BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company

True leadership only exists if people follow when they would otherwise have the freedom to not follow.

The process of critique should be an educational experience that contributes to the further development of the individual.

Most great leaders don’t begin as great leaders. Sure, there are a few weird freaks of nature that seem to be born for leadership, who are fascinating to look at, like some sort of exotic bug. They’re also largely irrelevant; you simply can’t do anything about whether you’re born as one of those weird, freaky bugs. And—this is the crucial point—mos

Corporate vision provides a context within which people at all levels can make decisions. The importance of this cannot be overemphasized.

What makes for a key seat? Any seat meeting any one of the following three conditions qualifies as key: The person in that seat has the power to make significant people decisions. Failure in the seat could expose the entire enterprise to significant risk or potential catastrophe. Success in the seat would have a significantly outsized impact on the

What makes for a key seat? Any seat meeting any one of the following three conditions qualifies as key: The person in that seat has the power to make significant people decisions. Failure in the seat could expose the entire enterprise to significant risk or potential catastrophe. Success in the seat would have a significantly outsized impact on the

How would you feel if the person quit? If secretly relieved, then you might have already concluded that he or she is a wrong person on the bus. If genuinely distraught, then you might well believe that he or she is still a right person on the bus.

What makes for a key seat? Any seat meeting any one of the following three conditions qualifies as key: The person in that seat has the power to make significant people decisions. Failure in the seat could expose the entire enterprise to significant risk or potential catastrophe. Success in the seat would have a significantly outsized impact on the

commitment, when he resigned just before being promoted to partner. “What would have become of your life if you’d listened to those who worried about your decision to abandon partnership for an entrepreneurial path?” I noticed an evanescent smile, and he didn’t answer. In retrospect, I think Bill was testing me, probing to see if I believed enough