The Tele-Everything World
The ever-increasing prevalence and sophistication of modern gadgets foreshadows a tele-everything world. Is it an ascent into Utopia or a descent into something lesser? Work Artificial [...]
Reclaiming Your Work-Life Balance
Prior to the enforced work-from-home (WFH) saga that began in 2020, most of us considered it a privilege to be excused from attending the office. As [...]
Adopting a Business System
The word “streamlined” conjures up images of a sleek object surging forward, impervious to friction. With a well-thought-out system to propel it, that streamlined object could [...]
The Importance of Team Building
Leadership is as much about your personal traits as it is about bringing out the best in others. Your ultimate goal as a leader should not [...]
How to Transition to a Hybrid Workplace
In 2020, we asked, “When will things return to normal?” and assumed that 2021 would emerge as the answer. Not quite, but we are on the [...]
Making an Impact in a Virtual Work Environment
According to a Pew Research Center survey, 71 percent of the workforce in the U.S. is working from home all or most of the time. And [...]
Creating an Impactful Board of Directors or Advisors
A thriving board is critical for any organization. An impactful board will not only offer operational and strategic guidance, but it will also help your organization [...]
Mindfulness in the Workplace
Over the past year, many business leaders have taken on a new role: mindfulness coach. Mindfulness in the workplace allows business leaders and team members to [...]
Battling Interruptions while Working from Home
Work-from-home was already a burgeoning phenomenon before the 2020 lockdowns. However, that iteration differed by one crucial factor: everyone wasn’t home at the same time. In [...]
Challenges Faced by Women Business Leaders
Unless you are a Silicon Valley tech giant, the odds are that 2020 was a challenging year for your business. If you are a woman, the [...]
Appealing to Generation Z
The influence of social media today is so strong that entire businesses and careers thrive or fail by it. At the heart of this double-edged phenomenon [...]
The Future of the Office
Our perceptions of the workplace were fundamentally altered throughout 2020. While disruptive, the experience distilled complex work concepts to their bare basics. Consequently, business leaders today [...]
Business Resiliency for the New Year
It is comforting to think that if we can get through this “horrible year," we can face almost any adversity. But as we face 2021, business grit [...]
Vaccines as Business Policy
Widespread coronavirus vaccinations are not only the best way to keep people from dying, they will also help revive business and the economy. According to a recent [...]
How to Work More Efficiently in 2021
Our sharp lurch towards tech-dependent work practices in 2020 wasn’t a detour in a new direction. Rather, it was an acceleration on a course that we [...]
Going from Global to Local
2020 taught us that there is not much for which we necessarily have to leave the home. However, the ability to receive products and services remotely [...]
Creating a Successful DEI Initiative
Despite the driving force that is the modern Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) industry, too many DEI-specific initiatives fail to achieve any significant objective. Over time, [...]
How to Lead by Listening
It is almost a paradox, isn’t it, to lead by listening? A basic understanding would dictate that we listen when we want to be led, not [...]
Adopting an Adaptive Mindset
The entire world and everything in it moves at a faster pace today than at any point in our history. From business to culture to fashion, [...]
Bring Your Humanity to Your Business
Workplace digitization has ushered in unprecedented connectivity, convenience, and reach both within organizations and in customer interactions. Technology, however, can be a wall as much as [...]
Reevaluating Career Goals: What Do You Really Want?
Disruption. A pause for breath. An opportunity to reflect and introspect. The past months have been all these things. Unprecedented experiences nudge us out of the [...]
Reducing Election Anxiety
2020 has been an unprecedented year. With the confluence of a global pandemic, economic upheaval, civil unrest, and a national election, it is no wonder that [...]
How to Define Your Organization’s Mission
Conversations about leadership focus overwhelmingly on how to lead. However, perhaps more important, is where the organization is headed. For any business leader, the goal towards [...]
Creating a Workplace Where Everyone Belongs
The jury is still out on whether the 2020 lockdowns have had a positive or negative impact on diversity initiatives. On one hand, remote work reduces [...]