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Steven Berglas


The Next Big Next Big Thing

Silicon Valley may think it has all the creative geniuses firmly ensconced in its back pocket, but it won't be long before the next big challenge pulls them ...  Read story

G Is for Guts

The author argues that Bill Gates should get more respect for showing his true entrepreneurial colors by turning Microsoft operations over to Steve Ballmer a...  Read story

G Is for Guts

The author argues that Bill Gates should get more respect for showing his true entrepreneurial colors by turning Microsoft operations over to Steve Ballmer a...  Read story

The Next Big Next Big Thing

Silicon Valley may think it has all the creative geniuses firmly ensconced in its back pocket, but it won't be long before the next big challenge pulls them ...  Read story

Those Were the Days

Start-up myths can be invaluable motivators. But they can also backfire.  Read story

The People Prediction Game

Determining someone's personality type has become a popular management practice for putting the right people in the right jobs. But it can also sell people s...  Read story

What You Can Learn from Steve Jobs

By revitalizing Apple Computer, Steve Jobs proves that there's nothing like a charismatic leader when times are tough. But could all that charisma backfire w...  Read story

Hiring In-Laws: The Kiss of Death

Hiring in-laws into a family business can lead to company-threatening disasters. The reason? They'll try to prove their value to the company by changing the ...  Read story

Can Entrepreneurship Be Cured?

Many successful entrepreneurs believe their business building skills are genetically innate. This is often a coping strategy for people who can't separate th...  Read story

The Entrepreneurial Avenger

An entrepreneur motivated by revenge may self-destruct when investors get involved in the business. Here are the warning signs that someone views everyone as...  Read story

The Corporate Matchmaker

The agendas of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will almost always conflict. The secret to a healthy VC-entrepreneur relationship is to accept and mitig...  Read story

Know When to Fold

Entrepreneurs can suffer when they refuse to abandon the product or service that brought them initial success. Here's how to accept defeat and change with th...  Read story

The Ties That Blind

Similar to domestic-abuse scenarios, executives with an abusive boss may be psychologically unable to quit or confront the situation. A look at this conditio...  Read story

Your Work Is Never Done

Berglas discusses the physical and psychological trauma that can occur when a CEO decides to retire, and suggests ways for coping with the transition.  Read story

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

A consultant/psychologist explains why it's the people at the top that impact our nation's attitudes.  Read story

A Loser's Revenge

A management consultant and psychologist explains why offspring scorned by a family business can cause big trouble.  Read story

BOOM!

A management consultant explains why a little conflict is good for your business.  Read story

The Risk-Averse Entrepreneur

A management expert warns about entrepreneurs who avoid risk and change, and, in so doing, strangle their businesses.  Read story

The Case of the Entrepreneurial Arsonist

In order to shore up a fragile sense of self-worth, some entrepreneurs set fires to smooth running businesses.  Read story

The Death of Status

A look at how changes in business culture have obliterated the traditional benchmarks of success.  Read story

The Entrepreneurial Ego: Pratfalls

A clinical psychologist explains why it's good for every leader to stumble through pratfalls.  Read story

When Money Talks, People Walk

A management consultant explains why cash rewards don't motivate people as well as intrinsic rewards can.  Read story

The Big Lie

A member of Havard Medical School's Department of Psychiatry offers five strategies to avoid burnout.  Read story