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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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How To Take The Next Step And Become A Manager
According to LinkedIn's 2023 Most In-Demand Skills List, which analyzes skills demand according to hiring patterns and data available from LinkedIn job postings, "management" ranked highly as No. 1 in the list. Moreover, management is a term that serves as an umbrella for related skills such as communication and interpersonal…
Beyond The “Broken Rung” Or Glass Ceiling, Perhaps It’s The Mirrored Door Holding Back Women At Work
It’s no secret that women face an array of biases as they navigate the complexities of work. And for decades, the idea of the glass ceiling points to the specific challenge women experience in reaching top executive roles. New research indicates the barrier issue begins much earlier. The 2023 Lean…
Assessing The 2024 U.S. News And World College Rankings: What Do They Mean?
U.S. News & World Report recently released its 2024 college rankings – a simultaneously much awaited and dreaded annual moment in the world of elite college admissions. Notable changes in rankings include Dartmouth College, which dropped from No. 12 to No. 18, and University of Chicago, which fell from No.…
Management Consulting 2.0 Has Arrived And Catalant Is In The Lead
Management consulting is one of the great business inventions of the twentieth century. The early twentieth century was a time of corporate growth, consolidation and the creation of true management services. Originally a side business to his law practice in 1926, James O. McKinsey was first to build a company…
Mental Health Issues Soar To Number 1 Workplace Injury
As October 10th recognizes World Mental Health Day, chronic stress and burnout continue to sweep through the workplace, and workplace anxiety has become a top occupational hazard. Last year the Surgeon General announced that toxic workplaces are a top five health crisis, that 87% of employees say they’re suffocating in…
Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Prize In Economics For Studying Women At Work
Harvard professor Claudia Goldin was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics this morning for her research on women at work. She became the third woman in history to win the prize after Elinor Ostrom in 2009 and Esther Duflo in 2019. The awarding committee gave Goldin the prize “for having…
Why The Backlash Against DEI Is An Opportunity To Get Better
The wave of enthusiasm for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion that began in 2020 started to wane in mid-2022, and has now turned into significant backlash. Corporate DEI budgets are being slashed, DEI consultancies are shutting down, and DEI initiatives are being attacked at many levels—including the recent Supreme Court decision…
Are We Pushing Our Kids Too Hard, Too Young And Too Soon?
It seems everything legislated about schools is about being career ready. Let’s begin with how students are being pushed into honors programs or to an accelerated tracks who simply aren’t ready. They either do not have the emotional or educational maturity (or both) to succeed by being pushed. These sometimes…
How To Be More Inclusive Of People With Disabilities In The Workplace
Disabilities affect a quarter of the people living in the United States and abroad. With increased labor shortages, there is an opportunity to better include folks with disabilities who have been historically left out of the workforce. To be more inclusive, we recommend practicing everyday acts of inclusion, shifting your…
Bidenomics Relies In Part On Industrial Policy, A High-Risk Approach
Bidenomics — touted by some, most especially the White House, and demeaned by others, mostly Republicans — remains hard to pin down. Much that the president says when he describes Bidenomics is little more than a standard political exaggeration of his accomplishments and criticisms of his political opponents. In this,…
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