Episodes
Nov. 17, 2020
Reinventing Masculinity-Why we should be talking with men!
Over the last months we have sometimes witnessed the clashes of values and beliefs and many of them have revolved around our views concerning gender and roles. I heard an interview from a US voter, who clearly said that women...
Oct. 27, 2020
Entrepreneurship: The story of one of America's favorite brands- Dunkin’ Donuts
Growing up, it was a Sunday tradition that my Dad would get up in the morning and go get a dozen Dunkin’ Donuts . We could each pick one kind for ourselves, and the rest was a surprise mix. My brother always took the Jelly St...
Oct. 20, 2020
How COVID and e-commerce are changing our traditional holiday shopping patterns
Holiday parties, mistletoe, lighting the Menorah, 3 King Celebrations, children sitting on Santa’s Lap or just meeting a group of friends in the pub for a pint are memories of holidays past as we adjust to 2020’s new reality....
Oct. 13, 2020
Proper Governance: The Key to High Performing Boards
Prominent business disasters such as the collapse of Enron and Northern Rock, to such devastating events as the BP Texas City oil refinery explosion, are very often blamed on Company Boards and Governance. But many of these d...
Oct. 6, 2020
How to increase your companies revenue in 90 days!
Companies today should have plans to grow their businesses while increasing sales and profits, but there is more than one way to do this. Some growth strategies include market penetration, market development, product developm...
Sept. 29, 2020
Sales- The Art of Prospecting Successfully
All business planning begins and ends with the sales forecast, and sales is a hard job. Not too many Years ago prospective buyers had limited access to buyer-related information and relied on salespeople to provide the inform...
Sept. 22, 2020
Innovation and Entrepreneurship-Part II The Entrepreneurial Mindset and Journey
If you walk into a room with ten people and two of them are entrepreneurs, how would you recognize the two on sight? You probably would not until you started a conversation with them. Once in a conversation, you may recognize...
Sept. 15, 2020
Innovation and Entrepreneurship- Part I Fostering Innovation
In December 2019 at the onset of COVID-19, we saw a wide array of responses form businesses and entrepreneurs. Many businesses moved their activities online while entrepreneurs sought out new opportunities in the crisis. But ...
Aug. 25, 2020
The Myths behind Organizational Culture
There are many models and theories concerning organization culture and if you have attended university you may have been taught many of them. The issue is that most of the models are based on either economical or psychologica...
Aug. 18, 2020
Software Development-Can we predict what's next?
Everyone is talking about the new normal, and this new normal has changed our business practices, it also includes a flood of changes and new trends in tech. Software development has become more integral in every part of busi...
Aug. 4, 2020
Learning to Negotiate with Ease
Business has certainly changed, today we are facing new challenge and new opportunities but even in the midst of this crisis business and negotiations must go on. We are operating in highly unusual and disrupted commercial en...
July 21, 2020
How can adversity help you grow?
Everyone knows the famous expression in English: When the going gets tough, the tough get going. But many people do not like challenges, they like predictability, and when we cannot inject predictability into our lives, we so...
July 14, 2020
What will the Post-Pandemic World look like?
More now than ever we require a future perspective, which can take our discussions beyond current issues such as lockdown policies, social distancing, increasing and decreasing COVID-19 numbers, getting children back to schoo...
July 7, 2020
The Smart Way to Manage Your Money
Paul Van Der Merwe, author and engineer is known for the quote “Money makes the world go around; however, happiness greases the axle. Without this lubricant, life will seize.” But most us only know the expression money makes ...
June 30, 2020
Leading with Intelligent Disobedience
Most people do not question rules because they are designed to protect the status quo and create a level playing field, but sometimes we need to bend them a little if in order to get a desired result. In the right context, th...
June 23, 2020
Gaining visibility online-Integrating SEO into your marketing strategy
A business that is visible is also considered creditable. Visibility today means being present across all digital channels and using the right tools to make sure you stand out among the competition. With the decrease in foot ...
June 16, 2020
Is Tracking and Tracing putting our privacy at risk?
During the Corona crisis, tech has been a blessing in many ways. But the use of tracking and tracing apps in various countries have raised the question whether we are putting our privacy at stake. In this episode of Leadershi...
June 9, 2020
Lead or Manage? What to do in a Crisis
As we start to come out of this crisis and things very slowly get back to normal, those companies that have shown strong leadership are the first ones to bet on. Some industries were impacted more than others, regardless of h...
June 2, 2020
From in-person to on-line: How SMB's are coping
Luka Lucic, a Pratt Institute psychologist who studies the effects of war said “People, during times of prolonged, radical change, end up changing,” The question we will pose in this episode, how have local businesses changed...
May 26, 2020
The rise of AI and data tracking during the Pandemic
As the world reaches COVID-19 exhaustion and we all realize that this crisis has already changed our daily lives, very often we do not recognize what else the crisis has changed including its impact on global opinions surroun...
May 19, 2020
Generational Management in a Changing Workforce
For the first time in history, we are working with six generations in one workforce but whether this multi-generational workforce is collaborative and productive, or challenging and stressful, is up to how we manage. Over the...
May 12, 2020
Local Search, The "Near Me" Experience takes on a Whole New Meaning
Local Search is about ‘near me’ searches that were incredibly popular and based on intent, proximity, location optimization and relevance, the searcher was getting what they wanted in a very local sense. Given the recent rest...
May 5, 2020
Leveraging the Affiliate Marketing Channel
Marketing practices are adapting to the corona crisis in both the B2B and B2C sectors. E-commerce is surging among SMBs, while business models are changing. Demands are shifting in online product orders. High-demand for new p...
April 28, 2020
Supporting virtual sales teams with the right tools and structure
Sales Operations have shifted. You can no longer look you customer in the eye, so what do you do? In this episode we discuss how businesses are transforming their sales operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, what we can lea...