Leadership

After 11 years as Founder and CEO of The Cares Family, I am starting to think about succession and plan to stand down at the end of April 2023. Starting, leading and growing The Cares Family for such a long time has been one of the greatest privileges of my…

When Elisa Grosse Frie was looking for a new career opportunity, she didn’t want to work just anywhere. Her goal was to join a stellar team in a company with an innovative product and a customer-centric culture, which led her to Deel. It didn’t take long for Elisa to experience…

With all of the huff and puff around Zero Trust, it is frustrating when vendors claim that their product is a Zero Trust “Solution.” …

Put the right foundation in place — What’s My Job?? This is the most salient question that a staff person wants the answer to. What is my day to day work? What is my role and where does that fit in the organization overall and in this team structure? Who supports and supervises me? How are decisions made? What’s my…

Let me know if this scenario sounds familiar. You’ve hired someone, ramped them, and set them loose. While the world begins in balance, at some point, you recognize a gap. Performance and expectations are at odds. You provide some feedback. Offer assistance. But the gap still remains, or worse, it…

About 5 years ago, I became a people lead and like many other new leads had mixed feelings(excitement, anxiety and sometimes confusion) about my new role. Its important to have a good manager and a mentor(if possible they should be different person) to help you along this path. Many a…