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New business is expensive and time-consuming to bring onboard, no matter what industry you’re in. For enterprise technology, the average sales cycle for a six-figure-plus deal can take six to twelve months, and even more if your markets include the federal government, which is notoriously slow-moving. Similarly, if your offering...

On March 23, 2020, the  S&P 500 bottomed out. It dropped 34% from the mid-February 2020 high to the bottom. In fact, such a drop has never been seen before in that intensity. While the S&P 500 dropped 50% in 2008 at the start of the Great Recession, this drop...

Before stepping up to the podium, facing the camera, or firing off an email, there is one essential element every successful communicator must have: a well-thought-out message. And when communicating in a crisis situation, the importance of getting your message right is magnified tenfold. Messaging is everything. It is the...

In April 2020, just one month into the U.S stay-at-home order, U.S divorce rates increased by 34 percent - with 20 percent of those couples having been married for five months or less. According to a statistic shared by Health Street, 4.5 million marriages ending in divorce are due to...

CIOs should not have to choose between business risk and business growth. As your business grows, as attacks grow and attack sophistication increases, it is time to protect what matters most, without constraining the business. How can you get your organization to migrate to a more secure access policy that...

Do you know how to build a team with top talent in this highly competitive market?  Investors back companies that build teams who know how to create value and growth in our “new reality.” Whether your company is closely held, part of a private equity portfolio, or publicly traded, this...

Poor indoor air quality is attributed to short-term health problems like dizziness, headaches, throat irritation, and eye irritation. But poor air quality can also cause long-term health issues like respiratory disorders, heart diseases, and cancer. Offices and homes are a big concern, as most people spend more time in those...

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted our world’s economy and the ways we work and socialize; it also accelerated the rate at which we develop and adopt new technologies. Though, perhaps one of the biggest tangential effects of the pandemic is around the future of the workplace. If there is one...

Being an entrepreneur, or as I like to consider myself—a serial entrepreneur, one that has tons of ideas—I have to be a dreamer. I’m a dreamer who starts up a company and goes sailing with it. And then I have another dream. And then, another and another.  The key is...

Some women are capable enough combining leadership roles in giant companies with being good mothers and supportive partners for their husbands. In this article, we present ten female CEOs with significant qualifications. Mary Barra – General Motors Company Mary Barra started working for General Motors in 1980 when she was...