Communications skills have never been more important. Today there are multiple platforms to help develop those skills, yet many top executives still believe that they aren’t very good at it.
John Chambers, founder and CEO of JC2 Ventures — and former CEO, Chairman and Executive Chairman of Cisco — discusses his new book, “Connecting the Dots: Lessons for Leadership in a Startup World.”
Note: This conversation took place before today’s news that GE is replacing CEO John Flannery. Subscribe to Working Capital Conversations via iTunes or Google Play to get new episodes automatically downloaded to…
Subscribe to Working Capital Conversations via iTunes or Google Play to get new episodes automatically downloaded to your phone. It sounds like the set up for a bad comedy routine:…
Millennials have been the majority age cohort in U.S. workplaces since 2015, and by 2030, they will make up 75% of all positions. At the same time, Baby Boomers will…
With employment reaching near capacity levels, the war for talent has not been fought this hard in a generation. For leaders to succeed today and into the future they will…
In a fast-moving, technology-forward society, change is a constant. Companies develop (Facebook and Google) and die (Sears, Toys R Us). They merge or are purchased and become entirely new entities.…
In articulating their mission and purpose, business leaders often confuse the two. As Fast Company points out, the mission is what an organization is trying to accomplish. The purpose is why. The…
Once again, Tesla is innovating. This time it’s around organizational structure. The Wall Street Journal reports that “Tesla will restructure and flatten its management, Chief Executive Elon Musk told employees Monday, as…
Once again, several global CEOs — from AT&T to Starbucks to AirAsia — have gone on an apology tour. The Washington Post reports that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said his…
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