The Turmoil, Uncertainty, Challenge And Opportunity: Am I Enough?
The world has shared an experience over the past few months as we all collectively deal with and recover from the global pandemic. Amongst the turmoil, uncertainty, challenge, and opportunity,...
View ArticleThe Bright Side To Every Crisis: How Covid-19 Can Help You Become A Better...
One day everything’s normal, the next we’re in the middle of a global pandemic. Not since 1918 has the world mobilized to fight such a common invisible foe. And back then as now many would-be leaders...
View ArticleAs the U.S. Economy Reopens, Endless Catch-22s Will Threaten Recovery
Though the U.S. economy just lost twice the percentage of its employment in two months as it did in the 2008 financial crisis over two years, there is widespread optimism that the nascent reopenings in...
View ArticleReturning To The Workplace: Communications Best Practices To Re-connect...
Only 20% of business leaders have done detailed ‘back-to-work’ planning to emerge from shelter-in-place, according to new research from the Institute for Public Relations and Peppercomm. Every company...
View ArticleCross-Functional Work Teams: Why They Matter Now More Than Ever
Several years ago, Harvard Business Review published a piece by Benham Tabrizi titled: 75% of Cross-Functional Teams Are Dysfunctional. I can’t say my personal experience with cross-functional work...
View ArticleImplications For Leaders During A Time Of Significant Workplace Change
Crises have impacted human existence for centuries. In recent times several economic crises have made and lost individual and collective fortunes and have profoundly shaped local and world economies,...
View Article5 Ways to Stay Strong Mentally When You’re Unemployed
When you’re unemployed, it is easy to become anxious and depressed. You worry about whether you’ll be able to find another job, how you’ll support your family and pay your bills. Thoughts like this can...
View ArticleA Futurist’s Advice on Navigating through the Technology “Valley of Death”
Even as a young person, I have always held a long-term vision of humanity being a true spacefaring people. When I co-founded Tethers Unlimited in 1994 with the late sci-fi author and space physicist...
View ArticleHow Normalcy Bias Led Boeing to Crash Into Disaster
Due to the grounding of its 737 Max airplane following 2 deadly crashes that killed 346 people, Boeing lost $5 billion in direct revenue by the summer of 2019. The overall losses – ranging from damage...
View ArticleUsing the Scrum and Sprint way of working transformed my team
I take a keen interest in productivity and leadership styles. As a CEO of a four year-old business I’ve tried many methods and read several books on different schools of thought of management. Recently...
View ArticleDetroit CEOs Join To Commit To Real Change On Racism
As CEOs reckon with how to respond to the nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, and the accompanying issues of racism and police brutality, a group of business leaders from the Detroit...
View ArticleBest Insurance Practices to Consider During These Tumultuous Times of Mass...
Many of the recent mass protests across the country have been peaceful. But, some protests have led to significant property damage due to arson or vandalism, as well as business interruption losses for...
View ArticleThe Leader Within
I walked into the staff meeting 100s of times – this time as the director. This was going to be different. Now I was at the head of the table. The one folks looked to for many things. How would I...
View ArticleBest & Worst States: Tale of Two Surging Cities
Their states only stayed pat in the new “Best States/Worst States for Business” rankings for 2020, but Phoenix and Cincinnati are building on their reputations as dynamic places for CEOs to do business...
View ArticleThis is All I Know – How Family and Company Dynamics Blur
Kerry*, the owner of a creative company, called me in because she was having great difficulty with staff turnover. Projects were getting delayed; details falling through the cracks; remaining staff...
View ArticleMindManager for Mac 13 is a more 2020 friendly app
MindManager for Mac 13 introduces features users are finding necessary this year. Project management from a distance becomes more seamless with this update.
View ArticleThe International Innovation Imperative
While businesses large and small across a broad swath of the global economy are focusing resources on stabilizing from economic shocks being felt around the world, many companies will resolve to emerge...
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Former Xerox Exec Enourages CEOs to “Debate and Commit” to Stay Ahead of Change
Click on the icons below to subscribe. Guest: CEO Coaching International’s Gerry Perkel, the Former President of Xerox Office Printing Business. As CEO or Division President, Gerry has led 7...
View Article5 Business Success Secrets From An Unlikely Entrepreneur
When you think of a typical entrepreneur, you might envision a tech savvy Zuckerberg-ish type with quality education or $ behind them. But in truth, there’s many forms of entrepreneurs and not all of...
View ArticleThe Lucky Farmer (Or How to Create Luck for Your Organization)
The best gift my father gave me was the secret of how to create luck. I grew up on a dairy farm and most of the time we were working without much time for “speechifying”. So, this secret was provided...
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