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“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” – Warren Buffett Remaining competitive in your industry is challenging with a tarnished reputation. In today’s news cycle, reporting on an organization’s downward reputational spiral can be difficult to watch — especially when that impairment is...

The last two years has illuminated the fragile mental health of executives and their teams.  In December last year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released their First insights from the National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020-21 report. Some of the findings were:  15% of Australians (and more...

Research is a long-term commitment. It is one thing to simply scroll up and down the web pages and glean from them basic information for use, and another thing to extract and analyze extensive information for better understanding. Unless you are engaged in the latter, you won’t be contributing greatly...

With aging populations in all of the industrialized and most of the developing world, we need to find ways to become more efficient in order to create more output. The way forward is to make computers see and understand the same way humans do. Indeed, economics only adds up with technology...

Full disclosure: I’m an acting coach, but I’m about to give you a phenomenally powerful business tip. My industry — entertainment — is as cutthroat as they come. It’s intensely competitive and filled with risks and disappointments. From established and high-profile actors to those just starting out, my clients often...

In this period of significant uncertainty and stress, effectively leading a company through crises is imperative. Executives must foster cultural resilience as all signals hint at even more upheaval to come. While the disruption wrought by COVID-19 may be an easy primary target to blame for the Great Resignation, a...

As of 27 March 2022, with a net worth of roughly $256 billion, Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, followed by Jeff Bezos(No. 2, $190 billion), Bernard Arnault(No. 3, $143 billion); and Bill Gates(No. 4, $133 billion). Warren Buffett is the fifth-richest person in the world, with...

“Nothing is constant…except change.” That statement is as true today as it was in ancient Greece. As CEO of a wealth management firm, I understand the hand-wringing that happens when investors experience a volatile economy. But with the right strategy, we can learn to protect our wealth even during seasons...

The world has changed significantly over the past couple years.  Responding to the pandemic, increasing social equity, improving corporate transparency, remote working and economic unpredictability have challenged even the most experienced Board of Directors – both private and public.  Board relations and interactions have become more complicated with the restrictions...

We spend so much time at work, more time than we spend with our family, friends and loved ones. Why stay stuck in a job, doing things you don’t enjoy, with people you don’t like? When I first started my coaching business almost 20 years ago, I worked with relatively...