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…
Here is an edited excerpt from this week’s CxO newsletter. To get this to your inbox, sign up here. We start this midsummer roundup with some good news: The global economy is unlikely to tip into a global recession this year, according to the latest projections from the International Monetary…
As the world transitions into the post-Covid era, the aftermath of this unprecedented global event serves as a cautionary tale of the many intricacies that lie dormant in supply chains, waiting to be unleashed at even the most subtle signs of disruption and geopolitical tension. As witnessed during the pandemic,…
Office politics: the spine-chilling game that makes pros quake! Hidden agendas, power plays and cutthroat tactics galore! But fret not! In this sassy article, we spill the tea on office politics, dishing out expert advice to help you slay the drama with pure panache.Get ready to conquer! Brace yourself for…
Seventy million people in the United States have learning and thinking differences, such as dyslexia and ADHD, according to Understood.org. That’s roughly one in five people. Yet, according to a Universum EB Now report in 2020, only 7% of companies globally have neurodiversity recruiting plans in place. The current workplace…
During the Great Recession, I went to an Entrepreneurs' Organization Learning Event where the speaker changed my life. He said that all 50 of the business owners in the room were inevitably working on their biggest problems, trying to fix them. And in that treacherous economic time, we each had…
The U.S. Department of Education is starting a civil rights investigation into Harvard University’s use of legacy and donor preferences in its admission decisions. The probe was revealed in a letter from the Department on Monday that was released by Lawyers for Civil Rights today. The letter indicated that the…
More than three years after the world learned a whole new way of working in the wake of lockdowns imposed in response to the pandemic, there are still plenty of managers yearning for a return to how things used to be. Seemingly oblivious to all those surveys indicating how employees…
(Has the neurodiversity employment movement taken a wrong turn? Should it be reconsidering strategies, given the low numbers of placements and overall low unemployment rates? And if so, what are these strategies? This month’s Disability:IN conference raises these issues anew.) We Should Not Be So Confident Earlier this month, the…
Manzar Bashir, Chartered FCIPD. Executive Coach at Potential Mapping. The workplace is not always a utopia; it can be plagued by toxic bosses who create a hostile and demoralizing environment. Dealing with difficult leadership can be emotionally draining, affecting your professional growth and your overall well-being. However, there are strategies…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is set to release a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on August 1, 2023, taking a significant step towards streamlining the employment eligibility verification process. This improved form will offer employers enrolled in E-Verify the option to remotely examine identity and…
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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