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The Tudors on Showtime is an immensely popular series focusing on the reign of Henry VIII in sixteenth-century England — and its characters often face typical problems of the day. But in one episode, they discuss a problem that could just as well be happening now: the search for a...

To rehumanize leadership, we will have to overcome an industrial age worldview that taught us to define ourselves and our organizations as closed and fragmented black boxes. This approach did seem to work well as long as the world functioned as a linear and a closed system. So, the strategy...

What is the cumulative toll when coworkers repeatedly mispronounce someone’s name? Or when people cross the street when someone who looks or dresses differently approaches? Such microaggressions -- perhaps better called “subtle acts of exclusion” because there’s nothing “micro” about them -- are ways that people unintentionally exclude and alienate...

The Covid-19 virus is now spreading across the world, and so is the fear in the stock markets, but investors risk being caught in an irrational trap. I will allow myself to start with a warning to the stock markets. This season, 160 to 200 people in Germany alone are...

In business, one untended detail can be the difference between success and failure. The same is true for corporate social responsibility, also known as CSR. Several factors can contribute to effective CSR, including the location of these initiatives. According to a Singapore Management University study, “a firm’s CSR profile is linked...

Here is an unfortunate reality: Most, if not all, leaders see themselves as a hero; yet evidence suggests that perhaps the majority of leaders are actually the villain. Consider Tom Coughlin. Tom Coughlin is the former successful head football coach of the New York Giants, having won two Super Bowls...

Exactly how many times did I check my phone in the last hour? Why did I spend so long reading that funny article my partner sent me? Is it too soon for me to get up for another cup of coffee? These are the kinds of stressful and unproductive questions...

I’m often asked to share important moments that helped to shape my career – of course, there are those that have made me proud, as well as those that have come with hard lessons. For CEO’s with an undying passion for their work, their companies and the people under their...

Ask any person on the street what sort of traits make a successful entrepreneur and you’ll get answers like: Workaholic. Demanding. Perfectionist. Ruthless. The mythical figure of a successful entrepreneur is that of a laser-focused workaholic who has never taken advice or a helping hand from anyone. She hasn’t made...

Interestingly, the Russian city of St Petersburg has been recognized as the top city with the best return for property investors, that's according to a new report by Shanghai-based Hurun. From the perspective of real estate investors, Saint Petersburg in Russia yielded the highest return in 2019, at 31.1%, followed...