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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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The Unspoken Truths of Startup Failures — 10 Cautionary Tales for Entrepreneurs
The startup world is often painted as a land of endless possibilities, where big dreams meet big checks. Entrepreneurs and investors alike revel in stories of unicorn valuations and rapid success. But there's a side to startups that's less celebrated — the graveyard of ambitious ventures that, despite raising significant…
How this Agent Helps A-Listers Turn Their Platforms Into Multi-Million Dollar Deals
The relationship between a talent agent and their client can often be summed up by a phrase made famous by the profession's most iconic fictional figure, Jerry Maguire, to the greatest imaginary wide receiver of all time, Rod Tidwell — and it's not the one you might expect: "Help me…
How Leaders with Curiosity Can Drive Organizational Success
I am a strategic advisor for both the public and private sectors. Unlike a business coach, my job is to help organizations define clear missions and gather intelligence. This allows us to create strategies to navigate complex challenges and achieve measurable results.In contrast, a business coach typically works on individual…
How You Can Leverage These PR Strategies to Build Your Company’s Credibility and Trust
Many people will tell you that public relations is about telling your story to the media. The truth, however, is that it's just as much about building relationships.Of course, to be successful in public relations, you have to be able to build relationships with journalists and media contacts, but relationships…
Maximize Employee Retention by Tracking These 20 KPIs
It's a new year, and the merry-go-round has started. The strategy is off, the talent isn't delivering, the pipeline is way off where it should be, and the technology is never delivering.Sound familiar? Well, it should do. That's about 80% of the global market right now. So, how do you…
A Simple Four-Step Approach to Mastering Sales Psychology
Success in sales is not just about charisma or closing techniques — it's about understanding the psychology of your customers and guiding them through a structured process. One such process is called the Four Boxes, a step-by-step approach designed to help sales professionals build trust, overcome customer objections, and achieve…
Work-Life Balance is a Lie — Here are 4 Ways You Can Be Fully Invested in Both
Too many entrepreneurs try to juggle everything at once — both at work and at home — and this ends up holding them back in both areas. When you're working, you feel guilty for not being with your family, yet when you're with family, all you can think about is…
9 Questions Leaders Must Ask to End Employee Burnout
I've fully embraced the cliche and, every New Year, I make business resolutions. This year, I'm focused on well-being. As a tech entrepreneur in the healthcare space, well-being is often at the forefront of my mind.After attending a strategic forum for business leaders earlier this year, I walked away with…
Is Acquiring a Business Right For You? Here’s How to Know If You Should Buy a Business or Start From Scratch
We live in an age where founding an online business has never been simpler. Through the internet and AI, you can do more things and reach more people than ever before. And yet, many aspiring founders fail or burn out, never realizing their goals. Why? Perhaps because building a business…
3 Ways to Optimize Your Marketing Budget and Get Results in 2025
Marketing executives normally devote between 7% and 10% of their companies' revenues to marketing. Out of that, at least 72% of their overall marketing budget goes to digital marketing channels.Digital marketing spending is also on the rise, increasing by 11.1% from the first to the third quarter of 2024. Misallocating…
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