William Mougayar

"I'm rooting for Charlie, the come back kid." - William Mougayar

"Compromise vs. problem solving. You've summarized what politics are about. Another word often used is Consensus. I hate that word. It means mediocrity. It means we're going to lower the bar so low til we agree on the lowest most insignificant thing." - William Mougayar

"44:? I did it...where are the kids?" - William Mougayar

"You said like a champ Charlie! I'm giving out love likes today  ❤" - William Mougayar

"❤  ❤ Disqus should change the Likes for today to Loves ❤  ❤" - William Mougayar

"Very true about the family sacrifices during startup years. Celebrating Valentines Day is a great thing, but living-up to its meaning is on-going thing. For me this is also the day our grandmother left us 8 years ago, after 107 years of life. Her love & that day intersected for a good reason." - William Mougayar

"Nice comment Rohan." - William Mougayar

"Impeccable. Very blessed circumstance." - William Mougayar

"Oy. That was a while back ... around 95. I think I did a combination of chiro sessions, wearing a support, strengthening exercises, ergonomic keyboard, change of mouse, and being aware of chair to desk height & keeping elbow well supported. Then I went and typed 2 books 2 years later. Not sure if this helps, in case you probably know this." - William Mougayar

"Yikes...I had that too, years ago, and luckily it hasn't come back. Aside from the technical solutions you are seeking, are you also trying the exercise and re-strengthening techniques?" - William Mougayar

"Agreed, but the way this episode was described was as if the 2 engineers were going to dick it out instead of logically arrive at the right decision." - William Mougayar

"Absolutely...The pursuit of better performance is an obsessive thing." - William Mougayar

"I rest my case." - William Mougayar

"Words of wisdom: "Don't recruit someone by saying "this is a great company" --- say, "you can do great work here, we've been looking for someone like you".  I'm a never happy manager...I always think that my employees can do more and will step up to more. And when they do, I quickly step-in and recognize them. I want my employees to compete with themselves, to keep pushing themselves to higher achievements, and my job is to give them the opportunity to do so, to be all they can be." - William Mougayar

"Management includes 3 things: Support, Management and Leadership. I think this post over-emphasized the Support role, but rightfully so. It's often forgotten, but it also assumes that the employee will have the right initiative to ask for support." - William Mougayar

"Sure. Lead them to the best decision. Often, they will not see the business/financial implications which are almost always a factor in every technical decision." - William Mougayar

"Reality is that Management is 3 things: Leadership, Management & Support." - William Mougayar

"Absolutely. You have to imagine your company 2-3 steps ahead, and keep planting those stakes further and further ahead where no else has been before, then you catch-up, and you plant the next stake, and the cycle repeats itself. Before you know it, you're already on the top of the mountain." - William Mougayar

"Nicely narrated...The week-end mode is very funny: "...the parents drink a bit more wine..Unfortunately, the kids don’t sleep in very much".  So, with Next Montreal, Year One, Go Instant and the family, you've got 4 jobs!" - William Mougayar

"Having employees clearly understand the ceo's product vision is key in letting them loose to help realizing it." - William Mougayar

"But they must be leaders too. The post over-emphasized the support role of management." - William Mougayar

"single malts, 20yrs+?" - William Mougayar

"Very pragmatic advice across the board.  Re: the 2 engineers investigating SSD drives, I would put them in a room and have them run through the pro/cons of each approach with me (as the CEO or VP, Eng) and I would make that decision for them. But I will let them understand my decision-making process so they can learn it for the next decision." - William Mougayar

"Nothing a glass of wine or beer can't fix :)" - William Mougayar

"Very cool. That's in sympathy with the Grammys." - William Mougayar

"I think you 2 should meet when I'm in NYC on Feb 27th. I'm organizing an informal get together early evening that day." - William Mougayar

"Do signup & let me know what you think. Thanks" - William Mougayar

"Exactly. I think they own that space now." - William Mougayar

"I'm sure there are details you intentionally left out, but thanks for sharing this great story." - William Mougayar