Our infrastructure was designed to connect us, but it's now working against us by making it easier for contagions like coronavirus to spread. Our physical systems must be rethought and redesigned in a way that helps keep us connected while also preventing the transmission of disease.
For the business leaders who are looking to make their businesses more efficient, more effective or more nimble, particularly when prompted by external events like the current global pandemic, following a methodology like Six Sigma or Agile provides a seemingly easy way to get started.
After dismissing the idea that this year’s Ryder Cup might be delayed 12 months, European captain Padraig Harrington discussed the idea of the September match being played behind closed doors.
Today's emergency measures, however needed to combat COVID-19, will create a recession unless the authorities turn to policies targeted particularly to today's unusual economic strains.
Leaders who persevere and thrive in adversity exhibit what I call the 4 C’s of Change Leadership: Calm, Confident, Consistent, Credible. Here are seven fundamentals for surviving and thriving in uncertain environemnts.
As most CEOs are executing their plans to keep their people safe, we must also lay plans to keep our businesses alive so when normalcy returns our people will have jobs to return to and our customers will be able to depend on us.
People trust their employers more than government or the news media when it comes to information about the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and COVID-19. They also generally believe their employers are better prepared for the virus than their governments.
Following the same style of combative strategy that Trump initially embraced, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador continues to dismiss criticism of his coronavirus strategy as partisan attacks from biased media outlets. He continues to hug and embrace his supporters at public events.
“I encourage all sectors of business to be leaders in this global pandemic in thinking proactively, in sharing information widely when something works and realizing we can only mitigate the long term economic and health consequences of this crisis by acting together.” — Dr. Jacqueline Jones
Family Wealth Advisors must develop skills that will enable them to bring the family together, address important issues and differences, resolve conflicts, and help the family develop agreements, structures, policies and practices across generations.