While moderating somewhat due to rising interest rates and other factors, the real-estate housing sector continues to generate record sales — particularly in certain pockets throughout the country, including cities in Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and California. Home listings recently jumped as sellers don’t want to...

Trevor Harwell has helped many higher education groups handle various data problems over the years. These issues can vary depending on the institution and its needs and may affect how well a facility processes important paperwork, including graduation documents, diplomas, and more. Thankfully, Harwell has identified several ways to manage...

Everyone who knows me, knows I reject ‘The Great Resignation’ – it’s a million-dollar catch-phrase, but it’s quite dangerously misleading. This is not a great resignation – which suggests that people have made a sudden decision to do something dramatic that we didn’t see coming.  Most of the labour market...

The relational dynamics of a new team are very different to a team that has been together for some time. When a new team is formed, the space between each person is naturally clean. However, while the rapport felt in the honeymoon period of new connections is always good, the...

America has been struggling to find its leadership role in faraway conflicts. Obama’s “leading from behind” suggested an elitist, puppet-master-like control of local actors, while Trump’s “not my problem” proclamations implied a U.S. retreat from the world. The Biden administration’s “Putin must go” and “Russia must be emasculated” bravado, while...

Should the US Supreme Court eventually decide to over-ride Roe vs Wade as is suggested in the leaked draft opinion, US corporations will come under extreme pressure to ‘take a stand’. Many are already under such pressures.  Should they succumb or should they keep schtum? Being Political There is little...

“It would be better if everyone worked together as a system, with the aim for everybody to win.” — W. Edwards Deming, “The New Economics” It’s easy to agree with this quote, right? And I know what you’re saying: “Wouldn’t it be nice if it were true!” Well it can be....

Millennials were raised to believe they are special. This is where the “generation me” moniker comes from. Millennials were the first generation to routinely receive awards for participation—for something as simple as just showing up. Parents raised their millennial kids to believe that, while they couldn’t excel at literally everything,...

What's it like being driven by purpose over profits? For Joe Soltis, CEO at purpose-driven and the results-focused franchise marketing agency, ChoiceLocal, finding true success is all about being driven by a deeper cause.   You may not hear the words "charity" and "profitability" mentioned in the same breath too often....