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At executive level, uncontrolled ego can kill a business. Recent research shows 57 percent of employees have left a job because of poor leadership. Losing top talent cost Australian businesses $3.8 billion over 12-months. Ego: what is it? Simply put, it’s what keeps us alive and safe. It’s the thing...

“I believe that if you don’t disrupt yourself, you will be disrupted by someone else.”  — Mindy Grossman, CEO & President of WW (formerly Weight Watchers) Leadership excellence is not acquired overnight. Like a fine wine, it develops more character and a polished finish with each passing year and experience....

As data continues to grow at astounding rates, most start-up organizations don’t know what data they have, how much it’s costing them, and what risks this data may create for their business. Their data is often scattered in silos or stuck in departmental systems that don’t communicate well with one...

Digital marketing is one industry that can easily be accused of talking ‘fluff’ and making ‘grandiose’ claims without the evidence to support it and for those who engage with an agency, it is something they take away from their interactions way too often. Digital is an industry full of buzzwords...

Nowadays, modern technology produces a dominant effect not only on how society works but also on the transition of companies to online platforms. Here, companies were able to reach larger pools of potential audiences that can help their profits and influence grow. However, despite the benefits brought by modern technology,...

A significant portion of America’s workforce remains non-diverse. Data from HR consulting firm Mercer found 64 percent of entry level corporate positions were white, a number that jumped to 85 percent among the executive ranks. There’s year-over-year progress in advancing racial equity and diversity, but there’s still a long way...

Charities come as a relief and as a way to manipulate the increasing poverty over the world’s suffering population. Politics leave space for these kinds of efforts since they are inadequate to handle certain matters over the world. In this list, you can have a quick look at the top...

March 11, 2021, marked one year since COVID was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Anthony Fauci himself recently admitted that during the early weeks and months of the crisis, the prospect of losing 530,000 American lives in a year would have dramatically exceeded his...

When it comes to COVID-19, it seems we’re nearing the light at the end of the tunnel. With this sense of calm comes a conundrum, however: Executives have been laser-focused on simply keeping afloat — but priorities that were less pressing through the pandemic are coming back into focus. Here...

Indonesia is a popular tourist destination, and the world knows about this fact. However, lately and gradually, it is becoming an important destination for higher education. While the country has undertaken a significant number of endeavours to overhaul its higher education system, it still has a long way to go....