Nobody ever chooses the hard road, but it has a way of finding us. And when it does, sometimes the only choice we have is in how we respond. Interestingly, we never know exactly what we’re capable of until we’re tested. So, especially for philanthropists and other change makers, during...

A Call To Action For Nonprofit CEOs: Put Your Board To Work During A Crisis: As part of the research Matthew Craig and I conducted for our forthcoming book, Building Smart Nonprofits, we interview more than sixty nonprofit leaders from across the United States.  In short, we learned…well, a lot. ...

A few years ago, my wife and I visited an Indian city with a couple of million inhabitants, which was approximately a 4-hour drive from New Delhi. As we approached the city center, the traffic also changed the character to the typical Indian colorful traffic, including its natural hectic. As...

We live in uncertain times, and our digital infrastructure is essential to our daily lives. We rely on technology and, to a certain extent, trust it to provide critical services, for example, in finance and healthcare. But our increasing reliance on technology also makes us incredibly susceptible to cyberattacks. Companies...

Believe it or not, this is a great time for executives in career transition to network and to meet people. In my role as a coach for C-Suite members looking for their new jobs, one of the things that we talk about is how important networking is in general and...

The purpose is a term often thrown around in business leadership circles, but few appreciate is its true value. Beyond its buzzword popularity, true purpose can unlock tangible business success for leaders able to harness its power. As part of its 2018 Global Leadership Forecast, leadership consulting firm DDI analyzed...

In 2019, Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends report found that only 41 percent of C-level respondents believed that employees within their own organisations were ready to meet their leadership requirements. Here, Professor Bertrand Meyer, Provost and Professor of Software Engineering at Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (SIT), gives his view on...

Most Millennials might not have been working during the last recession, but they’ve grown up feeling its effects. Now, they’re standing on the edge of another huge economic slump — only this time, they’re shouldering a lot more responsibility. The COVID-19 crisis is impacting every industry, and it will transform the way...

During the global COVID-19 health crisis, business leaders are juggling many urgent concerns – managing employees, monitoring the ongoing health and well-being of their teams, keeping up productivity amidst the sudden switch to virtual work, maintaining corporate revenues, and trying to plan quarterly forecasts around the impact of a global...