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CEOs need help. Today’s business leaders have to contend with industry competition, changing consumer behavior, new technology, and fears of an impending recession. With the sands beneath their feet shifting, there’s never been a more uncertain time to be a CEO. CEO turnover increased by 12.9% in 2019 over 2018,...

I can’t imagine that I was the only person who woke up on 1 January 2020 and announced ‘2020 is MY year!’  The possibilities, the positivity, the drive, the excitement - this was THE year! Ah, the best-laid plans of mice and men … who could have predicted the devastation...

I can’t be convinced otherwise, it’s my strong belief that it starts the first day of engagement with a potential candidate and continues well beyond he/she decides to move on. If you do it right, that will take years and any amount of investment, both time and money, placed on...

G.S. Jaggi, known as “Jaggi”, is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Iridius Capital, a real estate firm based in Tucson, Arizona. G.S. Jaggi and Iridius Capital invests in real estate across all major real estate asset classes and has acquired or developed $1.5B of real estate since 2011,...

I doubt many people can say losing their dream job at the age of 22 was the best thing that ever happened to them. For me, probation as an investment banker - and my subsequent firing - was a huge learning curve. This shock exit has informed my business journey...

We have reached the Sixth month since the advent of COVID 19. January the world realized the deadly Virus but the initial response was of ignoring the issue and the feeling that this will be localized and eventually go away. Gradually the impact spread globally across continents and in March...

How Positive Influence Leaders Provide a Hand Up, Not a Hand Out If you are fortunate, there are people along the way that provide just the right help at the very time that you need it.  We have come to call these people Positive Influence Leaders.  Capturing the essence of...

The board of directors provides leadership, guidance, and governance to companies and non-profits. The CEO or Executive Director leads the organization and manages day to day operations. In a moment of crisis such as the extreme challenges facing organizations word wide during the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of the board...

Crises can define CEOs and cement their abilities to guide an organization. As business leaders navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked eight former C-suite leaders of global workforces, who sit on the Advisory Board and Board of Directors of InStride, to share their perspectives on leading through a crisis. Collectively,...

As outside general corporate counsel to well over a hundred startups in all stages of growth in my legal career, across the innovation ecosystem in Silicon Valley and beyond, I am often asked by startup founders and entrepreneurs to help them with capital raising and introductions to venture capitalists, business...