In my 22-year career at Microsoft, I contemplated leaving the company three times.  My first aborted attempt occurred in 1997 after I led the marketing team through my third version of Microsoft Office.  I was […]

The audio below is from a speech I did at Augustana College back in early 2015. While that occurred over a year ago, the topic is far from dated especially as of late with regards to […]

Can established companies innovate successfully? When I joined Microsoft in 1988, the company had a bit over 3,000 employees, and while it was beyond being a startup, it was far from a mature company.  By […]

As someone who loves this time of year, I was beginning to worry that the “Christmas Spirit” was going to pass me by this time.  I definitely got caught up in the rush of my […]

As 2015 comes to an end, there will be many articles and discussions of events, products or ideas that will be game changers in the year to come. Personally, I’ve never been much of a believer […]

The guest blog-post below was originally published via Tanveer Naseer’s website.   As someone who absolutely loves sports, I follow the fortunes of various teams and often wonder what makes some more successful than others. […]

I’ve written a separate post about how to overcome that oh so common fear of public speaking before but the art of a formal presentation has a sub-culture all of its own.  Ironically, for a […]

The guest blog-post below originally appeared on Forbes’ website. The Big Leadership Lessons I Learned Almost Failing To Create Xbox For Microsoft I had the good fortune of working on two very successful businesses during […]

Earn and Command Respect This is Part 4/4 of my leadership series speech that I have given to companies, conferences and teams around the country. The links to the other parts are list below. Part 1: What is […]

Establish Culture This is Part 3/4 of my leadership series speech that I have given to companies, conferences and teams around the country. The links to the other parts are list below. Part 1: What is your Superpower? […]