By: Richard Winton Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid a $17,000 ransom in bitcoin to a hacker who seized control of the hospital’s computer systems and would give back access only when the money was paid, the hospital’s chief executive said Wednesday.… Continue Reading
By: Sarah Kauss When asked by friends and colleagues what 2016 will be about for me, my response is straight-forward and simple: it’s the year of ‘no’. I’ve received some interesting reactions when sharing this — especially since many of these… Continue Reading
By: Dan McCarthy As a leader, what’s your first reaction when someone comes to you and tells you they made a mistake? While you may or may not verbalize your thoughts, you may be thinking to yourself: Oh crap! Seriously?! What… Continue Reading
By: DAVID DYE Horrible meetings are a cliché of the business world, and with good reason. Many meetings are a waste of time and don’t accomplish anything. The minutes creep along while the meeting leader fritters away everyone’s time, people… Continue Reading
By: Alicia Adamczyk Bob Pozen, the author of Extreme Productivity (and five other books), former vice chairman of Fidelity Investments, a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, knows a thing or… Continue Reading
By: Kristi McCain As the designated “professional” network, LinkedIn is by far the preferred platform of CEOs, and serves as the gateway network for many when entering social media as a whole. CEO.com’s new report shows 70 percent of F500 CEOs… Continue Reading
By: Steve McKee Ever work for somebody who’s convinced he’s the next Steve Jobs? You know, the all-seeing visionary who was two steps ahead of the rest of us? The one who could never be dissuaded? Someone who believed that by… Continue Reading
By: Drew McLellan When you and your clients disagree fundamentally on unbendable rules, the relationship is tainted and unsustainable. Incompatible clients also hurt company morale. Employees won’t enjoy working for a client they don’t think shares their values. Rather than sacrificing talent to… Continue Reading
By: Peter Post Email is one of the, if not the, major communication tools in business today. But, like all tools, when used inappropriately it can cause damage. Its biggest benefit, speed of communication, is also its biggest problem. In the… Continue Reading
By: John Eades After talking with hundreds of people about their experiences with management and leaders throughout their careers, its evident that great leaders are hard to come by. It’s also clear they hone their leadership craft by relentlessly pursuing… Continue Reading