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How many times have you thought you were negotiating with someone but were actually having a monologue with yourself?  It happens all the time. Take the case of Priya, who was meeting with her boss to negotiate her job responsibilities, a promotion, a change in title, and a raise:  Priya...

Company leaders have been resigning in increased numbers. In the past few months, we’ve seen CEOs step down from Stitch Fix, Victoria’s Secret, DSW, North Face, Slack, AMC, and Vodafone, among others. Departures often stir up speculation, and in the absence of clear communication, it can be easy for people...

In today’s increasingly fast-paced digital world, efficient business communications are key to reaching customers, investors, and other stakeholders. Forward-thinking companies are on a mission to make these seamless interactions the rule rather than the exception. Mo Katibeh, RingCentral’s President and Chief Operating Officer, oversees the company’s global enterprise communications strategic...

The finance sector, which encompasses a broad range of corporate businesses currently holds an enormous amount of influence when it comes to promoting sustainability and environmental practices around the world.  With national governments and globalized communities seeking innovative ways through which it can better promote Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)...

Burn It To The Ground When I first arrived in Australia from the UK in early 2012, I witnessed the WEIRDEST thing….  I was driving along a country back road ‘out bush’, when I noticed the Department of Parks and Wildlife trucks making a roadblock.   A tunnel of thick black...

Striving to be more effective at DEI is a terrific goal for any organization. There's a lot of room for improvement, but you're destined for success when you make sure that you’re measuring your DEI efforts by more than just the numbers. Here are four great places to focus your...

Hydrogen is the most abundant element on earth and has the most uncomplicated makeup of elements; only one proton and one electron. Although it doesn't typically exist by itself in nature, it can be easily produced from diverse domestic compounds that contain it. As Hydrogen's role in the renewable energy...

Now, more than ever, employee engagement is critical for business success. But frontline workers are often left out of the conversation, which can have a significant ripple effect throughout an organization. To keep your deskless employees connected to and engaged with your company’s goals, follow these three steps.  Employee engagement...

In his short philosophical essay, “On Thinking for Oneself,” Schopenhauer reinforced the message of individual thought. He compared the vast knowledge one may have to an enormous library: “Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the...

Benjamin Franklin said, “The idea of what is true merit should also be often presented to youth, explained and impressed on their minds, as consisting in an inclination joined with an ability to serve mankind, one’s country, friends and family; which ability is with the blessing of God to be...