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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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You’re Making It Hard for People to Be Honest With You — Here’s How to Make Them Finally Speak Up
If you're a manager, your team might hesitate to give you updates. If you're a founder, your customers might not give valuable feedback.This is awful, right? You don't think of yourself as intimidating! But here's the problem: You haven't given them permission — because you didn't think you needed to.When…
Trust Is a Business Metric Now. Here’s How to Earn It.
Trust is the new core competency of leadership, but most executives are still approaching it with outdated tools. If your teams don't trust your leadership, no mission statement, values deck or culture initiative will ever land.Trust may be hard to quantify, but the benefits of getting it right are undeniable.…
5 Ways CEOs Can Assess and Reset Their Company Culture
For CEOs, the work to build and sustain a strong company culture is never done. Even the best cultures can be challenged in an uncertain business landscape. But there's no question that culture is the difference maker in all winning teams.Great CEOs regularly assess their company culture to identify what's…
How to Become a Public Speaker — And Make $10,000 a Month From It
Speaking can be lucrative. An experienced speaker can easily command $10,000 or more per talk. But how do you actually get those gigs? Speaking agent Katrina Mitchell has advice:"One of the biggest mistakes new speakers make is wanting to be all things to everyone," she says. They'll offer to speak…
This Is the One Question I Ask My Team Every Week That Transformed Our Performance
I was raised to be a perfectionist. My mother was a math teacher and taught both algebra and geometry, subjects where there's only one correct answer. I was taught to view most things in life this way. Admitting you didn't know something, hadn't formed an opinion yet or changed your…
Why Our Screens Are Programming Society for Dysfunction
Once upon a time, we had trading standards, broadcasting codes, regulatory watchdogs and content guidelines that protected the public from the most toxic elements of media. There was a time when society agreed, even if silently, on a line that shouldn't be crossed.That time is sadly gone.Today, whether you're scrolling…
Remote Work Doesn’t Have to Mean Remote Relationships
Remote and hybrid work have opened doors to efficiency, flexibility and new ways of collaborating across distances. But as technology keeps teams constantly plugged in, many employees find themselves feeling more isolated. Those spontaneous hallway chats and unplanned lunch meetups that often forged the strongest workplace bonds are few and…
How Startups Can Secure Funding in Today’s Tough VC Market
Here you are, a poised founder looking for funding while stepping into an economic landscape much different from what you were expecting, which is undeniably challenging. You've heard venture capital is becoming increasingly difficult to acquire, funds are being selective, and early funding now feels harder to secure than ever.What…
Set These Boundaries to Save Your Sanity — and Your Business
So, you've finally taken the plunge. Your business cards are fresh off the press, your website just went live and you're ready to conquer the world as an entrepreneur. Fast forward a few months, and you're working 16-hour days, answering client calls at midnight and haven't seen your family in…
Jersey Mike’s Appoints New CEO After $8 Billion Acquisition
Sandwich giant Jersey Mike's announced Thursday that Charlie Morrison, a franchise veteran known for scaling restaurant brands, will become its CEO effective April 28. He succeeds founder Peter Cancro, who built Jersey Mike's from a single sub shop at the Jersey Shore into a 2,800-unit powerhouse. Cancro will remain chairman…
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