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As a career-long serial entrepreneur, I’m used to leading through uncertainty. My first technology start-up crashed during the dotcom bubble burst and I financially turned around a company during the Great Recession. We’ve been through unpredictable times before, but 2020 is a particularly turbulent year for entrepreneurs and small businesses....

“Do you see me?” is perhaps the most critical question people have when asked to work with a leader. It implies: Do I matter to you? Do you understand my views and needs? Am I merely a pawn for you to use in achieving your goals, or do you care...

Planning for the succession of a successful, long-serving CEO or, trickier yet, a founder CEO is a difficult topic for any board. It is even more personally challenging for many CEOs. One succession approach that is on the rise in the U.S. over the last decade is to name a...

A new survey finds the average worker is experiencing career burnout at the age of 32, and says working long hours from home in the pandemic is making it worse. This fits the way people traditionally think about burnout in relation to stress. The common perception is that an overload...

2020 has been a tough year to be a leader. Formed in equal parts by constant change, tension across the value chain and reduced spend it has stretched many CEO’s to reconsider their role as they delicately balance a business that moves from insecurity to inconsistently daily. With zero ability...

The 2020 elections could cause a landslide of reputational challenges for American corporations. Last August’s Business Roundtable pledge—with CEOs recognizing employees, communities, the environment and others as stakeholders of equal standing to actual shareholders—has given politicians license to subordinate investors. Even former Vice President Joe Biden, considered by most to...

It’s not uncommon for leaders to lose connection with their personal values during challenging times. Sure, they know what they value. It is the octane that mobilizes their performance. Leaders understand this. Matters of the heart are the canvass for painting the image of the kind of person a leader...

It’s not often that C-suite leaders get to bring their kids to the office to show them what goes on in the day-to-day. But as working from home has become commonplace, your kids have endless opportunities to see you in action. Whether it’s leading a meeting, setting strategic goals, or...

Digital labour platforms can enhance women’s economic empowerment and contribute to gender equality in the Indian labour market. In his Independence day speech, PM Modi put emphasis on women’s economic empowerment and a few days later Vice-president Naidu called for a national movement for women’s empowerment, and urged political parties...