It's OK, CEOs are allowed to laugh too
A little humor can go a long way toward facilitating creativity in your business.
Top executives shine by building, leading innovative organizations
The 50 smartest companies in Central Ohio are being honored in this month’s magazine. These businesses of all sizes have leaders who motivate and inspire people with their passion. And their efforts are having an impact on the region through innovation, impact on employment and business continuity/sustainability.
For success to be sustained, organizational inertia is not an option
Albert Einstein has been quoted comparing life to riding a bicycle. “In order to stay upright, you must keep moving forward,” he once quipped. This pearl of wisdom certainly could apply to the business world today. An organization moves forward by being anticipatory, recognizing trends, understanding data and using it effectively, and having the courage […]
When good management is a bad idea
When you lift the hood on successful companies you usually discover an engine of solid, professional management practices. These companies have a thoughtful multiyear strategy created and refined with input from all the key functions in the business. Senior managers are diligent in aligning all of the departmental and functional priorities to the strategy. Teams […]
Three tips to help you evolve with your customers
Check out these three tips that can help you evolve with your customers.
How good causes soar with exponential benefits
How does the welfare of a homeless, unemployed military veteran in Pittsburgh connect to a group of nonprofits collaborating on a high-tech business solution to fundraising?
It takes multiple voices to build a chorus
Communities are living, breathing things. They are often complex systems that must balance the broad and sometimes conflicting interests of their citizenry and businesses. But it’s cooperation that leads to mutual success. Take The Peoples Hospital, for example. This month, columnist Dr. “Tim” Stover leads with an anecdote about its formation some 100 years ago […]
The ties that bind people, profit and planet
Why the path to sustainability must incorporate the needs of people, profit and planet.
5 tips for developing accountability
“It’s not my responsibility.” “I’ve done what is in my job description.” “I’m tired of doing somebody else’s work.” If you hear this in your organization, it’s a sign your culture has an accountability issue.
Reactivating networking muscle memory
Transitioning from an intense, all-on corporate leadership role to retirement requires executives to alter well-entrenched patterns of behavior. The most obvious and often most feared change is around time and deciding where to channel energies.