A Simple Fix for Better Board Meetings
Board meetings are a total pain. They can also be some of the most powerful get-togethers for your company. The difference lies in how you approach the meeting itself.
Board meetings are a total pain. They can also be some of the most powerful get-togethers for your company. The difference lies in how you approach the meeting itself.
In today’s politically correct business world, too many leaders are more concerned about not offending their employees than they are about helping them grow.
Michele Gelfand has studied and taught negotiation for years.
Walk any well-run plant and you’ll find statistical process control doing quiet, faithful work: control charts on the critical dimensions; capability studies before a line change; gage R&R before anyone trusts a measurement; out-of-control signals investigated; r
Extreme heat, drought, wildfires, floods, record-low rivers, and rising energy demand have defined much of the summer of 2026. But for businesses, the important story isn’t simply that weather records are being broken.
Six weeks after a global manufacturer’s leadership team approved a group of promising new ideas, someone asked for an update. There wasn’t one.
The European Commission’s latest Joint Actions on Compliance of Products (JACOP) project offers a useful starting point for understanding why products can still fail environmental compliance checks even when manufacturers have established compliance programs.
I tried to achieve some balance in my life by taking a few days off to go fishing on Lake Erie with my son. We chartered a boat for three days—just the two of us.
As the leader of a high-performing team, how you distribute and balance work for members of that team is a critical success factor. It needs to be done fairly. Note, I didn’t say equally.
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