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Opportunities can exist even during testing times. The pandemic dealt a body blow to most businesses, with world cities reeling from lockdowns, subdued demand, supply constraints, and disruptions in cross-border trade. Willingly or unwillingly, people are constrained within the four walls of their house. Few services, however, witnessed a change of fortune, as if the

It’s a great time to be a software developer, data analyst or cybersecurity professional. Not so much if you’re one of the many employers in the tech sector and beyond facing intense competition in a growing struggle to attract and retain IT talent. The IT skills gap has rarely, if ever, been bigger, posing a

My name is Frank Calderoni and I am an introverted CEO. While many people assume that leadership roles require a natural level of extroversion, there are more of us than you might think. One study found that 70 percent of CEOs described themselves as introverts and another found introversion to be a hallmark of high performing chief executives.

Many countries have suffered great losses in the number of trees in their forest areas. Brazil is the country that leads the world in forest loss due to fires and clear-cutting, according to new data from the University of Maryland available at Global Forest Watch. The country lost 1.7 million hectares in 2020, more than

The Covid-19 pandemic caused great losses to many firms. At the same time, many employees lost their jobs while others had salary cuts. During all this suffering period a new study conducted by the Institute for Policy Studies showed that CEO salaries increased even in firms that had huge profit losses during 2020. Among the

Greek family businesses try to get over the difficulties that the Covid-19 pandemic has created by setting priorities similar to their global peers. Such priorities are the diversification and expansion of their activities, the digitalization and introduction of new technologies, the evolving and new business thinking, sustainability and focus on the local community. All the

Tax Credits and Incentives (C&I) are as broad an asset class as they are a misunderstood one. Not only are C&I a $200B+ annual asset in the US alone, they are often the financial foundation for the absolute most important societal improvements. Yet…mention the phrase “corporate tax credit” to the average voter and you’re not

Chief executives and other senior level business decision-makers aren’t really all that different from the people who keep their companies running efficiently day-in and day-out. They, too, were kept awake in the night during the pandemic, and with many of the same worries – but different.  A big one? Their ability to navigate all the

Can a million-dollar business run with people in an office? Of course, everyone would say yes to this question. But what if I told you a million-dollar business also runs with people working from their homes? Technology plus a virtual team can make all things possible. When I was working at my full-time job, I

Meetings can be the most effective way to foster great communication throughout a company. Unfortunately, meetings are frequently viewed as a waste of time or as a distraction from getting real work done. I have talked to many leaders in different industries; almost universally, they saw a benefit in having fewer meetings, not more. They

The most common cause of a breach can be traced back to human error. As we hear about more ransomware attacks and organizations being crippled by cybercrime, we need to pause and rethink the prioritization of training employees. Can employees be the key to mitigating the cyber problem? How can training change to meet the

From the campaign trail to the White House, Joe Biden has made no secret of his support for organized labor. When Amazon warehouse employees in Alabama overwhelmingly voted down an April unionization vote, it seemed nothing more than a sign of the times. Unions have almost never had less appeal among private-sector workers than they

In my 32 years, I’ve moved 34 times. I had three kids by 26. I left foster care as a teen parent, and put myself through university and into a career without the safety of family support.  I’ve moved cities, left jobs, started businesses and coped with parental abandonment, divorce, and the death of my

Your mindset dictates your way of thinking. It is a collection of your attitudes, thoughts and beliefs that shape your thought habits. It is what you think day to day that can be a driving force to your success or unhappiness. Your mindset is a mental inclination or disposition, a frame of mind. A very

There’s no doubt that the once futuristic hybrid work model is already here. Earlier this year, a Gartner analyst was quoted saying that about 60% of the workforce are choosing the hybrid option. Even as the world begins to open up, I suspect that we will never quite return to the way things were before

REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer set off protests, civil unrest—and a wave of public C-Suite soul searching unprecedented in the history of American business. Which begs a question: A year later, what’s changed? And others, like: What did we really learn? When it comes to creating racial equity

Recently, one of the leading think tanks conducted an intensive survey and discovered that the top five corporate risks are HIPPA connected. These concern areas include Cyber, Culture, Privacy/Identity, Information/Technology, and Crises Response Process. Navigating this dangerous terrain requires that your C-Suite and your Board work in concert, which is why building a stellar board

Let’s start with something counterintuitive: Everyone says you “need to learn to focus,” or “need to master the art of concertation.” The scientific reality, however, is you can’t “laser focus” on anything. It’s not something humans – or monkeys – are able to do, according to research done by scientists from Princeton University and the

Human beings are Jekyll-and-Hyde creatures. More than any other animal, we excel at collaboration. We make friends, we form teams, we launch start-up businesses, we found countries. Yet social life is also full of conflict with our fellow homo sapiens. We lie, we cheat, we steal, we kill. What’s wrong with us? Well, we’re only