It is impossible to scroll through http://www.linkedin.com during a day without seeing multiple posts about the importance of corporate diversity. Lectures come fast and furious about the importance of racial, gender, sexual orientation and religious diversity, and I've been surprised at how many of the proxy statements for stocks I own focus on making the …
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Transparency in Leadership
On January 27, 2022, at the Whitehouse briefing with Jen Psaki, a reporter asked why the Biden administration was not doing more to encourage healthy lifestyles as a mechanism to deal with the risks surrounding COVID-19. As quoted from the briefing (for a video montage of the Q&A, click here): And then, on COVID: We …
Virtual Meeting Fundamentals
I read the below article on virtual meetings from Julie Winkle Giulioni with a smile on my face. https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2020/07/how-run-effective-virtual-meeting-stop-blaming-zoom Prior to COVID-19, most of us used some method of virtual meeting technology and application, but it was the exception, not the norm. What certainly was the norm? Meetings. Lots of Meetings. More than we want …
Virtual Event Tips
https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2020/05/these-tips-will-make-your-virtual-event-home-run As more virtual meetings are held, and more virtual conference and presentations are planned, the attached article highlights some of the best practices to experience an impactful virtual event...whether you are the presenter or an attendee. Interestingly, the advice is applicable to both live and virtual events. The main difference is the how. Tip: …
Leading Through Adversity
A global pandemic with COVID-19. A global economic shutdown. An oil price war. Lives lost and threatened. And that is just the first 75 days of 2020. To say we are in a world of uncertainty right now would be a gross understatement. And, it will get worse before it gets better. That's the bad …