Samantha Julka: Leaders should follow strategy, not the other way around
A strategy for executing a vision should not be held in the hands of a single individual.
In the Workplace
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Company holiday parties are back, but with some restraint
More than 57% of companies are planning in-person holiday celebrations this year, according to a survey conducted by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a hiring firm. That’s a big leap from the past two years.
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Barb Cutillo: When company policy overrides compassion, everyone loses
The employees involved in the denial did not approach the situation with basic empathy or human kindness.
Mandy Haskett: AI is forcing leadership to improve, not just go faster
For centuries, humans have applied the way we work with existing media to the shiny new medium.
Angie Stocklin: Bootstrapping forces you to develop discipline
When Randy and I started One Click, we didn’t have a strategy around venture capital.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: Here’s why your best arguments still don’t win the room
When people feel heard, their resistance softens. This is the paradox of influence. The fastest way to persuade someone is often trying to understand them.
Jess Carter: Answer to your AI predicament begins with a question
Before you evaluate your data, I’d encourage you to do something deceptively simple: Write down your biggest business problems and opportunities.
Christopher Day: Indiana’s future depends on doers, startup ecosystem
We are entering an era of disruption driven by artificial intelligence and modern technology that is exponential in scale to anything we have ever experienced.
Ilya Rekhter: Attention, Indiana: AI’s next wave will be specialization
This data points to a massive disconnect between the promise of AI and its current reality.
Mandy Haskett: Cignetti models coaching in the classic Hungarian sense
Somewhere along the way, we lost the meaning — and many leaders now use coach to describe behavior that does the opposite of development.
Tiffany Sauder: Without priorities, your goals will stay in the future
Because there is never enough time to do everything.
Garrett Mintz: When changing direction, err on the side of transparency
Driving effective change starts with transparency.
Samantha Julka: Message in a bottle: Shake up silos at work and mix to taste
Thinking about the art and beauty of liqueur helped me think about something I was “mulling” over at work.
Barb Cutillo: Succession planning helps dodge silver tsunami
Companies might lack succession plans for a variety of reasons.
Maggie Phelps: AI will change which skills workers need to develop and maintain
From a people and talent perspective, the coming years will be a fascinating shakeup.
Mandy Haskett: Short-circuiting anxiety might only require a few simple steps
When humans are braced for the next terrible thing, work cultures pay a price.
Angie Stocklin: Being a school psychologist made me a better entrepreneur
I was the details to his vision and the operations to his strategy. We were a good team.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: Leaders treat conflict as an opportunity to innovate
Leaders treat conflict as an opportunity to innovate, not as a battle to win.
Jess Carter: AI can help leaders learn new skills, sharpen existing ones
Over the past year, I’ve gone from AI-curious to AI-immersed, and it’s genuinely made me a better leader.
Mark Mayer: More than just marketing, your brand is your mission
Marketers love to talk about what makes a brand stand out, aka its point of difference.
Ilya Rekhter: AI is fueling the rise of solopreneur success
Could a single person build the next billion-dollar company with AI as their co-founder?