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…
In today’s job market, a LinkedIn job posting can garner hundreds, if not thousands, of applications, creating a needle-in-haystack scenario for hiring teams. Talent acquisition teams are now toying a new strategy to reduce time in the search for talent: computer games. From Tetris-style spatial reasoning tests and puzzle problem-solving…
Have you ever awakened in the night from a restless sleep, heart pounding? You can just reflect on your latest dream for clues as to why you feel so anxious. Or you could think back on the past few days' events, looking for a reason for your fretfulness. While you…
B2B marketing is continuously evolving, the rules to the game have changed, and it is essential that you tap in to the current way of doing things if you want to succeed in this industry. At present, influencer and creator marketing is the way forward. If you want to get…
Long-term contracts are both useful and dangerous. They are useful when money is spent by one party based on a commitment to buy from another party. They are dangerous because the economics of the deal may turn so that one party benefits greatly from reneging on the deal. Understanding the…
What matters most to modern customers? Convenience and efficiency. Instead of waiting to get answers or working through cumbersome phone systems, customers want self-service options to quickly find information, solve issues, and move on with their lives. Self-service has seen incredible growth in recent years, and this is just the…
Whether you planned it this way or you simply missed the deadline for Round One MBA applications, you may be relieved that you now have months before Round Two applications are due for most of the M7 business schools. You may be thinking that you’ll go through the same steps…
For a company’s internal communications team, collaborating with an external agency on specific projects can infuse fresh perspectives and creative firepower. To help spark innovative ideas and ensure messages resonate effectively with employees, outside agency partners may take on certain aspects of a project’s execution that fall outside of a…
The key to building successful teams isn't bringing together a group of all-stars and asking them to accomplish a goal. I have experienced firsthand the joy of seeing a group of individuals come together to experience immense team success and the frustration of leading a team of talented individuals that…
Michael is a human resource consultant with Insperity. He specializes in team building, employee engagement and performance improvement. Age 65 does not mean retirement for many Americans. Seniors are the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) first reported in 2017. In fact, in 2021, the BLS projected…
When California Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA) first took office in 2013, he was the only Indian American serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, a chamber comprised of 435 members. A mere decade later, that number has surged fivefold with Shri Thanedar’s election to the House of Representatives last year.…
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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