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…
Make Ron Shaich angry and he might build a business to compete against you. He may even help launch a political party to defeat you. As a political science student at Clark University in the early 1970s, Shaich was kicked out of a store near campus on false accusations that…
I have been writing about this issue for over three years. Major research conducted by NACD has just verified the major gaps, opportunities and risks that impact a board’s fiduciary responsibilities. Their recent report advises that despite 95% of directors acknowledging its future impact on their businesses, only 28% indicate…
Wouldn’t it be great if workers didn’t have to wait two weeks to receive their paychecks? In today’s world, with technological advances that bring users instant gratification, it almost seems antiquated for employees to wait for each pay period. DailyPay, a unicorn fintech start-up, has built a solution to this…
News that a restructuring at Citi would result in the elimination of multiple management layers added to the trend of companies moving away from deeply vertical structures. Like Citi, earlier this year, Meta, X and other organizations shrank headcounts across their middle management, in part to reduce costs in part…
In August, Verizon Business announced a new strategic partnership with HCL Tech for managed network services. HCL Tech will be Verizon Businesses’s primary collaborator for managed network services (MNS) for Verizon’s global enterprise customers. Verizon will be on the front end of new business developments, leading sales, solutions, and customer…
At a time when we face so many serious problems around the world—including violence, war, injustice, climate crisis and a rolling back of women’s rights and social justice issues—one untapped force for change that is often misrepresented and made almost invisible is the incredible potential and power of girls’ resistance…
In a viral TikTok, Brielle Asero, 21, tearfully reveals why she is “so upset” after getting a taste of the post-graduate, 9-to-5 work grind. In the video, which has garnered over 23,000 comments and more than 230,000 likes, Asero shares that she feels depleted by the end of the work…
This is a published version of the Forbes Daily newsletter, you can sign-up to get Forbes Daily in your inbox here. Good morning, If you threw on a jacket before going trick-or-treating last night, you may want to keep it on. A cold front that put more than 100 million…
A new survey of adults who’ve dropped out of college finds that 57% have completed about half or more of the credits needed to complete a degree program. Of this group, the majority indicated they wanted to return to college to finish their degrees. Those are two of the main…
Knowing how to become a millionaire is the ultimate goal for many business owners. It's a dream that requires hard work, resilience, and a solid plan. Most people believe that success requires minimal effort, but the truth is it takes more than determination. To become a millionaire, you need a…
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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