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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 Luxury Hotels That Fund Art Education for Local Kids
When Tim Reynolds was exiting a holiday party on December 14, 2000, the then-34-year-old, multi-millionaire co-founder of global proprietary trading firm Jane Street Capital was, by anyone's estimation, winning at life.Tim's wife, Caroline, had just given birth to their third child and his firm was on its way to eventually…
The Yass Award For Education Freedom
The belief that parents – not the state or a city or a school district, but those who actually know and care for kids – are the best judges of how to meet a child’s educational needs is clear and straightforward. It’s not a revolutionary thought, or at least it…
Pacific Ocean Deep-Sea Mining Could Threaten Tuna ‘Climate Refuge’
A new study has found that deep-sea mining may pose a big threat to tuna species moving into the eastern Pacific Ocean as climate change pushes them into the open ocean. Dr Diva Amon, a scientific researcher at the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara…
Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes Prison Update: Sentence Shortened
Elizabeth Holmes' prison sentence has been shortened to 9 1/2 years, according to records from the Bureau of Prisons, per Insider Business. She began what was supposed to be her 11-year prison sentence on May 30 despite her last-ditch efforts to remain free on bail. She is now set to…
Is Being A Great Manager A “Coachable” Skill?
Earlier this year, I wrote a Forbes column explaining how corporate leaders should motivate their employees. It answered the age-old question: What makes a great manager? The column draws on the seminal work of Frederick Herzberg, who published Work and the Nature of Man in 1966. Herzberg wrote one of…
Lawrence Longo of Off the Menu on the Secret to Business Partnerships
Lawrence Longo has made a name for himself by combining his love for food and storytelling in a career that brings joy to his life and others.Longo is the founder and CEO of Off the Menu, a unique dining concept created out of providing access to food items that are…
5 Tips For Building A Successful Internship Program
As employees across the country return to in-office work, thousands of college students and young professionals are starting summer internships. In my last column, I shared five tips to help interns maximize their summer experience. Now, it’s time to flip the script. A good internship program isn’t a zero-sum game,…
Reading Between The Lines Of A Merger & Acquisition Leader’s Timeline
Done right, a merger & acquisition leader’s timeline aligns everyone around what’s getting done by whom when at the leadership level. Mergers and acquisitions never travel in a straight line. Different leaders will need to pull from different playbooks in different orders in different situations, adjusting as they learn. Subtleties…
What Are Microcredentials And Why Should You Care?
If you pay much attention to higher education or workforce training, odds are you’ve seen excited talk about the promise of microcredentials. Earlier this year, a survey of employers reported that 95 percent think it’s a good thing if their employees are earning microcredentials. More than 70 percent said that…
Why Every Business Owner Should Know It
There are several important metrics that every business owner should know and understand. One of these metrics is the breakeven point. The breakeven point is the level of sales at which a company's revenue equals its expenses, resulting in zero profit or loss. The reality is that only some sales…
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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…