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…
A trigger event is a person, place, thing, or situation that elicits an intense or unexpected emotional response. A trigger could be health-related, like suffering a heart attack, being diagnosed with an incurable disease, or learning you’re okay after having a medical scare. Or emotional in nature, such as the…
July is Disability Pride Month. This year it marks the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the most important and well-known civil rights law covering people with disabilities in the United States. Each year’s Disability Pride Month is also a time to celebrate and inform people about disability…
The freedom to be your own boss and start your own venture is exciting and invigorating. The idea of setting your own schedule, choosing your clients, and making decisions that impact your business is empowering. However, while entrepreneurship can be incredibly rewarding, it comes with its fair share of financial…
In a stunning development, McPherson College announced on Friday that it had received a second commitment of $500 million from an anonymous donor, who had pledged $500 million last year as part of a unique giving challenge. Combined, the two pledges are among the largest private gifts ever received by…
As a job market observer/analyst and career coach for 27 years (throw in job market/business columnist for 20), I’ve lived through and advised clients through three major recessions, two spectacular rebounds (the strongest of which, not just in these last 27 years, but in history, is still in progress), and…
Last Thursday the UK held three by-elections, notably one in Uxbridge to replace the disgraced former prime minister Boris Johnson. While the Tories held this seat (and lost two others to Labour and the Lib Dems), it was reassuring that the ‘ interplanetary space warrior’ candidate ‘Count Binface’ won more…
The musical On Your Feet! tells the inspiring story of the life and music of Gloria and Emilio Estefan. The duo, who first met in 1975, were groundbreakers. Despite all the obstacles they faced and the constant “no” they heard at every turn, the couple brought their unique Latin sound…
In the grand theater of business, a new act is taking center stage – the emergence of hybrid work. Let's begin by acknowledging a simple fact – the genie of hybrid work has left the bottle, and there's no coaxing it back in. As Mark Ralls, CEO of ActivTrak, a…
In a recent Broad and Liberty (”thought-provoking and shareable ideas for free thinkers in Greater Philadelphia and beyond”) post, Guy Ciarrocchi argues that opponents of the Pennsylvania’s newest school voucher proposal are simply afraid that it will work. Ciarrocchi is a fellow with the right-tilted Commonwealth Foundation, which has long…
The latest wave of artificial intelligence, the chatbots connected to large language models such as ChatGPT, offer great potential productivity gains, but some organizations will avoid their use or take up the tool very, very slowly. Implementation will be very slow in sectors with high stakes, litigiousness, high unionization, 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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