How good intentions can turn into unchecked authority – and what leaders can do before autonomy becomes entitlement.
The Promise – and the Risk – of Empowerment
Empowerment is one of the most celebrated ideas in modern leadership. Done well, it builds ownership, speeds up decisions, strengthens engagement, and invites people to bring their best judgment to the work. It
High Power, Quality Bites Drive Silicon Valley CRE Office Leasing
Silicon Valley’s Class A office market is coming back, and AI is the main reason. Leasing reached 4.9 million SF in Q3 2026, the highest since the pandemic, and Sunnyvale accounted for more than half of it. Overall office vacancy dropped to 15.9%, and the market has now had four quarters in a row of positive net absorption.savills+1
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The Rental Rate Shell Game: Why the Lowest Rent May Not Be the Lowest Cost
You’ve probably seen a shell game. I know I have.
Someone puts a ball under one of three shells, moves them around quickly, and challenges you to keep track of where the ball ends up. I lost an embarrassing amount of money to a guy who hustled me with a shell game using playing cards when I was in my
5 Ways to Prepare for a Networking Event
“If you work hard in training, the fight is easy.” – Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao is one of the most accomplished boxers in history. His career is especially remarkable because he moved through an enormous range of weight classes while continuing to win at the championship level. Some of his biggest accomplishments include being the only eight-division world boxing champion
What to Do When Business Is Slow: Start With Delegation, Not Marketing
When business is slow, most owners immediately look for ways to generate more leads. That instinct is understandable — but it often addresses the wrong problem.
Before investing more time and money into marketing, consider this: many businesses aren’t struggling because they lack opportunities. They’re struggling because the owner is carrying too much of the workload themselves. A slow season
Questions to Consider to Help Facilitate Legal Dispute Evaluation, Resolution and Settlement
The following is a link to my blog which contains a lot of materials, but which I now seldom use – instead mostly I now post to my LinkedIn Newsletter (see link below). However, since this post and the LinkedIn Newsletter program do not allow a pdf to be attached, the following is a link to my blog post which
100 CLASSES IN THE BOOK!
Like a crook on a hook!
I was honored, and surprised, that after my fitness bootcamp at F45 this weekend, I was recognized for completing 100 classes. Photo op, signage, the whole shebang.
No easy feat for an old man like me. Like Rocky, I’m old and brittle. Be that as it may, in each class I push, sweat, and
Beyond VA: Specialty Support for Growing Businesses
Beyond VA: Specialty Support for Growing Businesses
In the early stages of a business, “help” is usually synonymous with a second set of hands. You need someone to answer the emails, wrangle the calendar, and keep the daily administrative engine running so you can focus on your clients. Traditional virtual assistant support is, and always will be, the foundational lifeline
In the early stages of a business, “help” is usually synonymous with a second set of hands. You need someone to answer the emails, wrangle the calendar, and keep the daily administrative engine running so you can focus on your clients. Traditional virtual assistant support is, and always will be, the foundational lifeline
10 Habits to Build More Discipline
I lead coaching groups with my clients called Fight Club. We don’t talk about Fight Club.
But we do talk about ways to develop the habits or systems to get the thing done on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Little things often lead to big things. As in big things accomplished if you do the reps over time.
Habits (in
Warranty issues: the part of the project nobody plans for, until they need it
Most owners think about warranties exactly once: the day they sign the closeout documents and file them away in a drawer they hope never to open again.That’s understandable. By the time a project reaches substantial completion, everyone is exhausted. The contractor wants to demobilize. The owner wants to move in, open for business, or finally stop thinking about construction. Nobody