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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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Instructure Acquires Parchment For $795 Million
A nine-figure acquisition is probably big news in any market. In education, is quite nearly seismic. As such, there’s little question that the deal announced this week for the public company Instructure (NYSE: INST) to acquire Parchment, will reverberate. The published price tag for the deal is approximately $795 million.…
As Higher Ed Faces Big Challenges, It’s Getting These Answers Right
Higher education is getting at least three things right as colleges and universities pivot to confront some of the greatest challenges in the nation’s history. First, despite its many challenges and need for self-reform, the system works in important ways. As The Hechinger Report has noted, people with education beyond…
Lessons From People Who Love Their Jobs
What is the secret to becoming a happy worker? And what are the jobs with the most satisfaction? Workers in agriculture, logging, and forestry consistently stand out for their unwavering happiness and meaningful engagement in their work, according to a recent study conducted by The Washington Post, drawing data from…
Jorma And Jack’s Lessons On Collaboration
Okay, so you’ve been playing a song one way for a couple of generations, and then someone suggests, "How about adding a sousaphone solo?” If you are Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady – two legendary rock stars performing together since the early 1960s – you go for it. The duo…
Unleashing Katya Tolstova’s Fierce Influence
I’d say Forbes hit the bullseye with their second annual top creators list in 2023. As someone who blazed the trail by recognizing social media stars way back in 2014 for Variety magazine, continuing to witness influencers evolve always brings a smile to my face. Amidst the whirlwind of lessons…
Mastering The Art Of Building A Mesmerizing Personal Brand
Having a personal brand is one matter but learning how to build and grow a sustainable personal brand is another altogether. To stand out from the competition in your industry, you need to become a magnetic force that pulls people in and leaves a lasting impact. The foundation of a…
What ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Says About The Generation Gap, Top Brands Lose Their Luster
This is the published version of Forbes' CMO newsletter, which offers the latest news for chief marketing officers and other messaging-focused leaders. Click here to get it delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Last weekend, the horror movie Five Nights At Freddy’s raked in $78 million at the box office…
United Chooses ‘White, Young Women’ For Dodgers Charters, Suit Alleges
A pair of United Airlines flight attendants filed a lawsuit claiming they were passed over for the coveted assignment of working on charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers because the players prefer a “certain look” of “white, young, thin women who are predominately blond and blue-eyed.” Flight attendants Dawn…
These 8 Levers Of Organizational Culture Will Drive Great Performance
Forty-six percent of business leaders say that culture drives employee productivity, engagement and retention — and 90% say that the importance of a company’s culture has increased in the current business climate. Ironically, fewer aspects of organizations are more misunderstood than culture. Easily confused, and often over-simplified as “employee engagement”…
Bread And Circuses: Leading Beyond Distractions
They shed their sense of responsibility Long ago, when they lost their votes, and the bribes; The people who once granted power, high office, legions, everything Curtail their scope and reveal their anxiety for two things only, Bread and circuses. – from Satire X, Juvenal, 100 CE This has been…
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