How the World’s Best Leaders Use the ‘Ripcord Rule’ to Tackle Their Toughest Decisions
Nobody wants to think about these kinds of things. But the people you lead will be glad you did. BY BILL MURPHY JR., WWW.BILLMURPHYJR.COM@BILLMURPHYJR For Inc. Photo: Fighter pilot Michael Allen pulls the safety pins out of an ejection seat as he pre-flights an F-15 at Aviano Air Base in Italy. Photo: [...]
Don’t Underestimate Your Influence at Work
by Vanessa Bohns For Harvard Business Review Photo: Carl Lyttle/Getty Images Summary: The tendency towards under confidence can also lead us to needlessly (and endlessly) search for ways to gain influence when what we really need is to get better at recognizing the influence we already have — but may not [...]
5 Keys to Learning From Business Setbacks and Achieving Long-Term Success
BY MARTIN ZWILLING, FOUNDER AND CEO, STARTUP PROFESSIONALS@STARTUPPRO For Inc. Photo: Photo: Getty Images After years of working in small businesses as well as large ones, I'm convinced that you shouldn't expect to get it all right the first time, and learning how to run any business is more a result of practice and [...]
When Life Gets Busy, Focus on a Few Key Habits
For Harvard Business Review. by Jackie Coleman and John Coleman Summary: Extreme life events can be stressful — and lead to confusion as to where to focus your priorities. Extreme life events can be stressful — and lead to confusion as to where to focus your priorities. Whether it’s changing jobs, [...]
Research: Where Managers and Employees Disagree About Remote Work
By Nicholas Bloom, Jose Maria Barrero, Steven Davis, Brent Meye , Emil Mihaylov For Harvard Business Review Photo: Erstudiostok/Getty Images Summary: Survey research suggests that managers and employees see remote work very differently. Managers are more likely to say it harms productivity, while employees are more likely to say it [...]
Why You Should Work Less and Spend More Time on Hobbies
by Gaetano DiNardi For Harvard Business Review. Summary- As professionals around the world feel increasingly pressed for time, they’re giving up on things that matter to them. A recent HBR article noted that in surveys, most people “could name several activities, such as pursuing a hobby, that they’d like to [...]
What’s Ahead for Digitalization in 2023? Supply chain, sustainability and workforce challenges present uncertainty and opportunity.
Supply chain, sustainability and workforce challenges present uncertainty and opportunity. by Dale Tutt For Industry Week Industry faces a year of uncertainty and potential in 2023 that can be encapsulated in three major trends: supply chain disruption, sustainability and workforce turnover. Each of these challenges is connected, and each offers [...]
To Retain Your Best Employees, Invest in Your Best Managers
by Erica Keswin for Harvard Business Review Image Source/Getty Images Summary. Managers are really having a moment. Between the Great Resignation, a lingering pandemic, employees demanding flexibility, skyrocketing mental health challenges, a looming recession, and general uncertainty, more and more employees are turning to their direct supervisors for direction and support. [...]
4 Leadership Qualities Business Owners Should Strive for in 2023
ByVictoria Flexner For the Story Exchange. Photo: Entrepreneurship involves a steep learning curve, says Alexandra Suchman, founder of Barometer XP, which specializes in workplace culture. Curiosity is a key quality for a CEO. (Credit: Melissa Demple Photography) What makes a great leader? We asked four CEOs this very same question. [...]
IWEC Mongolian 2022 Awardees & Guests Visit Barcelona Chamber of Commerce
Representatives from the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce & Industry, IWEC 2022 awardees and past awardees and guests attended The 15th Annual Conference in Madrid in November 2022. Afterwards the delegation travelled to Barcelona where they were hosted by Roser Xalabarder, VP Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and her colleagues. Noted [...]