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A consortium of private equity firms Blackstone Group Inc., Carlyle Group Inc., and Hellman & Friedman has agreed to purchase medical supply manufacturer and distributor Medline Industries Inc. The Northfield, Illinois-based company, Medline Industries, is the largest privately-held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies in the United States, generating sales...

Global talent acquisition and management firm Korn Ferry has recently revealed what many of us in the talent development and leadership space have known for quite a while. “Happy” members of your organization are your greatest asset, while “nomads” (job-hoppers who frequently move within the company or between companies) do...

You probably heard the advice that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” That phrase is a misleading myth at best and actively dangerous at worst. Making plans is important, but our gut reaction is to plan for the best-case outcomes, ignoring the high likelihood that things will go wrong. ...

Two thousand twenty was a year most CEOs would love to forget.  Most of us long for everything from consumer behavior to employee relations to get back to “normal.”  For better or worse, turning back the clock just is not an option.  For all the volatility and unpredictability we faced...

While businesses play out their artificial intelligence (AI) strategies within their various national and international ecosystems, an often-overlooked dimension is how innovative regulation and governmental support can unlock AI’s full potential.  AI promises to have the same disruptive effect on today’s global economy as electricity in the 19th century, and...

Opportunities can exist even during testing times. The pandemic dealt a body blow to most businesses, with world cities reeling from lockdowns, subdued demand, supply constraints, and disruptions in cross-border trade. Willingly or unwillingly, people are constrained within the four walls of their house. Few services, however, witnessed a change...

The Covid-19 pandemic caused great losses to many firms. At the same time, many employees lost their jobs while others had salary cuts. During all this suffering period a new study conducted by the Institute for Policy Studies showed that CEO salaries increased even in firms that had huge profit...

Greek family businesses try to get over the difficulties that the Covid-19 pandemic has created by setting priorities similar to their global peers. Such priorities are the diversification and expansion of their activities, the digitalization and introduction of new technologies, the evolving and new business thinking, sustainability and focus on...

Chief executives and other senior level business decision-makers aren’t really all that different from the people who keep their companies running efficiently day-in and day-out. They, too, were kept awake in the night during the pandemic, and with many of the same worries – but different.  A big one? Their...

Meetings can be the most effective way to foster great communication throughout a company. Unfortunately, meetings are frequently viewed as a waste of time or as a distraction from getting real work done. I have talked to many leaders in different industries; almost universally, they saw a benefit in having...