Christian Bonilla
How Smart Teams Fail

One of the weirder experiences most of us can relate to is being in a meeting where nearly all of the participants disagree with the decision being made, but the power dynamics keep anyone in the room from objecting. It’s never a great feeling, and it seems to happen for a few different reasons

How Smart Teams Fail
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Christian Bonilla
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone and Embrace ...

I'm not one to extol the virtues of failure. I get annoyed whenever people talk about “celebrating failure.” That said, there are some benefits to getting your ass handed to you every once in a blue moon.

Get Out of Your Comfort Zone and Embrace Criticism
Christian Bonilla
The Golden Rule of Software Companies

Great products and bad products both reflect the management teams who are responsible for them.

The Golden Rule of Software Companies
Christian Bonilla
Pivoting Ain't Easy

Investing time, money and energy into a strategy, only to have the market not respond is like taking a punch. You might not get knocked out, but the effect of multiple blows can take a toll on your confidence and enthusiasm. 

Pivoting Ain't Easy
Christian Bonilla
Bon Voyage! Here Are Two Business Ideas that ...

I nearly scrapped this column, because they’re not bad ideas per se. Both are still in fashion today, especially in the startup-o-sphere, and like many popular ideas there's more than a grain of truth to them. But these two ideas have run themselves ragged, and I see them doing more harm than good when I encounter them. 

Bon Voyage! Here Are Two Business Ideas that Need to Die

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Want to Build Career Momentum? Start By Figuring Out What Your Job Really Is

Want to Build Career Momentum? Start By Figuring Out What Your Job Really Is

Generating real momentum for yourself doesn’t happen overnight, but you have the tools you need accelerate this process right now. Rather than hoping to someday be in the right place at the right time, there are a few things you can do to find what the right place is and just go there already.

Three Steps to Career Momentum

  1. Learn why your role exists and how your work creates value for others
  2. Find out the most difficult or important challenges facing the business
  3. Become an authority on something that allows you to solve problems for people

The Hard Work Paradox (Part 1): Why Success Takes More than Effort

The Hard Work Paradox (Part 1): Why Success Takes More than Effort

Many of us pride ourselves on our work ethic, but in the professional world outworking everyone isn’t a sufficient strategy for getting ahead. Hard work is the basic ingredient of career advancement. Not much will happen for you if you’re not willing to put in some serious effort. But it also probably won’t set you apart from your peers as much as you might think. One of the quirks of working life is that we usually sabotage our ability to differentiate ourselves on the basis of how much effort we put into our jobs.

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