Weekly Reports

April 16, 2023

Weekly Report 23-22

  •   FAMILY BUSINESSES, WHICH COMPRISE NINE IN TEN OF THE WORLD’S ENTERPRISES, FACE DILEMMAS AND COMMON CHALLENGES. Most typical are: “(1) Family loyalty and multi-generational thinking which morphs into resistance to change; (2) Clash with outside equity interests; (3) Meeting... Continue
  • April 11, 2023

    Weekly Report 23-21

  • EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP STEMS FROM AUTHENTICITY, TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY, demonstrated consistently by an organization’s leaders whose actions resonate with their words, and reflecting congruency between values & behavior – i.e. company culture… Leaders who develop a management persona that does not... Continue
  • April 5, 2023

    Weekly Report 23-20

  • AGI – ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE – refers to the “ability of an intelligent agent to understand or learn any intellectual task that human beingsor other animals can; the hypothetical future moment at which machines become capable of completing intellectual tasks at the level of a... Continue
  • March 30, 2023

    Weekly Report 23-19

  • GIVING EMPLOYEES NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IS GENERALLY UNPLEASANT, so too often “leaders keep kicking the can, hoping the issue will go away. But avoiding these conversations both abdicate responsibility to develop the employee, and also risks letting down the whole team... Continue
  • March 24, 2023

    Weekly Report 23-18

  • EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT IS TOUGH ENOUGH, BUT RETENTION IS BECOMING MAYBE EVEN TOUGHER. Execs and supervisors often forfeit opportunities to lessen the risk of workers quitting when they avoid difficult discussions until it’s too late – usually because talking about uncomfortable issues... Continue