Two dominate variables, which have been linked to successful, sustainable, and innovative businesses are transformational leadership and leadership self-efficacy.  However, nearly 60% of companies face leadership talent shortages (Crainer, 2011).  Leadership coaching is a strategy to address the deficit of effective leaders (Gregory, Beck, & Carr, 2011; Hannafey & Vitulano,...

Let’s assume that you have a pretty good thing going. Your company employs well-educated and highly skilled people. You have good systems and processes for getting things done. Your physical plant and your technology are up to date. Your vision is clear, and you have a strategy to match.  What...

I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve experienced exceptional inflight Wi-Fi. Assuming I take an average of 45 flights a year, that’s pretty depressing. Flying is productivity primetime for me; no phone calls, no impromptu meetings, just me, my inbox, and a list of tasks to...

It's surprising that Apple's CEO and the successor to the late Steve Jobs, Tim Cook did not make the cut in the annual list of the top 30 best chief executive officers in the world by the Financial newspaper Barron. While Apple CEO Tim Cook is out, another American Tech...

The Harvard Business School (HBS), in Massachusetts, took the highest award as No. 1 in America in the annual best graduate schools ranking, 2017 by U.S. News and World Report, HBS graduates have an average base salary of $131,646 and 81% are employed at the time of graduation. Stanford Graduate...

In 2004, I purchased my first company, a wine packaging business fast approaching $20 million in revenue, growing 10%+ per year in unit volumes with profitability surpassing $4 million. With the benefit of time, in the early days of running this business I truly thought to myself, “Life is Good”.  ...

These are interesting times to live in if you are a smartphone lover. Two phones with 6 GB of RAM have been confirmed, which was nothing more than fantasy a couple of years back. But, such has been the progress in this industry. And we feel that the credit for...

Have you ever made a poor decision? One that you regretted later on? Or like me, have you made decisions at the time that you knew deep down were not great but you just ended up talking yourself into it? In this article, I want to share with you the...

From strategic concerns to operational and commercial factors, there is a constant flow of information and decision making facing the Executive. Add technological disruption, changing work practices and a desire for life balance, the modern executive is dealing with a unique set of challenges never seen before. While each of...