naged. Some of the best were extremely productive. Others were great team players. Others made the people around them better. Another called me out when I wasn’t performing as well as I could, something I didn’t enjoy but always appreciated.

Then I thought about Mark Cuban. Over the years, he’s led hundreds of people across a wide variety of ventures and industries.

Here’s Cuban’s perspective on what makes an employee outstanding:

The people that tend to work for me a long time not only are smart, not only are driven, not only are learners. They understand that the greatest value you can offer a boss is to reduce their stress. The people who tend to think that they are invaluable are typically the ones who create the most stress by creating firestorms and creating drama and making thing

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