Comfort became paramount during the pandemic, including surrounding ourselves with people who could validate our decisions. But could these yes-people represent a one-way ticket to irrelevance? Here's why surrounding yourself with differing voices and opinions is good for you — and for business. We started hearing it when we were...

Transportation Services Continue to Plague the Economy. Inflation has been the buzzword in economics over the past 18 months, but it’s slowly losing some of its pop.  Led downward by falling energy costs, particularly fuel declining 37% year-over-year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was up just 4.0% year-over-year for May 2023. ...

We’ve been conditioned to believe that productivity means being busy all the time and that feeling burned out by too much work gives us a kind of enviable social equity. The truth is our current productivity mindset isn’t bringing us closer to our desired outcomes. It’s keeping us from them....

In today's interconnected business landscape, trust serves as the cornerstone of successful organizations. It forms the bedrock upon which relationships, partnerships, and collaborations thrive. However, trust can be fragile, and even the most well-established companies can face trust breaches that shake the foundation of their operations. As CEOs, it is...

Creativity is one of the essential characteristics that contributes to distinguishing companies from their competitors. Constant changes in the labor market and ever-increasing competition require people to be able to find new and effective solutions to all kinds of professional challenges. One of these challenges relates to the fact that...

Over my time as a leader, and team and executive coach, I have come across many different ways teams create strong connections within them. Regardless if you are the official ‘leader’, the impact you can make on your team by being open, honest and real is broad. It will draw...

The acquisition minded executive is the norm in the business world. Most executives I’ve talked to are either actively seeking acquisitions or, to use their common turn of phrase, they’re “opportunistic.” In other words, if the right deal falls into their laps, they might be stirred into action.  As I...

From childhood, the notion of behaving in different ways around different people has been engrained. It becomes a form of Jekyll and Hyde — alternately displaying one “self” or another depending on your interactions. You’re supposed to be smart, intelligent, and on your A-game at work. You have to be...

At a fundamental level, we all seek to belong. In our individual quests to become a part of the human race, we often lose what makes us special and unique. We round our sharp edges, tone down our colors, and soften our voices. We follow the rules, do what’s expected...