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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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Early-Stage Companies, Your Business Currently Needs A Fractional CFO
When I typed “fractional CFO” into a Google search, there were a staggering 2,740,000 search results. This is not surprising given the increasing media coverage and the growing number of fractional CFOs. Forbes Contributor Melissa Houston authored an insightful article about the benefits that fractional CFOs bring to early-stage companies.…
Leadership and Accelerating Change Amid Disruption
In an era defined by disruption and rapid transformation, effective leaders have mastered the art of navigating and leading through change. They create continuity and resilience in an unpredictable and often chaotic environment. Recent research conducted by WTW highlights that effective leaders not only adapt to change but also thrive…
How To Be Highly Productive By Going Into ‘Monk Mode’
Stressful job demands, which include making hundreds of daily decisions and putting out constant fires, and annoying workplace distractions can lead to worker fatigue. Mental strain diminishes worker output, while low-value tasks, like administrative work, meetings and other menial activities, detract from employee productivity. If you reach this point, you…
Netflix Positive Earnings Report Causes Shares To Spike
This is a published version of the Forbes Daily newsletter, you can sign-up to get Forbes Daily in your inbox here. Good morning, Our society is obsessed with “hustle culture,” the idea that the more you work, the more successful you will be. Even if that means loading up on…
Three Success Factors That Make This Clean Energy Collaboration Work
Imagine you’re a utility company in California serving 16 million customers across 70,000 square miles. Your power grid can be strained by climate-related disasters, wildfires and heat waves. And the electric load is expected to grow by at least 70% in the next 20 years, much of that from transportation…
When Facts Don’t Matter: The Climate Case
If one had to choose a false spring in Americans’ attitudes toward climate change, the year 1999 would rank high. Gonna Party Like It's 1999 That March, climate change researchers published a paper containing the now-famous “hockey stick” graph, showing that air temperatures in modern times were rising rapidly, to…
Helping Workers Discuss Israel-Hamas War And Other Hot-Button Topics
The attack by Hamas on Israel has sparked anger and demonstrations around the world. Business leaders should not be surprised when news about the Middle East—or anywhere else—becomes a major topic of conversation among employees Staying on the sidelines when workers have heated discussions about the Israel-Hamas conflict or other…
How Alabama Football Player-Turned-CEO Stan Moss Competes To Win
Stan Moss isn’t your typical CEO, which may explain why Polen Capital isn’t your typical global investment management firm. Let’s start with the results the firm has seen over the past decade, or the fact that Polen has been named among the best places to work by Pensions & Investments…
The Cost Of Inconsistent Storytelling
In an era where digital media has significantly blurred the line between private and public life, even celebrities like Jada Pinkett Smith are not immune to the complexities of managing audience expectations alongside personal disclosures. Recently, Pinkett Smith became the subject of increased public attention after an interview on NBC's…
John Chambers Bets On India, Israel And West Virginia But Not China
“The last time I looked, (support for Indian Prime Minister Modi) was 76%. We don't have a US politician that's above 50.” Along with transforming Cisco into a tech powerhouse during his 20 years as CEO—growing annual sales from $1.2 billion to $47 billion in 2015—John Chambers helped governments build…
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