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…
C'mon, is there anyone out there who doesn't think Kim K. and Pete D. were a curated love affair? Hollywood is full of set-up relationships and staged situations aimed at one goal: garner media attention. And the more attention, the better, because increased media attention translates directly to increased dollar…
Sergei is a 40-year old startup CEO looking to raise his next round of funding. Beth is a 30-year-old technical writer considering changing jobs. Maggie is a college sophomore rushing a sorority. What do they have in common? All of them will face rejection. Each feels vulnerable because they are…
As a first-time leader, you're expected to do more than manage operations. You're also faced with the responsibility of motivating your direct reports. That's a big ask, given that Gallup's annual worker engagement survey shows that barely three out of 10 employees feel engaged on the job. Yet, it's not…
Nearly a year after Pakistan declared a state of emergency following catastrophic flooding, many areas remain underwater. As another rainy season approaches and heat waves roll in, mothers and children in Sindh and South Punjab are struggling to survive the impacts of an increasingly hostile climate. By Maryanne Buechner and…
Command and control leadership has been replaced with the coaching model in forward-thinking companies, allowing for greater flexibility in creating new results. According to the Harvard Business Review, rapid change has disrupted the traditional top-down management model. “Managers going forward are going to be less technical experts and more social-emotional…
It took me 5 minutes to create a beautiful landing page.All I did was type in 1 sentence, change the color scheme, and tweak the text, and it was ready to go…AI is having an impact on every industry. I'm excited about the impact it will have on the design…
Credit card debt has topped $1 trillion for the first time on record, according to a recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit showed an increase in credit card balances by $45 billion to $1.03 trillion, while total…
For centuries, the traditional driver for bringing a company or business of any size to fruition has been profit. This is the net gain one realizes after accounting for all the effort, costs, labor and time in order to maintain the business.The possibility of generating income far beyond what a…
There’s a popular notion that it takes three weeks for a practice to become a habit. Though, based on the recent shift we’re seeing in the workplace back to old, pre-pandemic practices, it seems as if three years might not be enough. In March of 2020, the world – and…
"Quiet quitters," the term for employees who prioritize work-life balance and only do the bare minimum work for which they're paid, had their time to shine — now the spotlight's on "loud laborers."Coined by André Spicer, an organizational behavior professor and dean of Bayes Business School, "loud laborers" care more…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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