Workplace
Titans of Tomorrow: F5 Networks
F5 nearly collapsed during the dot-com bust when the biggest customers for its software started going bankrupt, one after the other. The company reinvented itself and now has more than 3,000 employees and over $1 billion in sales. It builds software and hardware which, when placed in a client companys computer network, helps data to…
Titans of Tomorrow: Emerging Titans
The term gazelle describes the 1 percent of small companies that end up accounting for 10 percent of the nations job growth. Many companies in Seattle fit this description, but these five in particular have the chance of becoming a major presence in our economy. Each has more than 300 employees and is growing so…
Spotlight: Shirting the Issue
College Hill Custom Threads of Pullman is the latest winner in our Facebook photo challenge, which invites Facebook friends to post images from their workplaces and explain why they love working there. Heres College Hills entry: We love working at College Hill Custom Threads because we get to interact with students all around the country….
How to Reject Bad Ideas … Without People Rejecting You!
Attorney, Paradigm Counsel You’re in a meeting when a colleague brings up an idea that you think (or even know) is not so great. For many of us, our first instinct is to shoot the idea down immediately, one way or another, before it gains traction. How often have you suffered through this challenging situation?…
How to Reject Bad Ideas … Without People Rejecting You!
Attorney, Paradigm Counsel You’re in a meeting when a colleague brings up an idea that you think (or even know) is not so great. For many of us, our first instinct is to shoot the idea down immediately, one way or another, before it gains traction. How often have you suffered through this challenging situation?…
The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid of 2012
Join us for another stroll through some of the more interesting, intriguing and just plain bizarre achievements and, well, non-achievements in the world of Washington business during 2012. More information: The GoodMore information: The BadMore information: The Stupid
Business Lessons from Ice Hockey
https://seattlebusinessmag.com/sites/default/files/Chris%20stephenson-web…Attorney, Paradigm Counsel What Business Leaders Can Learn from Hockey Among city residents, government officials and business leaders, there is no shortage of opinions on a new sports arena in Seattle, with the odds of one being built improving in recent weeks. Like many, Ive been following the issue closely. But while most of the…
Micromanaging vs. Coaching
Attorney, Paradigm Counsel One of the greatest misunderstandings in leadership and coaching is the term micromanaging. Most leaders never want to be thought of as a micro manager. In fact, it could be considered an insult or weakness of any manager. When micromanaging is used as a coaching or leadership style it will most likely…
Putting Women in Positions of Economic Power
Women may hold the purse strings at home, but in the top corporations, few women occupy the C- suite. Only 4.0 percent of Fortune 500 CEO positions and 4.1 percent of Fortune 1000 CEO positions are currently held by women, according to a Catalyst report published in July 2012. So when women do make it…
Announcing the 2013 Executive Excellence Awards
Seattle Business magazine today announced creation of the Executive Excellence Awards to recognize exceptional senior executives and inspirational leaders in Washington state. The program is being launched in partnership with Towers Watson, the Executive Education programs in the Albers School of Business & Economics at Seattle University, AmericanWest Bank and Leadership Tomorrow. The inaugural awards…
Changing Your Company’s Culture Can Boost Your Bottom Line
https://seattlebusinessmag.com/sites/default/files/JohnScumniotales-web.jpgAttorney, Paradigm Counsel A weak economy can have long-lasting effects on companies financially, but it can also impact employee morale. The most recent recession was no exception, and employees couldnt help but worry whether or not their jobs were safe. Last year, as our Seattle-based company, Verdiem, pulled itself out of the recession, I knew…