I recently had the opportunity to sit down with some of our team members for a report-out on leadership training they’d received over the last year. I listened intently as one individual described some positive …
Despite the fact that the U.S. economy remains strong by many measures, business leaders are bracing for a recession. CEOs and boards from Wall Street to Main Street are reexamining – and in some cases …
I recently overheard a young professional bemoaning the “shockingly high” 4.5% rate he’d just locked in for his new mortgage. After assuring him that this rate is still very low historically, it struck me that …
Workforce and talent are on almost every leader’s mind these days, so I was intrigued when I came across a new report from Korn Ferry called “Future of work trends 2022: A new era of …
Back in March I wrote a column called “Why mental health is a business imperative,” in which I suggested mental health matters to leaders and directors guiding organizations because our workforces are our greatest assets …
What does it take to transform an industry?
That question was central to the conversation at the Global Insurance Symposium, a multiday conference held recently in Des Moines that convened insurance professionals from around the …
As I listen to some leaders or board directors talk about the desire for their company’s workforce to return to various pre-pandemic ways of working, I am reminded of one of my dad’s old sayings: …
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship,” said Louisa May Alcott, the famous Civil War-era author and activist.
Alcott’s words, especially relevant for modern-day leaders who …
When I was growing up, I had a “working mother.” That is what women who worked outside the home were called in the ’60s and ’70s. For a mom to have a career was not …
For much of my business career, the words “mental health” were not part of the workplace lexicon. Far from it. At most of the places I worked, if one was struggling with a personal problem …
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