In this episode, Lou Quinto and Craig P. Anderson interview Robert Sher on company culture.

• READ MORE

By Preety Adams
Community Engagement Manager

The days of stopping by the water cooler for a chat with co-workers seem like a distant memory.  As Covid-19 continues to impact our daily lives, many employees are missing the spirit and culture that companies work so hard to build and maintain. They are working remotely from home, spending long days alone, without even the solace of driving in their car to work and greeting co-workers as they enter the office. What can companies do to connect with employees in this environment?

• READ MORE

Companies can hone their values into an incredibly powerful and motivating force that can build and sustain team coherence, draw in like-minded recruits and retain loyalty over time.

• READ MORE

Midsized companies can’t be run like an old-world family with one all-powerful matriarch or patriarch.  Growth requires an empowered c-suite who are actively growing the leadership capabilities of their teams.

• READ MORE

Many CEOs of private midsize companies are reluctant to share financial details of their firms with the rest of the company.  But read why sharing those numbers is crucial and one approach to opening the books that works well.

• READ MORE

Leveraging your leadership and contribution strategy to encourage charitable activities is a simple way to step up and do a bit more for the world around us.

• READ MORE

When companies go through times of change—whether acquisition, divestiture, leadership change, sales slump or competitive shocks—employees worry, then react, often with little input from management.  When change is impending, the CEO (or top-most leader) ought to pull the leadership team together to share the news, discuss what the employees’ concerns might be, then decide on the appropriate message to be conveyed.

• READ MORE

Young leaders often have weak networks.  Here’s how re-allocating some of your charitable donations can help build their networks and encourage philanthropy in the next generation of leaders.

• READ MORE

In 2011, Jeffrey Glazer was handed a rare opportunity: the chance to once again lead the company he had founded 26 years earlier. Like a parent whose wayward adult child moves back home, Glazer saw things he didn’t like.

Glazer decided he had to alter the culture fast, and he did so by rebuilding his senior leadership team, promoting talent inside the organization, putting his new team in charge of several dozen big accounts, and not expecting mindsets to change overnight.

• READ MORE

Become a pro at firing executives. You won’t brag about it at parties, but your company will be stronger and wealthier for it!

• READ MORE