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Expiring ground leases are the ticking time bombs beneath the skyline of any major U.S. city
Take in the skyline of any major U.S. city and you'll be looking at a fair number of hidden time bombs.
These are the thousands of buildings with ground leases that are getting close to the end of their term, leaving unprepared buil...
The stock slump means interim executives could become a fixture in the C-suite
These are convulsive times for business. Labor and supply shortages mean work isn't getting done. The Great Resignation has left companies light on senior talent. And as market gyrations fan worries about the economy, everyone is afraid of maki...
Crypto bosses like me are having to let go of some of the most talented people in America. Here's why you should jump on hiring crypto castaways
Crypto winter has arrived-and it's chilly out there for the thousands of employees being laid off in response to the sector's worst downturn in several years.
I should know. My cryptocurrency company is one of the many that had...
When war reaches the workplace: Russia's invasion of Ukraine is unsettling stressed-out American workers
The war in Ukraine may be thousands of miles away, but it feels unnervingly close to home for many American workers.
Relentless news coverage of bombed hospitals, burning homes, and dazed refugees can leave company employees, who are...
Here's what the pandemic really looks like in America's medical deserts
Nearly one of every 10 Americans lives in a medical desert-a place without ready access to emergency care, pharmacies, or sometimes even primary care doctors. It's time for business to acknowledge the problem, and, better yet, get to work fix...
Web3 is not dead. Here's what the crypto space will look like in 2030
In late May, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told a Dutch television show that cryptocurrencies are "worth nothing." She's not alone in her sentiments. Since volatility shook the digital currency market earlier in the mont...
Here's what leaders can learn from Zelensky's communication style
As he tries to save his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is constantly appearing on screens across the world. He is also delivering a masterclass in crisis communications.
Less than a day into Russia's attack, the Ukr...
You'll never build a personal brand-unless you stop hiding behind remote work
COVID-19 canceled the office-or at least that's what many employees seem to think these days. Many have grown comfortable with remote work and are resisting growing calls from employers to return to the office, even if only for a few days a w...
How Amazon reset its image after a bitter unionization battle
It started as a fight about a warehouse in hardscrabble Alabama, but the result is a state-of-the-art corporate marketing campaign now playing on cell phones and televisions in living rooms across America.
Earlier this year, news cove...
Leaders can't let fear of cancel culture stop them from being social
Just ask the fashion executive who pitched his spring collection by citing violent political protests, or the communications chief who wisecracked about AIDS, or the CFO who promoted unreleased company financial information on his personal Twitte...
It's time to make board diversity an expectation, not just a priority
It's no secret that if you look at the senior ranks of many corporations, including the C-suite and the board of directors, there are more white men than there are women or people of color.
The numbers bear this out. A 2019 study by...
Finding diverse talent: Your processes and perceptions are the problem, not the pipeline
There are few things that trouble me more than organizations claiming they can't find diverse talent because there's a "pipeline problem."
All one needs to do is look at the facts. By 2030, Hispanics will represent 21% of the...