Samantha Julka: Why leaders need to think outside Pandora’s Box
Leaders fear asking their workforce questions, worried that the answers will lead to requests they can’t (or don’t want to) fulfill.
Leaders fear asking their workforce questions, worried that the answers will lead to requests they can’t (or don’t want to) fulfill.
In most work environments, firefighting is inevitable, but it shouldn’t be your team’s primary focus.
To continue to move our organizations forward, we need managers and leaders who know how to build, direct and engage high-performing teams, and the NBA All-Stars provide some inspiration.
We naively assumed we would at least be looped into conversations that were happening about our team and our brands.
Gray hair and wrinkles are not only desirable, they are an advantage.
Some leadership strategies, however, work more universally than others in maintaining a positive culture and getting the best out of your people.
Despite achieving my dreams of marriage, kids, a successful career and a home I loved, the constant challenges left me questioning why it all felt so difficult.
Not hermits at all, these creatures rely entirely on their social networks to survive, building systems that ensure everyone in the group benefits from new resources at the same time.
While providing resources and reducing barriers to new startups is important, we should not ignore the needs of scale-up companies.
Grit is that ability to persevere through difficult situations.
A common phrase floating around the startup world is that companies are bought, not sold.
In our work at DORIS, we pause in the middle of our process and present leaders with the challenges their employees experience in the workplace.
Reflecting on my journey from inspiration to product launch, I am deeply grateful for our innovation community and think others need to know more about it.
Many of you know of the hero’s journey: the protagonist who goes on an adventure, learns a lesson, wins a victory and returns home transformed. It is a timeless storytelling pattern that crosses cultures and genres, with “The Odyssey,” “Star Wars” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy just a few examples. Believe it or […]
One finding is that work orientation is fluid, meaning it can change over time.
For me, the journey of becoming a working mom—and a two-career household (my husband has an enormous job) —emerged slowly.
While a traditional startup is 100% focused on making money, a social-impact startup seeks to increase profits while making a positive impact in its community.
This year, I had a graduate student ask an intriguing question: “How do you demonstrate ‘soft skills’ on a resume?”
But what if “what’s wrong” is NOT “what matters” most?
About a year before Connor Sturgeon gunned down his co-workers at a Louisville branch of Indiana-based Old National Bank, some close to the 25-year-old knew he was having problems.