The Federal Reserve's unusually sharp interest rate hikes since early last year have cast a cloud over most real estate markets and left investors struggling to find opportunities that beat inflation without incurring substantially more risk. T...

Planning for retirement is a daunting challenge for anyone, but physician-practice owners face some distinct hurdles unmatched by most other careers.

Between medical school, residency, and fellowships, physicians don't realize their f...

Compared to other industries, healthcare's billing and collections process is a tough climb. I call it the Mount Everest of invoicing, and you don't learn how to climb it in medical school. Your goal should be healing, not versing yourself in...

COVID and a tight labor market have dramatically changed the hiring and retention game-as a result, the biggest problem for recruiters now is failure to be honest about the company and what they're looking for in candidates. Opaqueness doesnâ...

Higher education is an expensive proposition in the United States, particularly for low- and moderate-income students and their families. We could argue about the cause of the affordability problem and cast blame in various directions, but let'...

I was recently talking to a private equity firm that had lost a number of portfolio executives ranging from technical leaders to CEOs. The story was similar to what I'd been hearing elsewhere: Roughly 70 percent of the firms I've spoken with...

Districts must plan to identify and mitigate impending budget gaps and build strategies for long-term financial health

Among all institutions impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, few faced challenges as profound and fast-moving as Ameri...

Any corporate board member knows how to read a balance sheet or analyze an income statement. But how many can explain the nuances of cloud computing or the difference between a database and a data lake? Despite tech's growing centrality to ever...

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...