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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
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Dads Now Make Up 1 in 5 Stay-At-Home Parents
Homemaking is valuable work. A 2019 analysis by Salary.com estimates that if a full-time homemaker was compensated for the work they do in a year, their salary would be roughly $178,000. The macroeconomic impact is staggering. Oxfam has estimated that, globally, if all unpaid care work — like childcare and…
Best Method For Worst-Case Scenario Planning
From extreme weather disasters and geopolitical unrest to increasingly high energy prices and strained supply chains, the Allianz Risk Barometer is predicting elevated levels of disruption for the next 12 months. If you’re not already prepared for everything 2024 may come with, now is the moment to proactively plan your…
World Cup Lessons For The Inclusive Leader
The 2023 World Cup Celebratory Win has a lingering problematic memory marred by the inappropriate conduct/behaviors examination. To recap, Luis Rubiales, President of the Spanish Football Federation, kissed Jennifer Hermoso, one of the winners of the recent World Cup Final games. While Mr. Rubiales has said the kiss was consensual,…
How Smart Lock Maker Lockly ‘Exemplifies The Fusion Of Technology And Compassion’
In an effort to make my house smarter and more accessible, I decided a few years ago to put a smart lock on the front door. The device I chose, the Nest x Yale smart lock, has made unlocking and locking my door easier than ever. (It’s also true being…
Become A Stronger Leader With Compassionate Coaching And These 25 Questions
Developing compassionate leadership skills requires proficient coaching skills. Coaching can be practiced with any stakeholder you want to have a more authentic relationship with while supporting them to be their best. Stakeholders can include clients, vendors, peers, bosses, or employees. Here is the definition of coaching provided by the International…
Has NFL Star Jonathan Taylor Literally Run Out Of Options?
One of the controversies in the runup to this NFL season has come from the league’s running backs who have criticized how contract negotiations between teams and the league's top rushers have been going. For example, Saquon Barkley, Tony Pollard and Josh Jacobs have failed to negotiate extensions to their…
3 Leadership Lessons For Effectively Managing Remote Teams
Even as bankers urge companies, especially publicly traded, to return to their sprawling office complexes because commercial loan delinquency rates are the highest since the pandemic began, remote work is now firmly embedded in work culture. While financial puppeteers pull market strings on the ground, there's no question that workers…
5 Ways The Toxic Workplace In Education Is Destroying Its Own Mission
Education as a profession has hit a 50-year low, with record numbers of educators calling it quits—or wanting to. Is the system killing the survivors? It’s that time of year again: back to school for America’s students, teachers, counselors, administrators and support staff. But for many schools, it’s not back…
3 Strategies to Boost Employee Engagement at Your Company
Employees seem to be following a pattern of professional detachment. Since the beginning of 2020, Gallup's worker engagement polls have shown steady employee-organization distancing. In the last three years, employee engagement levels dropped four percentage points. Given it can take nearly six months to break even after hiring and onboarding…
3 Financial Strategies For Entertainment Entrepreneurs And Creators
There's no shortage of opportunities to make a bag in the fast-paced world of independent artists, influencers, and content creators. However, the fear of partners and third parties stealing your hard-earned money is a real thing in our community. We've all heard stories of iconic artists and groups like NWA,…
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Creative Ways Startups Can Earn Funding in Tough Economic Times
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
I Asked AI to Create a Plan for a Fake Company — The Results Blew Me Away, But Not in the Way You Might Think
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
Ideas To Transform You From Good To Better To Best
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
5 Crucial Challenges Startups Must Overcome
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…