Viewed in Fast Company If there has been one profoundly altering impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on global business, it has been the closure of many physical offices globally and the ascent of remote work. Surveys conducted by FlexJobs in 2020 tell the story. In February 2020, 4.7 million Americans (3.4 percent of the population)… More
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Viewed in Inc. Human interaction is an essential part of work life. But let’s face it: Not all colleagues make it easy. Nemesis Fairly commonly, people have one or more individuals in their professional orbit who are particularly difficult. Sometimes they may even be a nemesis. Emotion management This is where “emotional intelligence” comes in,… More
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Viewed in The Wall Street Journal Among the soft skills associated with most successful professionals and executives is charisma, the form of charm that often can inspire loyalty in peers and colleagues. It is a key leadership trait. In the traditional office and boardroom environments, its characteristics have largely remained unchanged over the years. Charisma… More
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Viewed in BCG Management consulting leader BCG is known for being ahead of the curve in management and industry trends, and its reports very commonly help in understanding what companies should do to prepare for that future. Three Major Disruptive Forces This BCG report, based on the firm’s book Beyond Great, contends that three major… More
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Viewed in Russell Reynolds Associates Along with a company’s chief executive officer, the non-executive board chairman may be a company’s single most consequential and important leader. It is a function that has always been a vital one, and its importance is only growing in present organizational structures. But what characteristics define a successful non-executive board… More
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Viewed in The New York Times To understand today’s marketing lingo, one literally must understand words you won’t find in any standard dictionary. Many corporate functions, of course, have their lingo and acronyms that have become embedded inside these respective professions, so this is not an entirely new phenomenon. But marketing seems to lead all… More
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Viewed in Egon Zehnder It’s increasingly recognized that much of global business may be altered in permanent ways by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Marketing will likely be no exception. Executive search firm EgonZehnder interviewed 65 executives from 61 countries around the world, asking the following question: “How will the marketing function look different post Covid-19?”… More
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Viewed in BCG The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing companies’ urgency with digital transformation, management consulting firm BCG contends in this research report. 80% of companies accelerate their digital transformation In a survey of 825 board members, CEOs, chief experience officers, and other executives across eight industries, BCG found that 80 percent of their respondents intend… More
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Viewed in Russell Reynolds Associates Management consulting firm Russell Reynolds Associates has communicated with senior leaders in risk and data and come away with seven actions for chief risk officers, which they detail in this report. Digitally fluent Perhaps most important in this current era of data, they conclude, is that chief risk officers “need… More
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Viewed in Inc. Global business and finance icons have many extraordinary attributes, but it’s rare to find many whose public comments and words resonate throughout the world and sometimes end up leading to vast rethinking of established business norms and practices. But Warren Buffet, the legendary chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, the U.S.-based multinational… More
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Viewed in McKinsey One recurring theme of that has emerged during the Covid pandemic is the fact that employees are confronting unprecedented levels of stress. Dealing with employee rising stress It has emerged as a major challenge to executives and human resource managers: How to keep a company moving in generally the right direction while… More
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Viewed in McKinsey When the pandemic first emerged earlier this year, businesses largely prepared for what was thought to be, at first, a multi-week disruption. That quickly became a multi-month disruption. And then finally as summer arrived, it was clear that predictions that rising temperatures would bring it to an end were inaccurate. The precise… More
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Viewed in Inc. Steve Jobs’ legacy at Apple is now one of the most iconic in the history of global business, but it is also one that warrants routine repeating. The quantifiable side of the story alone is compelling. When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, the company had just come off an absolutely disastrous… More
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Viewed in Inc. This past July, four of big technology’s chief executives—Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Google’s Sundar Pinchai—were summoned to appear before the U.S. Congress. Each also submitted written statements. But at 4.540 words, Bezos’ written statement was both the longest and most remarkable. Inc. contributing writer Justin Bariso… More
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Viewed in McKinsey & Company. New York City-based management consulting giant McKinsey & Company puts a lot of resources and effort into trying to get out ahead of major trends in global business and commerce, and they are usually very successful at it. Volatility In this report, four McKinsey partners and experts summarize ten trends… More
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Viewed in Harvard Business Review Companies of the world confront many challenges. None are likely greater than the ongoing question of how they will navigate their way back to normalcy (if that is even possible at all) from the world’s hugely damaging coronavirus pandemic. Yet one additional cost of the pandemic is that it is… More
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Viewed in SaaStr Sales is hard SaaStr founder James Lemkin writes, and of course he is right. Even the most seasoned and competent sales executives and professionals often encounter many forces in the larger business environment, or even in their own company’s respective disadvantages, against competitors. Ultimately, for instance, a sales professional who closes all… More
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Viewed in Top CHRO The coronavirus pandemic is challenging global companies in so many ways it is almost difficult to keep up with all of them. But the challenge of employee skill development during the pandemic, especially including developing employee skills in a largely remote work environment, is right up there among the biggest such… More
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Viewed in Fortune The global economy was already rattled with coronavirus-related job losses and other economic damage when social unrest related to the May 25 killing of George Floyd emerged. The dual crises are proving immensely challenging to the global economy—and to the CEOs that run many of the world’s companies. So how are… More
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Viewed in Harvard Business Review Even before the coronavirus pandemic, technology was weighing heavily on many employees who were increasingly expected to be accessible and engaged online even after work hours. With the pandemic, that expectation seems to have only increased. A Significant Cost There is a significant cost to this “always on” culture, John… More
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