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On Being a Draftsperson

I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands, and in college I took classes in jewelry and metals.  I was taught by a Professor named David Peterson who is an extremely talented (albeit tough) teacher.  After studying with David for two

Andrew Eifler February 18, 2018 Business, Life, technology 2 Comments Read more

The Challenge of Being Three Different People

One of the challenges of being a product leader is that different stakeholders are looking to you for different things. The three most prominent groups of stakeholders include: Internal teams like sales, marketing and engineering who are looking to you

Andrew Eifler March 1, 2015 Product Management 1 Comment Read more

Being the Coach and the Lead Blocker

As those who’ve read this blog for any period of time can attest, I often find myself reflecting on what it means to be a leader. It seems that each new project and each new responsibility helps give me new

Andrew Eifler February 23, 2015 Human Behavior No Comments Read more

Being Accountable

We’ve all seen the chart.  It looks like this. RASCI.  It’s a model for how to run projects in complex organizations.  Different people take different roles along the RASCI spectrum. Responsible means you’re on the hook for doing most of

Andrew Eifler February 16, 2015 Human Behavior 2 Comments Read more

Are You a Manager or a Leader?

I recently picked up On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis and found it pretty interesting.  Originally published in 1989, the book still has many lessons that are relevant today – some perhaps more relevant than when first published.  Much

Andrew Eifler January 19, 2015 Business No Comments Read more

Valuing Strength Over Lack of Weakness

Finding and hiring an executive is one of the hard things addressed in Ben Horowitz’s book – The Hard Thing about Hard Things.  As an intro to the topic, Horowitz calls out many of the complexities and challenges associated with

Andrew Eifler July 13, 2014 Human Behavior No Comments Read more

Creating and Sustaining Momentum

I recently mentored a team of students from Skidmore College competing in the fourth annual Kenneth A Freirich Business Plan Competition.  The students, Alexander Nassief ’16 and Zach Rohde ’14 of Rum Dogs Inc, were exceptional to work with and

Andrew Eifler May 26, 2014 Business No Comments Read more

How to Create Order from Chaos

This past week I met with a colleague to talk about my method for launching a new initiative at work.  He explained that next month he will be moving to help open a new office in an emerging market and

Andrew Eifler May 19, 2013 Entrepreneurship 2 Comments Read more

Leading Like a Community Organizer

In my post last week, I concluded that the key to being a good coach is: 1)   Having a clearly articulated plan 2)   Getting full “buy in” from your team In response, Keith Petri asked: “I would love to hear

Andrew Eifler March 24, 2013 Business 1 Comment Read more
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