‘Good riddance’: Tech’s flight from San Francisco is a relief to some advocates

When Chirag Bhakta saw a headline recently that said tech workers were fleeing San Francisco, he had a quick reaction: “Good riddance.”

Bhakta, a San Francisco native and tenant organizer for affordable housing nonprofit Mission Housing, is well-versed in the seismic impact that the growth of the tech industry has had on the city. As software companies expanded over the past decade, they drew thousands of well-off newcomers who bid up rents and remade the city’s economy and culture. READ MORE

Whole Foods CEO slams socialism as 'trickle-up poverty': 'It doesn't work’

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey slammed socialism as “the path to poverty” and defended capitalism as the “greatest thing humanity’s ever done” during a recent interview.

Mackey, who is worth an estimated $75 million, made the remarks last week to the American Enterprise Institute while discussing the culture of business leadership and how he believes it needs to change to help better elevate humanity through business. READ MORE

Jeff Bezos Says There Are 2 Kinds of Failure and You Should Only Tolerate 1

If there's one thing just about every super successful entrepreneur out there can agree on (besides a love of books), it's that failure is a necessary part of creating anything new and worthwhile. From Richard Branson to Elon Musk to Sara Blakely, just about every billionaire you admire has offered advice on how to get more comfortable with failure so you can achieve more. READ MORE

America’s unique brand of entrepreneurism is, and always has been, a source of hope for the future

Many of us started the new decade with high hopes and renewed aspirations, and instead, this year delivered a devastating blow. For all the setbacks and losses we’ve experienced, a brighter future remains. We can still look forward to a thriving entrepreneurial environment and fruitful innovations that can continue to improve lives and open new opportunities and horizons. READ MORE

A Guide to the performance management revolution

Forward-thinking companies understand the true potential of performance management, which cannot be achieved by a once-a-year appraisal and a rating created from the top down. By shifting traditional performance management to continuous performance management—built on a foundation of regular check-ins, ongoing feedback, and frequent recognition moments—companies can optimize performance by enabling employees to achieve more with the support of their peers and manager. READ MORE

Anyone Can Learn to Be a Better Leader

When you’re an individual contributor, your ability to use your technical expertise to deliver results is paramount. Once you’ve advanced into a leadership role, however, the toolkit that you relied on to deliver individual results rarely equips you to succeed through others. Beware of falling into the logical trap of “if I can do this work well, I should be able to lead a team of people who do this work.” This would be true if leading others were akin to operating a more powerful version of the same machinery you operated previously. But it’s not; machinery doesn’t perform better or worse based on what it thinks about you and how you make it feel, while humans do. READ MORE

Stop Asking for Feedback

Many years ago, I applied for a role I had considered my dream job. I made it to the last round of the interview process where I had to give a presentation at the company. When I was done, I asked them for feedback. “How did it go?” I said and received some damning and utterly unactionable comments. I left the room with a deflated sense of self. Needless to say, I didn’t get the job. READ MORE

These Simple Changes to Your Performance Reviews Will Make More Effective Employees

Performance reviews are an essential tool for monitoring and improving employee progress and giving them support and guidance. But, the traditional performance review has become clunky and outdated. These reviews are often a source of stress and anxiety for employees and they usually don’t provide the real-time feedback that many team members need to be highly successful. READ MORE