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No one predicted what happened last year. Our vocabulary expanded, our world view was altered, and for many, the way and where we work changed. While some would like to forget 2020 and just move on, wise CEOs know there are rich lessons to be found in challenging and painful...

You won't find this APP on your phone (at least not yet). This APP is an acronym for Accountability, Productivity, and Psychological Safety.  During a four-year study in North America and the UK that involved working with peer advisory groups for CEOs and business leaders, I pressure tested the Five...

In 2021, CEOs are already hard at work transitioning the workforce back into the office.  Offices will reopen based on three reasons that include: productivity, culture, and retention. Work from home was attractive prior to the pandemic in a flex-work model, but now that many have experienced it full-time, the...

Blind followers, mindless drones, brainless idiots, yes men, weak-minded, and the uninformed definitely give being a follower a bad rap. These attributes don’t even fully capture the negative side of poor followership, as followers can also backstab, undermine, betray, and malign their leaders. In comparison, here’s a definition of a...

Wargame is a commonly used professional method in geopolitical analysis. The main approach of this method is to conduct study and analysis through simulating the reactions of two opposing sides and discussing the possible outcomes in terms of winning or losing. Therefore, in this analysis, the definition of the model...

After a long career that included work in private enterprise, co-founding and running an international public relations agency, and leading such non-profits as CARE USA and AARP, my current role is teaching MBA students. Every business school in America, maybe every school of any kind, proclaims that it creates leaders....

I’m a big fan of writing New Year’s resolutions. I enjoy the fresh start. I also enjoy contemplating what can be done over the next year. Sometimes I’m successful in meeting my goals and other times, not so much. I have found that I have been much more successful when...

Is your annual corporate strategy meeting /retreat the biggest waste of time in your organization?  If so, you are not alone.  There is perhaps not a single greater gap in the business world between potential positive impact and the ultimate, "real world" let down than the strategic planning process in...

On January 1st, 2020, no one predicted that the word “unprecedented” would become a cliché description of all that the year would bring. Faced with an uncertain world, the options are to hunker down and refuse to look ahead or to consider how what has happened might influence what is...

Focusing on skills over academic degrees can boost fortunes for millions of workers and benefit companies. As many as 30 million American workers without four-year college degrees have skills that could earn them 70% more than they are now getting paid. That’s according to academic, nonprofit, and corporate researchers who...