It's that time of year when young people are consumed with stress about getting into college. High school seniors are ready to make final decisions, and juniors are getting started. As students and their parents decide where to apply and, ultim...

If there's one thing the pandemic taught us, it's that a strong supply chain is central to corporate success. As transport costs rocketed, container ships lined up at ports, and customer satisfaction suffered, CEOs kicked themselves for not h...

The past couple years have shown that learning in a fully remote environment leaves a lot to be desired compared with in-person learning. Among school-age students, for instance, remote learning has been associated with lower test scores and has...

The year of 2023 is shaping up to be a rough one for small and midsize businesses. Borrowing costs are at 13-year highs, demand is slowing along with the economy and now they'll pay more in taxes.

Higher taxes come compliments of re...

Every chief financial officer worth their salt should be taking charge of supply chain integration as a core responsibility. Pushing change from the top helps break down silos to ensure supply chain resilience becomes part of a company's DNA. <...

I recently spent the best part of a weekend playing with ChatGPT, the AI-powered natural language tool that answers questions and responds to prompts in an unerringly human way. My conclusion? It signals the end of the financial services industry...

As leaders jump into 2023, they're asking themselves these two questions: "Do we have the right strategy?" and "Do we have the right team?"

Surprisingly, the answers don't really matter. Regardless of how well your busines...

Ask any business owner to name their most trusted adviser, and they usually mention their accountant. They assume their CPAs will accurately file their companies' tax paperwork on time, as well as develop a business tax plan with strategies to...

Healthcare practitioners are feeling the squeeze.

A constellation of challenges has been making it harder to maintain a thriving, profitable practice. They didn't begin with Covid, but the pandemic accelerated trends that were already...

When Elon Musk issued his "hardcore" return to the office edict at Twitter, he showed how badly he missed the transformational shift in the way people view work. Instead of rallying the troops, hundreds of employees quit. The world had changed. M...

Organizations of every size are setting lofty goals and allocating money and time toward supplier diversity programs, recognizing that disadvantaged groups should get a bigger slice of their vendor pies.

Is it working? Probably not as...

In recent years, micro-credentials have gained popularity as a way for students and recent graduates to enhance their skills in specific areas and ready themselves for the job market. At the same time, an increasing number of companies are embrac...

After years of targeting and extorting high-value corporate targets, ransomware attackers have turned to more vulnerable prey - school districts. With less funding, less-than-mature cybersecurity defenses and limited (or even nonexistent) contr...

CEO job security isn't what it used to be. A rash of high-profile oustings, including Disney's Bob Chapek, Under Armor's Patrik Frisk and Gap's Sonia Syngal, have underlined how top executives are on particularly shaky ground as we emerge...

If you're one of the millions of small business owners considering retirement within the next few years, think twice before agreeing to any early, unplanned sale. You could be leaving millions of dollars on the table.

There are tax...

CEOs must feel like remaking their workforces is a full-time job. Recent research shows that 60% of employers said new graduates were not adequately prepared for the workforce, while other research warns that 58% of workers will need new skills t...

Come January 3, a new Congress will convene in Washington, DC, setting the stage for potential tax changes that could impact small and medium-sized businesses. With that in mind, it's important for businesses to engage in certain tax planning str...

When companies as widely recognized and well established as Boeing, Walmart, and IBM start moving in a similar direction on something, it's safe to say the idea has legs.

In this case, companies are looking towards skills-based hiri...

Are colleges spending money like drunken sailors and handing the bill to students and their families?

The Wall Street Journal thinks so, claiming that in a major recent story "Read More

The keenly awaited prequel to Game of Thrones is out and fans are in rapture. But how much of that joy stems from the quality of the new show, and how much from viewers being able to bond with one another over their favorite franchise again? I wo...