General counsels have evolved to become far more than just corporate lawyers. They are now a core part of executive teams, expected to show expertise in a range of financial and business areas, plus oversee legal and compliance matters. And thatâ...

My wife and I had spent weeks researching the best contractors in our area. We were ready to build our house, but first we wanted to meet our builder.

We set an appointment to talk with him about our construction hopes and plans. What...

For the past year a parade of news has crossed my desk on the wonders of telehealth. If you're someone who sees a doctor on a periodic basis only, it's been a fantastic option for saving time, money, even hassle.

Yet it's also e...

Over the last several weeks, it has become clearer what the post-COVID-19 higher education landscape will look like. The trends that will shape the sector's future are not new. But the pandemic has accelerated them.

Trends are like w...

To some, the idea of creating an inclusive workplace culture has a touchy-feely aura to it. There is a belief that the effort, while feeling good, might be hopelessly "fuzzy," driven by vague and hard-to-measure qualitative criteria.

Like many of us, I heeded the well-known advice to define my personal values early in my adulthood. After thinking deeply about which values resonated most to me, I ranked them in order of importance, landing on Purpose, Health, Integrity, Loyalt...

Well, we're living it, again and again, and again. Still stuck at home and still working from home.

And even as more of us receive vaccinations, a return to life in the office as we used to know it is doubtful. A remote and socially...

Just over a year ago, Steve Denning, the leadership guru and a former director of the World Bank, argued that stakeholder capitalism is doomed to failure, despite the proclamations from the Business Roundtable to the World Economic Forum that add...

Like millions of teens around the world, my daughter enjoys long showers. Unlike many fathers of teens, however, I see a bright side to the family water bill.

We're not just taking showers. We're growing grapes.

Our f...

The traditional conveyor belt of high school, college, work and retirement had started to break down well before COVID-19 came along. The pandemic has just accelerated its demise, pushing almost every job further into the digital space and making...

As the economy slows, B2B marketers are being challenged with longer sales cycles, lower deal amounts and churning customers. If that isn't enough, many companies are slashing marketing spend.

With that being said, CMOs can see signif...

It's the promotion you always wanted. You worked hard for it. You earned it.

And now a colleague is undermining you because of it.

Maybe the coworker is jealous you got the job. Maybe they have more experience or qualifica...

The American West is suffering from the worst drought of our lifetimes - a two-decade dearth of precipitation, perhaps the most punishing megadrought of the past 1,200 years - and much attention is focused on water waste at home.

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Pounded by both sides of the political aisle, pharmaceutical companies know what it feels like to be whipsawed by opposite ends of the American reimbursement system.

Two weeks after the November election, President Trump announced a n...

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed an ugly truth: Millions of America's most vulnerable citizens are almost completely cut off from essential healthcare, including access to the new coronavirus vaccines. The consequences for this population,...

Even before the pandemic, primary care was complicated. Now it's even more so as Covid-19 upends old practices, ushers in new ones and accelerates changes that were already in the works.

Tectonic shifts are underway for practitioner...

Faced with the demand to invest in upgrades needed to sell electric cars, a group of Cadillac dealers recently decided the economic uncertainty outweighed the likely future benefits. About 150 of GM's 880 U.S. Cadillac dealerships instead took...

One of the most common misconceptions in any organization is that leadership is associated with particular roles and only certain titles. Once you reach a specific rung on the proverbial corporate ladder or get that coveted promotion to a certain...

Before the pandemic, most businesses were living comfortably in the paper world when it came to managing their payments and collections. Many had relied for years on back-office staff to stay on top of the constant flow of checks, invoices and sn...

We came to the dealership to buy a car. We left after an awkward lesson in one of the most common mistakes in selling - the failure to keep it simple.

My wife and I were excited to test drive a new family vehicle. On the dealer's...