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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
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He Went From a Meatball Empire to a Pizza Revolution
Daniel Holzman has built restaurants, gone viral and lost millions of dollars chasing big ideas.As a chef and restaurateur with a big personality, Holzman has always been willing to take risks — and that trait has led to success and hard lessons. He co-founded The Meatball Shop, a casual eatery…
How to Identify Leaders Who Truly Fit Your Company Culture
You've probably seen it before — companies boasting about kombucha on tap and bean bags in the office as if these were the true markers of a thriving culture. But when it comes to finding the right leadership fit, relying on these superficial perks can lead to costly mistakes. Despite…
Why I Use AI in My Sales Hiring Process — and Why You Should, Too
As a business leader, you already know: Hiring is hard. A resume rarely gives you a good indication of a candidate's skills. Interviews, meanwhile, are often laden with bias — which creates a negative experience for candidates and doesn't help you hone in on the best talent.Skills assessments have long…
Producer Will Packer: This Mindset Is the Key to My Success
In 1996, Will Packer was a recent Florida A&M University graduate with an electrical engineering degree delivering newspapers from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. every morning to pay the bills.Four years later, in 2000, the first film he produced and distributed theatrically, the thriller "Trois," grossed $1.2 million at the…
Barbara Corcoran Doesn’t Fly First-Class — Here’s Why Executives Shouldn’t Either
Barbara Corcoran, known for her role on "Shark Tank" and her remarkable real estate success, has never been shy about breaking from tradition. One piece of conventional wisdom she challenges is the assumption that the wealthy need to fly first-class on commercial airlines. In the business world, many view first-class…
How Uniting Industry Stakeholders Can Propel Your Business — And How I Did It
Since becoming a CEO, I've noticed a tendency for industry leaders to operate in their own silos and focus on immediate wins rather than steady and shared progress. Yet, time and again, the most significant breakthroughs have proven to happen when leaders step outside these boundaries and unite around a…
How to Become a Resilient Entrepreneur in 4 Steps
Starting a business is like running an obstacle course — full of jumps, traps and other roadblocks that you must find your way around and can stifle your forward momentum. It's not a road for the faint of heart! Of course, many entrepreneurs have run the obstacle course and succeeded,…
Want to Be a Better Entrepreneur? It All Starts with This Simple Branding Strategy.
I'm the founder of a tech company, but there are a few reasons why I spend so much of my time writing articles like this one. First, I like to write, and think it's a great exercise for stretching my brain in new ways. Second, I've learned a lot in…
Nail Your Product Messaging with This 8-Step Framework
Most product messaging fails because it tries to do too much — cramming in features, overexplaining and hoping something sticks. But customers don't just care about your features — they care about solving their own problems. If your messaging isn't clear, relevant and memorable, it's not working.In this article, I'll…
Why Work-Life Balance Is Overrated — and What to Pursue Instead
Balance. The word itself evokes images of a perfectly aligned scale, neither side tipping too far in either direction. Yet, achieving balance has never felt more difficult. According to Gallup's 2024 State of the Global Workplace Report, a staggering 41% of employees globally report experiencing daily stress — the highest…
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