Leadership
Clarity before certainty
A leader does not need perfect information to give people a clear next move.
Adapted from Medium · March 18, 2020
Charlie AlsmillerSoftware entrepreneur · Author · PilotConnect From the archive
Ideas tested in companies—and in life.
Edited adaptations of Charlie's earlier LinkedIn and Medium writing, with every piece linked back to its public source.
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Empathy
What a smashed Galaga machine taught me about leadership
The equipment was damaged. The more important question was what the moment revealed about the person standing beside it.
Adapted from Medium · February 26, 2020Mentorship
You will be more effective the less you do
The point is not to care less. It is to stop making yourself the center of every answer.
Adapted from Medium · February 13, 2020Life
Seeding the next season
Six months spent beating cancer looked like time away. It became preparation for the life that followed.
Adapted from Medium · February 11, 2020Field note
The deferred-life myth
The special bottle, the long trip, and the honest conversation do not need to wait for a mythical finished life.
Adapted from LinkedIn