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Managing Anger in Controversial Times
We’re in the midst of two pandemics, both invisible at the root, and both causing extreme outcomes once realized. The first pandemic is COVID-19. The second pandemic is anger.Whether it's road rage, attacks on social media, cyberbullying or terrorism, anger is...
Strategic Thinking When You Need It Most by Nick Noyes
Strategic thinking is always important; it’s a critical foundation skill for effective leaders. But in crucible leadership moments like the present, it has outsized importance.When rapid change is happening all around us, even the immediate future is wildly uncertain,...
Are You Owning Your Company Narrative?
Annual Reports, which once used to be printed for just a handful of corporates and investors as nothing more than a formality, have in the last two decades, transformed to encompass insights and data that are beyond just financial matrices. The evolution of regulatory...
Preparing For An Uncertain Future
Many businesses are in deep disarray. Across the whole value chain, including the upstream supply chain, own business activities, and the downstream sales and distribution chain, everything is being disrupted and interrupted. There is a myriad of pain points...
The Antidote to Racial Jnjustice
For many African American employees in your organization, these last two weeks feel like they’ve been 100 years long. Along with millions of people around the world, they’ve witnessed the horror of George Floyd being held to the ground by a police officer with such...
Succession Planning Is More Important Today Than Eve
It is important for every business to have a succession plan. The novel coronavirus pandemic is an unfortunate reminder that it is necessary to have a contingency plan in place in case something happens to the company’s leadership team. Generally, a succession plan...
6 Practices That Will Make You a Better Listener
As we begin to come out of the coronavirus pandemic and run smack into the turmoil around continuing racism in our country, I think it’s a good time to review an essential leadership skill: listening. So often the key to overcoming a difficulty—whether it’s in the...
A Lesson in Creating Successful Companies that Care
In mid-March, COVID-19 locked down most of Europe and Asia. For Sterimed, a 900-employee maker of high-end sterile medical packaging, this development brought mixed news. The sudden 40 percent increase in demand for its products was welcome, but ramping up production...
How to Disaster-proof Your Business and Your Life
In my last post, I shared insights from a group of leaders about how to position ourselves and our businesses for coronavirus and “disaster-proof” our lives moving forward. This post follows along the same theme and highlights the insights of some powerful coaches....