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Doing Well by Doing Good and Other Lessons Learned from 30 Years as CEO

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Self Governance, Strategy

For more than 30 years, Lynne Katzmann has led Juniper Communities, a public company and leader in seniors housing, by prioritizing doing well by doing good. Profits matter (she has investors, after all), but so does providing high-quality care and innovative services for her residents. It’s a “walking the talk” mindset that attracts professionals with […]

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4 Tips For Steering Your Business Through Tough Times

Business Ops., Management, Strategy

Alyssa Rapp, Author Leadership & Life Hacks: Insights from a Mom, Wife, Entrepreneur & Executive.  Good times come with this certainty: They never last. For businesses, that means formidable challenges (a weak economy, new competition, a sea change in the marketplace) are always just around the corner, and unprepared business leaders face the potential for disaster.

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How to Avoid Innovation Theater

Strategy

Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff, Author  Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs [Columbia Business School Publishing, October 22, 2019] Many people assume that implementing innovative ideas will automatically make a company more successful. But while being innovative may generate admiration, press coverage, and a top spot on various “most innovative companies” lists, it does not necessarily

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Using the right tools is crucial to laying the groundwork for your business’ future. Here’s what to look for.

Management, Strategy

Vadim Katcherovski, Founder and CEO of Easy Projects. Growth is paramount for any CEO. Yet scaling successfully and minimizing growing pains requires forward-thinking preparation and long-term planning – and tools that facilitate this. Unfortunately, many companies often use short-sighted solutions for immediate problems, without thinking of the bigger picture. In fact, poor project performance has led to

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Is Your Communication Direct—Or Downright Damaging?

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Sales, Self Governance, Small Business

Leaders like to think they know when and how to be direct. They should. Direct communication is good. Damaging communication, on the other hand, can destroy a relationship, partnership, sale, or reputation forever. Why does one listener consider a comment “over-the-top” disrespectful, while another listener interprets the same remark as just “firm,” straightforward, even prudent? 

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10 Leadership Communication Habits That Ruin Relationships

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Self Governance

Few people admit to poor communication habits—much less habits that can cost them a promotion, a job, or a deal. Yet we’ve all seen the following bad habits in colleagues from time to time—and for some, they occur on a daily basis.  Guard against letting these creep into your own interactions with staff, peers, or

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4 Myths About How Executives Become Engaging Speakers

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Self Governance, Small Business

Jason, an executive client, shared his new year’s goal with me:  “I want to become a more inspiring speaker so that my employees really catch the vision for this upcoming year and get engaged.” Sounds worthwhile. Here’s the backstory:  According to his CEO, Jason, who’d stepped in as plant manager three years earlier, was not

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