Not many understand how important human well-being is to the overall quality of life. Not many understand it better than Shawn Kilgarlin. Since the early 2000s, in conjunction with her husband, Ron Kilgarlin, Shawn Kilgarlin has been steadfast in her dedication towards helping others in multiple ways: here on this...

The demand for developers rises in tandem with the expansion of the construction industry. In this subject, Third-generation developer Joseph Frank Basile III is a name worth mentioning. Joseph has extensive experience in property acquisition and development, and he now owns and is developing several assets, including commercial buildings and...

All of us have biases, they are part of being human, We develop attitudes toward people, groups, things, places, and experiences. These attitudes become biases when we show prejudice for specific individuals or groups based on incomplete or inaccurate information. What happens is we see superficial cues like race, color,...

Purpose means the reason for which something is done, created, or exists. From a business perspective, there are three purposes upon which to build a brand - Profit, Promise, and Planet - and all three purposes can happily co-exist.  Profit is an expression of purpose for the benefit of business...

Here’s a question: where do you speak about strategy issues when you don’t know exactly what it is you want to say?  Certainly not in the board room or at a company presentation. Probably not even in front of your senior leadership team or even in a one-to-one meeting with...

Middle management is in trouble. These leaders (I refer to them as the B-Suite) are typically too senior for training but too junior for executive coaching. They are responsible for bridging the gap between strategy and organizational capacity, and they act as the eyes and ears of the executive, and...

There continues to be a certain virtue in working through sickness. Even though colleagues and bosses may usher us out the door, or off of our computers, there is the inexorable pull of work. A recent piece in The Economist speaks to this point. The writer admits that “when she...

This widely accepted maxim has a certain truth to it. Most of us are more likely to leave a role if we don’t trust our manager, if they don’t support us, or if they don’t treat us fairly. Employee retention is critical for an organization’s success. Retaining skilled employees is...

As far as ginormous deals go, Emil Michael is a heavy hitter and a headline maker: He’s raised more than $25 billion in capital and famously negotiated Didi Chuxing’s $7 billion acquisition of Uber China, which he says has been his most challenging deal to date. Prior to that, Michael...