Leadership
Test Your Assumptions: Past Success May Lead To Dumb Mistakes
One of the reasons Peter Winick sees smart business people making bad decisions is that “they fail to question their assumptions.” That’s particularly true for managers with years of…
Advice for CEOs: Work Your Strengths, Know Your Weakness
Working your strengths might be a good strategy for finding the right career, but ignoring your executive skill weakness can humble and tumble giants…
60% of Companies Face Leadership Talent Shortage
Nearly 60% of companies are facing leadership talent shortages. Thirty-one percent expect this lack of leadership talent to impede their performance in the next several years. And 40% of…
Working Virtual: Goodbye Office, Hello Telework
Whatever stats or studies you look at these days, the result is the same: telework is growing rapidly. The convergence of technology, a changing workforce, and a recession is forcing…
What Every Organization Ought To Know About Innovation
Without innovative ideas, a company stagnates and may even cease to exist. But innovation isn’t just about turning on your right brain, brainstorming, and generating a few “aha” moments…
Did the recession gives employers an excuse for shedding under-skilled workers?
It’s like the recession justified a business cleansing — wholesale layoffs, plant closings and outsourcing for the sake of avoiding bankruptcy or closing a business entirely…
Birth rates decline: The death of youth?
Birth rates in most developed countries are in a freefall. The U.S. joined the list of countries that are not giving birth to enough children to keep their populations…
Unemployment to Remain High: Abundance of Labor, Poverty of Talent
For the unemployed, the road back to employment seems to be getting longer and longer. Worse it seems to be filled with bumps that will never end…
Jobs Are Scarce, But Candidates’ Expectations Aren’t
There’s an assumption pervading board rooms and inner circles of management that high unemployment is tempering the demands of candidates. I’ve got a simple response: Stop drinking the…
The Pros and Cons of Rehiring Employees Who Quit
Just a few years ago, using the axiom “time heals all wounds” and boomerang worker in the same sentence would seem so…contradictory. This shift in attitude has thrown a…