By Shalene Gupta September 13, 2023 In the wake of lockdowns, employers have had to reimagine work. Yet few have hit upon a winning formula—and it shows. Ernst & Young (EY) released its Work Reimagined Survey, which draws upon data from 17,050 employees across 25 different industries and 20 countries. It found a growing … Continue reading Leaders, your Gen Z and millennial employees might quit in 2024. Here’s why
Learn what an agile, customer-centric culture means, why leadership support matters and how organizations can work toward this goal. Greg Kihlstrom on March 3, 2023 This is the last of a four-part series on the North Star goals that set category leaders apart from their peers. You can find Part 1 (one-to-one, omnichannel personalization) here, … Continue reading North Star goals for category leaders: Agile, customer-centric culture
By Megan Morrone December 30, 2022 With a slumping economy and a brutal slew of tech layoffs in 2022, many executives are looking to tighten spending in 2023, while others are spending money to scoop up all the great talent now flooding the market and looking for work. As next year’s budgets take shape, … Continue reading What business leaders are spending more on in 2023—and where they are cutting back
This series presents a framework that describes the roles and responsibilities of marketing operations leaders. This fourth and final part discusses MOps leaders as scientists. Earlier editions described their roles as Modernizers, Orchestrators, and Psychologists. The path to knowledge employs the scientific method. Practitioners first develop a hypothesis, which is an assumption or potential explanation … Continue reading MOps leaders as scientists: Embracing the scientific method
By Porter Braswell November 24, 2022 When I was raising capital for Jopwell, my first startup, I remember going in to meet with a notable investor at a very well-known firm. I was nervous—so was my cofounder Ryan Williams. And when we walked into the board room our stomachs dropped again. We immediately noticed … Continue reading The hidden power of being “the only” in the room
Daniel Burrus March 7, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has proven to be one of the most disruptive occurrences to happen in modern history. Starting in mid-March of 2020, something happened that would have been considered unheard of on January 1: Everyone was forced to change in some way — and with so many business closing … Continue reading Anticipatory Leaders Leverage Future Facts™
Pete Laburn September 15, 2020 There is much debate on how leaders should be behaving in these extraordinary times. Hundreds of theories, more than most unproven, pose more confusion than they do solace, because the truth is that nobody is sure. Perhaps a far more interesting question has arisen during this forced, and largely unwelcome, … Continue reading Leadership – A State of Being
James O’Flaherty — March 3, 2020 Tumisu / Pixabay “Know your Marines and look out for their welfare.” “Employ your Marines in accordance with their capabilities.” These are two leadership principles the Marine Corps instills into its leaders at all levels, regardless of rank or seniority. These principles are taken seriously, as they can mean … Continue reading A Study in the Art of Servant Leadership
Jeff Cates — December 16, 2019 Workplace culture is not a mere buzzword that is here today and gone tomorrow, nor is it the latest industry trend that will fade with time. Rather, culture is the very fabric that holds our leadership and our workforce together. Ultimately, our company culture defines who we are, our … Continue reading 6 Ways Leadership Can Build a Positive Culture
Shalini Duggal — November 19, 2019 Human Resources (HR) is a complex profession (but that’s what you like about it, right?) and the challenges you face come from many directions. Some of those challenges, like tight labor markets and economic volatility, are beyond your control. Others may arise perennially but can be affected by how … Continue reading 5 Biggest Challenges for HR Leadership Teams
