? First, you must become a prisoner to your business, which is why most business owners never achieve freedom. Almost every founder, CEO and business owner I know is a hostage to their business.
Are you a resourceful human — or a human resource?
There are a number of ways we refer to people at work that are deconstructive. All of them should be as off-limits as any racial slur, not because they are on the same level, but because both are dehumanizing. Here are some of the worst.
Where are you in the seven stages of business ownership?
Okay, so you're building the business of your dreams. But do you have any reference point for how your business actually affects you personally? If you don't, you just might be building a trap for yourself.
The biggest thing wrong with hiring is the people doing it
A growing number of great companies are dumping hiring managers altogether and putting hiring in the hands of peer teams. It turns out eight to 10 brains are better than one.