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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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Why It’s Time to Bring the Lost Art of Conversation Back to Business
Conversations in my childhood home often unfolded in unexpected ways. My parents were American Sign Language teachers, and our family regularly hosted deaf international students. In our living room, people didn't sit around talking at each other. The absence of a shared spoken language forced them to collaborate with each…
10 Leadership Myths You Need to Stop Believing
Leadership advice is everywhere, but a lot of it is wrong. The most dangerous ideas aren't the ones that sound extreme or outdated. They're the ones that sound reasonable. The ones that show up in offsite decks, leadership books and self-serving LinkedIn posts that feel familiar enough to accept without…
How AI Agents Are Making Remote Work More Cohesive
Sometimes, remote work is inevitable. At my company, Jotform, our employees generally work from one of our six global offices. But even though I'm a big advocate of in-person collaboration, there are times when it's simply not possible. Maybe your car is in the shop, or you have a sick…
My Small Business Started on Facebook and Makes $500k a Year
This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Amber Starling, the founder and owner of Good Witch Cleaning. The piece has been edited for length and clarity.Image Credit: Courtesy of Good Witch Cleaning. Amber Starling. When I arrived in the "Little Apple," or Manhattan, Kansas, I had five years…
How Podcasting Became My Most Powerful Branding Tool (And How to Start Yours)
When I launched my podcast last fall, I saw it as more than just another platform. It was a necessary piece of a larger puzzle — filling a critical gap in how I communicate my message around personal branding and authority-building with CEOs, entrepreneurs, authors and professionals.Let's face it: business…
Why Every Company Should Have a 90-Day Cash Flow Buffer
What would happen if your company's sales dropped significantly for an entire month? Or if prices suddenly increased by 20%? If those possibilities make you nervous, you're probably missing an important safety net — a 90-day cash flow buffer.All businesses should have enough money set aside to cover 90 days…
This Fun Family Ritual Revealed a Surprising Truth About AI
The first time I hosted a Prompt Party, I didn't call it that. I was just trying to keep my five-year-old busy on a rainy Friday evening.He wanted to make a video where our dog, Calvin, cooked up scrambled eggs with green onions. So we opened Sora, typed in a…
What 8 Years in Corporate Life Did — and Didn’t — Prepare Me For as a Founder
As a consultant, chaos was a problem I had to solve. As a founder, it's the air I breathe.I entered the startup world armed with what I thought was the ultimate toolkit: a consulting background. Years of strategy decks, stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration taught me how to turn chaos…
These 6 Traits Will Help You Get Hired, According to Experts
Every person is made up of myriad qualities, and of course, the most successful people tend to be highly dynamic. But when you're running a business, you often find that certain characteristics matter more than others. It may be that some personality traits are more desirable to you, as a…
How to Protect Your Business From Deepfake Fraud
In January 2024, a finance director at a UK firm transferred $25 million to fraudsters after a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO — a very sophisticated deepfake. This incident is far from isolated. The global losses projected due to ecommerce fraud surged from US$44 billion…
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