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…
Thirty years ago, Rich Gold, a researcher at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) wandered into engineer Scott Minneman’s office. He didn’t knock—office doors at PARC were hardly ever closed. “I’ve got a crazy new idea,” Minneman remembered Gold telling him. “Do you want to help me figure it out?”…
Studies show that personalities affect one’s success in their career goals – entrepreneurs have risk-taking attitudes, graphic designers are more creative as they often have to think outside the box, while IT professionals are more independent workers. It’s important to know yourself and what you want, and then to choose…
Artist Joey Bada$$ continues his tradition of advocacy, social impact, and philanthropy with the creation of ImpactMENtorship. This mentorship program aims to provides free mentorship for men of color 18 years and older in the US (including Puerto Rico). A study by The National Mentoring Partnership states only 2% of…
TAAF Board members Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Joe Tsai, and Jerry Yang discuss the importance of leveraging collective power to enact inclusive change so AAPIs can break through corporate barriers and build stronger partnerships at the TAAF x Forbes event Read the full article here
By any measure, Toto Wolff has leadership figured out. After winning eight consecutive Formula 1 Constructors’ Championships from 2014 to 2021, the team principal and CEO of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team has been arguably the most successful leader in the history of the sport. Wolff’s performance has been so…
Melissa Miller is the cofounder and COO of The Mintable. Meaningful, consistent feedback is a key component of a high-performance workplace culture. In a 2022 Gallup survey, employees who received meaningful feedback in the previous week were four times more likely than other employees to be engaged. Employees who received…
Dr. Curtis Odom is an Associate Professor of Management at Northeastern University and the Managing Partner of Prescient Strategists. In my recent executive coaching conversations, several clients who are senior leaders talked about their efforts in the building of a space and a place for psychological safety for today's workforce.…
David is a best-selling author, speaker and trainer. He is also CEO of IPD, a world-class marketing agency based in Tampa, Florida. Artificial intelligence is leading the pack as we move into Q4 this year. It’s a hot topic that proponents and detractors alike are discussing. What can AI be…
Generative AI technology, also known as Gen AI, has witnessed overwhelming success that is likely to stay for the long term, with major developments in large language models (LLM) since ChatGPT's launch in November 2022. With an economic boost from $2.6 trillion to $4.6 trillion according to a McKinsey &…
The workplace may exist in a state of constant change, but one thing has remained a constant priority for businesses – and people leaders – over the years: How to drive productivity with their employees, and how to effectively measure that efforts to increase productivity are actually working. It’s no…
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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