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This decade has had us seemingly lurch from one crisis to another. Here’s how leadership teams can help steel their organizations for the next set of nasty surprises.
Dec. 18, 2025

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The M&A market is heating up. If you’re looking to take your business to market, take your time to answer key questions and build a firm yet flexible plan.
Dec. 16, 2025
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When customers can switch with a click and review you on the way out, loyalty is becoming a clearer signal of long-term business health that boards should track alongside revenue...
Dec. 15, 2025
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A DHL survey suggests that stability is wishful thinking as leaders expect accelerating change through 2030, with AI reliance rising and cybersecurity threats looming large.
Dec. 13, 2025
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Most deals don’t implode — they unravel. Learn the avoidable mistakes that drain momentum, trigger re-trades, and turn “almost closed” into “back to market.”
Dec. 13, 2025
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A lack of sellers. Opportunities to be part of a buyer’s new story. Flexibility and better risk management. A range of factors are pushing and pulling on buyers and sellers as...
Dec. 9, 2025
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As disruption accelerates, case studies give leaders the proof, context, and risk insight that slide decks and benchmarks can’t.
Dec. 8, 2025
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Learn how replacing one $60,000 employee — in this example, a journeyman — can quietly cost $30,000–$120,000 in replacement and lost capacity.
Dec. 8, 2025
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Dual sourcing can be either an expensive redundancy or a resilience engine, depending on how you standardize, digitize, and hold suppliers accountable.
Dec. 7, 2025
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A new wave of holiday incentives swaps late-night celebrations for science-backed recovery, treating time, rest, and energy as strategic assets instead of seasonal afterthoughts...
Dec. 6, 2025
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Many organizations have started booking real gains from their work with the technology. Focusing on a few critical priorities can help your team book similar successes.
Dec. 2, 2025
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Rockwell Automation SVP Tessa Myers says scaled digital transformation wins share three traits: people-centric design, broader KPIs than cost-cutting, and smart, horizontal projects...
Dec. 2, 2025
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A new analysis from the Manufacturers Alliance and Oxford Economics shows U.S. manufacturing edging out of a long contraction, with sectors like pharmaceuticals and aerospace ...
Dec. 2, 2025
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Revenue operations aligns marketing, sales, and customer success around a single, measurable system to turn scattered data into coordinated actions that drive revenue growth and...
Dec. 1, 2025
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A new survey finds tariffs and trade wars topping U.S. executives’ risk lists, and more than half say they’ll compromise sustainability priorities as they scramble to keep supply...
Dec. 1, 2025
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Lauren Saidel-Baker of ITR sees a slower growth cycle ahead, albeit still with a talent shortage and inflation. To succeed, she says, organizations should be sure to focus on ...
Nov. 25, 2025
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Amid inflation, tech shifts and global tension, scenario planning helps leaders navigate uncertainty.
Nov. 25, 2025
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Teams working on 2026 strategy definitely need to sweat the small stuff when it comes to costs and efficiency. But they also shouldn’t be resigned to a year of little or no growth...
Nov. 19, 2025
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A growing body of research reveals an AI industry in the crosshairs: As confidence and value hang in the balance, pressure is mounting for top execs to deliver on their steep ...
Nov. 19, 2025

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Learn how to redefine "leadership potential" by widening your field of view and rebalancing stretch opportunities.
Nov. 19, 2025
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As megaprojects surge and electricians retire, contractors are leaning on AI, prefab, smarter inventory, and structured apprenticeships to keep complex jobs on schedule.
Nov. 18, 2025
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Just as the Space Race transformed the wider U.S. economy, AI is poised to deliver powerful spillover effects. To capitalize on this, leaders must bring discipline to data, use...
Nov. 18, 2025
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Cloud breaches are now being waged using valid credentials and standard APIs rather than malware, forcing a fundamental reset in data security, compliance, and identity architectures...
Nov. 7, 2025

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As tariffs reshape global trade, companies are confronting a dual challenge: maintaining cost efficiency while advancing sustainability goals. “The Intersection of Tariffs and...
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