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Seventy-seven percent of Americans are reporting that they’re burnt out. And 95% of our workforce is saying they’re considering a new job. Numerous studies show that job stress is far and away from the major source of stress for American adults and it is escalating. Increased levels of job stress...

The years 2020 and 2021 will no doubt go down as some of the most historic years in recent memory. COVID came and did everything but block out the sun. It shut down travel, shuttered businesses, divided families, overwhelmed hospitals, took so many precious lives, stifled food supplies, and interrupted...

ONE ONLINE PLATFORM TAKES ON THE WORLD OF ART COLLECTION.  Art collection has always been a matter of personal taste and interests, values, and points of view. In short, the art we gravitate towards, surround ourselves with, and seek out for purchase is and has always been a distinctly unique...

Our interactions throughout the day play a critical role in our psychology and personal evolution. To learn who we have to keep and who we have to reject we need to have the essential criteria that will allow us to judge every situation impartially. In addition, we need to learn...

Going through a transaction alone is fraught with costly pitfalls and risks. In today’s hot mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) market, business owners are being approached directly with offers to sell their business. With a buyer in-hand, many owners charge ahead on their own without seeking the advice of experts. A...

When I transitioned recently from CEO of Cirque du Soleil to Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board, it gave me the chance to reflect on my two decades at a company that changed my whole approach to business and life. At Cirque, I learned that creativity is essential in business –...

According to the famous EU data protection regulation (GDPR), the transfer of personal data from the UE to third countries (such as the USA, Russia, India, or China – nice bunch, isn’t it?) is subject to additional safeguards to ensure that our (“European”) data are secure abroad at a level...

Managing people isn’t always easy. Too often we hear about people leaving their job because they don’t think their boss is the right fit for them. A common mistake I see leaders make is that they only have discussions or touch base with their employees when something is going wrong....

What’s the key to success in business? It’s what all leaders hope to find out and pursue. For years, when asked this question, leaders have been unambiguous in their answer: Culture. As but one example, a whopping 94% of executives in a Deloitte study said they believed that a distinct...

Educating a college student is completely different from educating school students or the employees of a company who have to go under training before they are able to start their job. The structure in any case follows a standard pathway that works for every person who is eager to gain...