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We all have a preferred leadership style, I know I do and at the start of my leadership go to, it wasn’t just my preferred style, but it was pretty much my only style. I was an all action lead from the front, set the tone show the way leader,...

Social media are a big part of your promotion and unless you have a professional working on them you have to put some effort to promote your products and services. The good news is that once you find how they work things will move on automatically. Be active The key...

There is no need for a captain for a ship intended to stay in a port. The captain is needed to navigate across the rough seas. I was at sea myself and learned the tough way a serious lesson – I wouldn’t go on-board with a captain whom I don’t...

Most CEOs recognize the need for their firms to be customer-focused. A focus on customers is a business truism. The evidence for those that do it well is unambiguous. They are more successful on almost every measure that counts in business, from profitability to growth to employee engagement (Kirca et...

We are losing the cybersecurity war, and it’s not because our equipment isn’t high-tech enough. The real reason is both simpler and more difficult to solve: our technical employees lack the people and leadership skills needed to communicate effectively. Technical teams often lack the inner confidence to innovate outside the...

You can’t build a commercial real estate portfolio if you don’t have deals to buy. That’s why it’s critical to know where to look for properties and to establish a regular habit of analyzing deals. Finding these deals isn’t as easy as pulling up a marketplace like you might with...

Life during a pandemic has resulted in plenty of frustrations and logistical headaches — but it has also fostered creative problem-solving. And the companies still standing were often able to show they can evolve and thrive in times of rapid change. Now they find themselves at a key crossroads during...

The year 2020 was something else. None of us were prepared for such an unprecedented pandemic as that of COVID-19. Suddenly, the entire world came to a standstill, and we weren’t sure how things will work out. Countries experienced economic shutdown, reduced or nil outdoor socialization in the form of...

Three personal stories. Three takeaways. Clarity To make a long (painful) story short, I typically ran the mile in junior high school. At the last meet of the year in 1975, however, I was asked to fill in as the third leg on our undefeated one-mile relay team.  No problem,...