5 Things Managers Fear About Zoom and Why They Shouldn’t Worry
Back in the days when people began studying how to improve companies, they recognized that managers could help their teams by spending a little more time outside of their own offices. By walking around, visiting their employees, and having casual one-on-one chats, they could ideally learn how things were going and how employees were feeling. […]
What can Business Leaders Learn From Apple’s 2022 Back to Work Policy?
Recently Apple sent their employees a letter asking them to come back to work at the office three days a week in late May 2022 (now delayed due to COVID resurging in the Bay Area, but employees must continue to work at the office two days a week). It is a seemingly reasonable request, and as part […]
5 Ways to Protect Your Career in Post-COVID Recovery
COVID-19 has disrupted many areas of our lives, including our careers. Fortunately, you can take steps to strengthen and secure your career during these uncertain times. Due to the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry, one of my coaching clients, Alex, who served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) in a regional chain of […]
Beyond the Balance Sheet: Is Your Business Positioned to Attract Multiple Buyers?
You’re thinking about selling your business to get that great big pot of gold that will let you ride off into the sunset of retirement. In your mind, it’s a great exit strategy. Now the big question is: will your business attract buyers? When positioning your business for a sale, don’t make the mistake of focusing solely on your financial statements. Of course, profit is important, but focusing on […]
Impact Strategies Require Conscious Effort. Here’s How
Business schools teach about business model innovation to make more money. Engineering schools teach about technical innovation to make a better product. Very few institutions teach impact innovation. Finally, we’ve reached a point where impact leaders can come together to foster a culture of impact innovation. For a long time, it was thought that separating […]
Google’s Myth of Losing Social Capital in Hybrid Work
Google recently announced its new post-pandemic hybrid work policy, requiring employees work in the office for at least three days a week. That policy goes against the desires of many rank-and-file Google employees. A survey of over 1,000 Google employees showed that two-thirds feel unhappy with being forced to be in the office three days […]
Why We Need More Unicorn Capitalists Like Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos gets more than his fair share of negative press in the court of public opinion. Whether he’s a benefit or a blight to society depends on who you listen to, however the facts lean clearly in one direction. For Amazon to exist, one person needed to shoulder the burden. Jeff Bezos […]
Social Marketing 101: Treat Your Customers Like Humans, Not Numbers
Business-to-business marketing is delusional. We continue to act as if customers make buying decisions in a rational void, free from any messy emotional constraints. The truth is that they never have, and they never will. Many studies back up this idea and provide a more clear picture of the drivers that go into business purchasing […]
4 Ways to Become a Successful Entrepreneur While Earning a Degree
Bill Gates. Richard Branson. Steve Jobs. When you hear these names, you immediately think of business legends. Billionaires with success stories so profound they’ll continue to influence generations of entrepreneurs. But what you might not realize is that this group has something else in common: they’re all college dropouts. These stories aren’t the standard path, […]
5 tips for Building a Successful Public-Private Partnership for the SDGs
Everywhere you look these days, companies, governments, and communities are talking about ‘better business,’ what it means, who it affects, and why it is relevant. The UK’s proposed Better Business Act is rallying behind the cries for how we define the ‘future of the corporation.’ The suggested contract defines it as the legal obligation for every company […]
