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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 Diverse Leadership Gives You a Big Competitive Advantage
Despite progress in gender equality, women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership roles across nearly every sector. In boardrooms, on executive teams and in key decision-making positions, the numbers still don't reflect the talent and capability available.As one of the few women leading a global company in the oil and gas…
Why Your New Company Needs a Mission Statement Before Its First Transaction
A lot goes into building a company before it ever makes a sale — from brainstorming the idea to developing a business plan and crafting a go-to-market strategy. Whether you're launching a physical storefront or an online business, early-stage planning involves countless moving parts. But there's one critical step that…
6 Things to Remember When Pressure Is High and Morale Is Low
These are uncertain and unstable times. Over the last year, organizations of all sizes have experienced layoffs or been adversely affected by rising prices.Employees at all levels, from entry-level to senior executives, are anxious or unsure about the future and unable to predict how economic and political pressures will impact…
5 Ways We Can Improve Men’s Mental Health in Business
Men's mental health is in crisis worldwide. Statistics show that men account for 70% of suicides worldwide, as described in an article by Rob Whitley, a professor in psychiatry from McGill University in Canada. Despite this alarming fact, men are less likely than women to seek help when experiencing poor…
Meet Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine – Free Live Event
Many of us were first introduced to Robert Irvine, the take-charge chef who is equally skilled at whipping up meals as he is at kicking some butt, on his Food Network show Dinner: Impossible.An entrepreneur and philanthropist, Irvine is passionate about helping and inspiring others. On June 17th, he is…
Why Your Beautiful Product Might Be Failing
Here's a fun fact about Craigslist. It looks like it was designed in 1995 because, well, it basically was. Purple links, wall of text, zero visual hierarchy. Design students use it as an example of what not to do. And yet it processes millions of transactions every month while dozens…
What I Learned From my First Major Crisis as a CEO
When you take on the CEO role, you expect to face challenges, strategic pivots, competitive pressures, maybe even a recession or two. But nothing quite prepares you for your first real crisis. That moment came early in my tenure and centered around a well-defined, heavily populated market. What unfolded there…
Mark Cuban and Dallas Cowboys’ Micah Parsons on Success
On every episode of The Playbook, produced by Sports Illustrated and Entrepreneur, we match an elite athlete with a business titan to create a playbook for success. This time, our crew journeyed to Texas to listen in as business icon and minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, sat…
5 Inspirational Quotes to Keep Every Startup Owner Motivated
If you're building a business, regardless of your stage, you've undoubtedly encountered challenges and trials that test your mettle and make you question whether you should keep moving forward.If that feels too close to home for you, you're not losing your edge or failing. You're probably right where you need…
A Sweetgreen Co-Founder Talks About Where the Brand Is Going
Most college seniors are thinking about final exams, graduation parties or maybe landing their first job. Nicolas Jammet was about to open a restaurant.Not just any restaurant — Sweetgreen, the mega-popular, fast-casual chain with more than 250 locations, a public stock listing and — for a brief but unforgettable stretch…
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I Asked AI to Create a Plan for a Fake Company — The Results Blew Me Away, But Not in the Way You Might Think
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5 Crucial Challenges Startups Must Overcome
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…