Episodes
Jan. 25, 2022
Data literacy can save your company and your career
According to Harvard Business Review, “90% of business leaders cite data literacy as a key to company success, but only 25% of workers feel confident in their data skills”. And then Harvard also notes some other statistics th...
Jan. 18, 2022
Forging an adaptable mindset in both individuals and companies
Why does it seem that adaptable people and organizations process change more quickly and with what is perceived as seamless effort? In March 2020, as the pandemic came into full force, the companies that grasped the new situa...
Jan. 4, 2022
How Leadership is Transitioning-Leadership Outlooks for 2022
A lot has happened in leadership since 2020. The workplace has changed, the general public has become more anxious and frustrated as lockdowns, and border restrictions continue. The roller coaster of heading back to the offic...
Dec. 14, 2021
What Privacy Legislation can we expect in 2022?
Behaviors show that people don't alter privacy settings online, they don't complain when their phone numbers are asked for and they certainly don't insist on encrypted e-mail. As we were propelled into a completely digital wo...
Nov. 30, 2021
The Big Quit? No, Save Your Career without Leaving your Job
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4 million Americans quit their jobs in July 2021. Resignations peaked in April and have remained abnormally high for several months, with a record-breaking 10.9 million open j...
Nov. 23, 2021
Designing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs that Work
In the wake of significant social and political incidents, the emergence of a world economy, a changing workforce, and the focuses on “inclusivity: many companies are taking steps to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion ...
Nov. 16, 2021
Post Pandemic- A look at the web presence of SMB's across Europe
When foot traffic stopped in March 2020, Small and Medium Businesses had to become digital. Even though before March 2020, most local businesses had a presence on the web, and they knew that presence was necessary, they recog...
Nov. 9, 2021
Awakening: Ladies, Leadership, and the Lies with Areva Martin
Many people do not like the term “Feminism”, but Feminism was the backbone of the women’s suffrage movement. In August 1920, because of Feminism, women won the right to political equality. But what has happened since 1920? Su...
Nov. 2, 2021
Scenarios for a Post-Pandemic Future with Futurist Rohit Talwar
Rohit Talwar opens his new book with a statement that says it all: “An Incomplete Past and an Uncertain Future” Rohit says that “The world has run out of adjectives to describe the shockwaves caused by the pandemic and the da...
Oct. 26, 2021
Leadership lessons we can learn from the Afghanistan withdrawal
There are a lot of leadership lessons you can learn from military actions. However, in 2021, one military action proved things could go completely wrong and were highly unlikely to end positively. This was the withdraw of tro...
Oct. 19, 2021
Fireside Chat with Suzanne Brockmann, NYTimes Bestselling Author
Fiction gives us the chance to provide power to or destroy cultural values, sensitivities, current or past issues and much more. We can learn from what characters do, where they are, how they behave and much more. Fiction is ...
Oct. 12, 2021
From Xbox Stories to a Contemporary Thriller-Robbie Bach revealed
The line between fiction and reality is blurrier today than ever before. Sometimes a book or a movie filled with fictional characters can remind us of reality and often we tend to forget those are made-up stories may have no ...
Oct. 5, 2021
Digital World is on Steriods & Wix is Helping Companies Keep Up
When Covid-19 struck, it forced societal changes around the world. Overnight, governments issued orders that limited large gatherings of people, restricted in-person business operations, and encouraged people to work from hom...
Sept. 21, 2021
How to become more financially secure
Financial security, what is it? For many, it is having the peace of mind to ensure that you can live and not live hand to mouth. For some, it means being prepared for whatever life sends your way is an essential part of being...
Aug. 31, 2021
Creating Influence and Impact in your Job
Do you know what your boss or your company wants from you in your job? A hot question, right? Many of us will answer-well I think so- I think I know what they want. When we apply for a position, we get interviewed, and we get...
Aug. 24, 2021
Getting your message across-How to write an impactful speech
Why do some speeches keep your attention and pique your interest, and others have you multitasking or turning the volume up on your i-tunes? I believe it is all about summing up all the information you want to communicate and...
Aug. 17, 2021
Body Language in the New Normal-How to leave a lasting impression
Body language and non-verbal gestures are the first things we notice when we meet someone in person, but what about in the virtual world? Is it the same? According to the European Commission, in 2019, only 5.4% of employees i...
Aug. 10, 2021
How SMB's are dealing with Data Protection in 2021
Three years ago, the European Union implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in an effort to protect its citizen’s privacy. Deemed as the toughest privacy and security law in the world, it imposes obligations...
Aug. 3, 2021
Leadership Lessons we can learn from the Military
Following our 3 part series on the book Battle Tested! Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders which aired in April and May 2021, we dig deeper into what we can learn about leadership from the military. Militar...
July 27, 2021
The secrets behind a successful 9 figure family business
Rob Lachenauer, the CEO at Banyan Global Family Business Advisors in Boston, was quoted in Forbes as saying: “In a non-family business, you can quit your job, and it’s usually a career-enhancing move. In a family business, yo...
July 20, 2021
The Forces and Relationships that Impact our Lives- Part II
We all have a roadmap that guides us through our work life and our personal lives, and as David Nour says, it's not about balance it's about blending But our maps are not linear, as life is not linear and there are many force...
July 13, 2021
The Forces and Relationships that Impact our Lives- Part I
We all have a roadmap that guides us through our work life and our personal lives, and as David Nour says, it's not about balance it's about blending But our maps are not linear, as life is not linear and there are many force...
July 6, 2021
Web Accessibility-Why your business should pay attention to this
We live in an undeniable digital world where most of the global population are active web users, and the pandemic has been a contributing factor to the increasing inactivity. The internet is being used for communication, stay...
June 22, 2021
How to improve your Cultural Agility
We live in a global economy and a multi-cultural world and being culturally adaptable is becoming ever more critical. It does not matter if you call it cultural intelligence, adaptiveness, or sensitivity; you must have some a...