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…
Here is the published version of this week’s Forbes Careers newsletter, which brings the latest news and ideas about the world of work and advice for accelerating your career straight to your inbox every Tuesday. Click here to get on the newsletter list! For many employees, some 44 million of…
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 8.8 million job openings in July of this year. Yet, only 3.7% of candidates who were interviewed actually got hired. A hard truth about job hunting is that, more often than not, it leads to rejection. Not getting a job…
For an organization to succeed, effective internal communication is crucial, but circulating messages through internal channels alone doesn’t always do the trick. So, smart corporate communications departments will sometimes strategically use social media and other external channels to ensure key messages reach and resonate with their internal audiences. By taking…
Jason Ricci is one of the ten greatest blues harmonica players of all time, according to blues historian and leading musician Adam Gussow. He played on Johnny Winter's Grammy-winning album Step Back. With the Paul Shaffer Band, Tom Morello and Zac Brown, he helped to induct the Paul Butterfield Blues…
Technology, Innovation, and Entertainment will Collide November 1-5 in Austin, Texas, at AfroTech. Founded in 2016 by Blavity, Inc., the tech conference serves as the biggest annual recruiting event for companies to connect with Black tech innovators. With top technology and business executives, entrepreneurs and innovators from America's leading corporations,…
Purpose is our lodestone, but how well do we connect our purpose to our communications? A way to focus on purpose is intentionality. Know what you want to say, why you are saying it, and how you are saying it. “I am so passionate about this because so often people…
Last month, a friend who is a Fortune 100 executive shared one of their largest frustrations, describing how they “are just hemorrhaging talent.” What’s more, she said that many of her peers at other large employers feel the same way. But they could not figure out why. It was a…
JJ Mazzo is an Executive Vice President at CrossCountry Mortgage, Business Coach, and Author. Over the years, I have found that time and the management of it is the most common issue I run into with coaching clients across the country. It seems to be what costs us the most…
Founder of Prosh Marketing, a fractional CMO & marketing agency that helps startups & SMBs build their marketing practice and go to market. Social media marketing has taken off in the past decade. Today, almost every company has a social presence. From promoting new products and services, to taking customer…
Two University of Chicago alumni - Amy and Richard Wallman - have made a $75 million commitment to the University of Chicago that will be used to leverage an additional $75 million for creation of 30 new endowed professorships across the institution. “This generous commitment from the Wallmans will greatly…
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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