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…
63% of U.S. employees wish they had an online community where they could get career advice on dealing with challenges specific to their workplace. All too often, workplace issues between managers and employees end with one party resigning or being terminated. However, just because the issue ends, doesn’t mean it’s…
The workplace is a minefield, causing ongoing challenges for women to succeed. Ever so timely is the 2023 Lean In Women in the Workplace Report , created by McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org. This report has been released annually since 2015, with the 2023 report capturing input from 27,000 employees.…
According to a report earlier this week from Andrew Romero at 9to5Google, Samsung has added support for digital identification cards from Arizona and Iowa in its eponymous Samsung Wallet app. Romero links to a press release from Samsung announcing the news, writing “Arizona and Iowa will be the first states…
AI has a branding and storytelling problem. That’s not to discount its rise in usage, discussion, possibilities. But if you ask ten people what it is you may and probably most likely will get ten different answers. That’s not a place you want to be as a marketer. It’s not…
For as long as many of us can remember, the four-degree was a symbol of prestige—accomplishment, pride and self-esteem. High-school graduates were encouraged to pursue a degree in order to be financially and psychologically secure. But since the pandemic, the tide has been changing. More business leaders are saying a…
According to a report from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the undergraduate population of business school students is 37% students of color. Moreover, 32% of MBA students are students of color, and 35% of doctoral students in business are students of color. However, only 26% of full-time…
Mark Cuban’s club starts the 2023-24 season with pressure to win — the right way. Six years into leading the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association, Cynt Marshall laughs when discussing how she got there. In February 2018, Marshall was occupied with another conversation when she felt vibrations from…
The state of Georgia will soon mail letters to its 120,000 high school seniors informing them which public colleges and universities in the state they’re eligible to be admitted to if they apply. The program, dubbed GEORGIA MATCH, is one of the largest state-run direct admissions initiatives in the nation,…
With affirmative action outlawed, and use of SATs in decline, selective colleges are paying ever more attention to essays. ChatGPT poses a challenge. By Emma Whitford, Forbes Staff Seventeen-year-old senior Ethan Rivera is finding the college application season at his Livingston, New Jersey high school stressful—and competitive. “It’s very hostile,”…
We talk a lot about the power of purpose for clarity or customer loyalty in the context of business. But in personal self-improvement, we often focus on diet and exercise. It turns out that purpose is a crucial factor that deserves just as much attention when it comes to individual…
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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