All too often, an idea that sounds like it would make a great incentive for employees turns out to have the opposite effect. In the case of Buffer and other companies, this has been observed regarding unlimited annual leave policies.
While your top-performing employees may be your greatest asset, focusing on them exclusively will cause your success to stagnate. To go beyond, consider giving your mid-performers the same attention.
In his book The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Iger outlines qualities ranging from optimism and decisiveness to integrity as core to his leadership style. This approach has been reflected in the evolution of the business. Under his tenure, Disney has become the media […]
The COVID-19 pandemic will test the operational resiliency of every company. Before it does, check your assets and conduct your own research to make sure you pass.
Doris Fisher $2.2 billion Age: 90 Gap was founded by Doris and Donald Fisher in 1969 after the couple struggled to find jeans that fit Don. They successfully raised $63,000 and opened their first store in San Francisco – selling jeans and music. And the rest is history, as they say. Up until 2003, Doris […]
As Will Durant wrote, excellence is not an act, but a habit. Outlined here are eleven habits that will help any CEO to elevate themselves above the rest.
New studies continue to reveal the startling lack of female presence in company leadership. Before real progress can be achieved, serious changes must be made to corporate culture.
When the time comes for your business to become multinational, you will have a lot of decisions to make – including where to set up your first international branch. While circumstances will dictate your needs, these four locations have proved popular with many companies as a first point of expansion.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the whole business world into uncharted waters. As a leader, there has never been a more important time for you to be both empathetic and decisive in steering your teams.
Failure can be devastating to an entrepreneur's motivation, and often seems irreversible. For those who feel discouraged, here are some case studies to show that no setback is insurmountable.
The investment banking giant's demand for diversity on the boards of companies it helps to go public is a welcome – and justified – step in the right direction.
The transition to digital sales and experiences is a daunting one, and often done wrong. But the success stories of several high-profile companies can give other businesses a useful act to follow.
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