Disruption and Continuity – Preparing the Business Response

by Diane Thomas

Business continuity planning is an essential piece of business planning. Continuity plans are created to ensure that the company is capable of continuing delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a “disruptive incident or circumstance.”  A disruptive incident or circumstance includes a wide range of potential threats to a company — natural … [More]

President José Luis Cruz Rivera: Championing Access and Equity in Higher Education 

by Kimberly Ann Ott

It has been a busy first year for President José Luis Cruz Rivera, who began his tenure as the 17th president of Northern Arizona University on June 14, 2021. At that time, NAU was facing a number of challenges far beyond a transition in leadership. “We needed to bring students and faculty safely back during COVID, while also addressing issues of trust, a desire for … [More]

EN NEGOCIOS: Cómo redactar su declaración de capacidad de una página para su pequeña empresa

por Edgar R. Olivo

Crear un currículum para encontrar trabajo es uno de los primeros pasos que dan los candidatos para atraer empleadores. Las pequeñas empresas deben hacer lo mismo para conseguir un gran contrato mediante la preparación de una declaración de capacidad. Una declaración de capacidad es un documento conciso de una página de sus competencias comerciales. Sirve como un currículum … [More]

How to Write Your One-Page Capability Statement for Your Small Business

by Edgar R. Olivo

Creating a résumé to find a job is one of the first steps candidates do to attract employers. Small businesses must do the same to land a big contract by preparing a capability statement. A capability statement is a concise, one-page document of your business competencies. It serves as a résumé for your business. It provides specific information that will convince potential … [More]

5 Benefits Leaders Will See with New Employee Accountability Mindset 

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With consumers besieged by high inflation, soaring gas prices and rising interest rates, more businesses may start feeling the brunt of these economic pressures, which makes getting the best results they want out of their employees as important as ever. But how can leaders hold their teams accountable in ways that drive performance without driving people away? After all, … [More]

How Can Company Leaders Develop New Ones? Tips They Can Give Recent Grads

by Barbara Bell

Company leaders who are welcoming recent college graduates to their organization see themselves in the young faces walking in the door. Like these new graduates, C-suite executives and department managers once made the challenging transition to the corporate world, taking their first professional job with a combination of optimism, excitement and nervousness. When they were … [More]

Brainstorming – Is Online or In-Person More Creative?

by Susan Robertson

A recent study found that online interactions result in less creativity than face-to-face. The reason: When online, people mostly stare at the screen rather than letting their eyes wander around, which sparks more divergent thought. But the flaw with this study was that the conditions that actually result in creative thinking were not set, not in the online nor the in-person … [More]

Succession Planning: Preparing for the Expected or Unexpected

by Jeff Friesen

With an aging population of baby boomers in ownership roles, succession planning has become an ongoing priority. Although some of the activities were paused due to uncertainties related to the pandemic, the ideas have been brought back to the table with interest rates remaining relatively low and liquidity relatively available to deploy. Many businesses remain actively … [More]

How to Develop Better Discipline That Sets the Tone for Success

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What sets highly successful people apart from others? Searching the internet for the secret sauce results in many characteristics and theories. But a man who’s spent 50 years as an accomplished CEO and mentored leaders across numerous industries believes the common denominator is discipline. “All the leaders I know are highly disciplined,” says Warren Rustand, the … [More]

What Nonprofits Can Do to Gear Up for Tough Economic Times

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As concerns rise that the nation could be headed for a recession, leaders of nonprofit organizations may find out just how well they can weather the misery brought about by an economic storm. When the economy goes sour, the demand will become even greater for the services those nonprofits provide. “The people who are hit the hardest by tough times are always those with … [More]

Do You Want to Be an Impactful Leader? 5 Key Points to Getting You There

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It’s an ongoing debate: Are great leaders made or born? It’s a bit of a trick question. The answer is both. One study shows that leadership is only 30 percent genetic and 70 percent learned. While cases have been made that both nature and nurturing are responsible, those who aspire to high-level leadership positions should never stop learning or developing the traits and … [More]

Leading with Heart

by Mike Hunter

As we reach the peak of the Great Resignation, two veteran executive coaches help today’s leaders learn how to retain and inspire their teams through the one thing their research has found works: LEADING with HEART. In these pages, leadership coaches John Baird and Edward Sullivan share hundreds of hours of research and firsthand accounts of guiding leaders at some of the … [More]

Dare to Lead Like a Girl

by Mike Hunter

Dare to Lead Like a Girl is a holistic look at how to achieve purpose and joy at work. It is about turning the world of work into a place where empathy, intuition, passion and resilience take their rightful place, where women can lead like women and men can tap into their more feminine leadership traits and dare to lead (more) like a girl! Dalia Feldheim was one of the … [More]

Will Your Leadership Stand Up in the Metaverse? How Your Voice Holds the Key

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COVID-19 and the massive shift to remote work led many companies to change the way they hold meetings. They’ve grown accustomed to using virtual meeting apps, but  as often happens in the fast-moving technology world, there’s another advancement around the corner, and it will impact businesses across the globe. No less a technology authority than Bill Gates says the … [More]

6 Milestones Every Small Business Should Strive to Accomplish

by Edgar R. Olivo

Roughly half of all small businesses in the United States fail within their first five years, often before they have had a chance to hit key business milestones. A milestone is a key event or action in a project or business journey that marks a significant stage of progress. Milestones are not random goals or tasks that you are unlikely to reach. They are key points or … [More]

EN NEGOCIOS: 6 hitos que toda pequeña empresa debe esforzarse por lograr por Edgar R. Olivo

por Edgar R. Olivo

Aproximadamente la mitad de todas las pequeñas empresas en los Estados Unidos fracasan dentro de sus primeros cinco años, a menudo antes de que hayan tenido la oportunidad de alcanzar hitos empresariales clave. Un hito es un evento o acción clave en un proyecto o viaje comercial que marca una etapa significativa de progreso. Los hitos no son objetivos o tareas aleatorias que … [More]

Your Check List to Be the CEO of Your Dreams

by Darren LaCroix

Regrets suck! Well-meaning people have trained our dream right out of us. Who have been the naysayers in your life? You may have had many, but the worst critic can be the one in our own head. You may doubt yourself, thinking, “I’m not good enough,” or “As soon as I…, then I’ll start on my dream.” No! Enough is enough. It’s time. Your time. So, where do you start? What do you … [More]

How to Keep Ego from Derailing Your Efforts to Become a Great Leader

by Barbara Bell

When it comes to leadership, a fine line can exist between confidence and egotism. Certainly, everyone has an ego and we would achieve little in life if there wasn’t a part of us filled with the conviction that we can tackle the challenges before us. But unfortunately, sometimes things get out of hand. When a leader has an outsized ego, that can result in the entire … [More]

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