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This is a story about what motivates your staff – your team – to be successful. For more years than I want to admit, I have competed in sailing races across New England including Block Island Race Week, the Bermuda Race, Ted Hood Regatta, the Buzzards Bay Regatta, and the...

Alexei Mordashov, the billionaire owner of steelmaker Severstal, backs Putin’s call for businesses to reinvest profits. With a net worth of roughly $32.8 billion, Alexei Mordashov is the richest person in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to get the economy growing again after the coronavirus pandemic with a burst...

Hybrid working environments, as new as they are, come with some enduring challenges that leaders and HR teams need to be ready for. Coming into the mid-year (or other time of year, depending on your internal cycle) it’s easy to see the next hurdle on the horizon - performance review...

Containers have created a revolution in software development. With the advent of tailored tools like Kubernetes (K8s), organizations can now deploy and manage containers at scale. Enterprise IT teams now have a common platform for business applications across multiple clouds. This reduces complexity and management costs and increases consistency and...

In my ten years as a leadership development professional at a large organization, I’ve heard a manager question their employee’s mental health more than once. I have a vivid memory of a  young manager looking into my eyes and worriedly wonder if her employee was “bipolar” because she seemed to...

Transforming Your Organization; Getting Your Manager’s and Employees’ Buy-in. How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted your business and employees? You may have an astute vision of what you need to do to move your business forward and succeed but do your employees? Whatever your vision of change is, the result...

Most leaders are aware of the importance of career pathing and development in general. After all, this element can make or break an employee’s decision to stay at a company or look for seemingly greener pastures. However, career pathing plans can be difficult for smaller companies to execute. Jeff Meade...

When it comes to social responsibility, consumers are looking for brands to show them — not just tell them — what they’re doing. Greenwashing and token corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives are not enough. In this digital world, where authenticity is the buzzword, businesses must keep up with growing demands...

The LGBTQ+ community has always been frowned upon. There have been many cases of workplace discrimination against members of this community. Despite such odds, many members of the LGBTQ+ community have become successful business leaders. From being outcasts to being heralded as the leading businesspersons, the members of the LGBTQ+...

Adapted with permission from CREATIVE CONFLICT: A Practical Guide for Business Negotiators (June 15, 2021, HBR Press) by Bill Sanders and Frank Mobus. In the scene below, from the comedy classic Monty Python’s Life of Brian,1 our hero is on the run from a phalanx of Roman soldiers. He races...