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Can you recall a time when you competed against a former colleague for a deal, or faced a tricky hiring decision with a former co-worker among the candidates? Or, maybe you’ve advised…

Jack Mitchell is the chairman of the Mitchell Stores and the author of “Hug Your Customers.” It’s one of the most consequential decisions family business leaders face: When relatives come…

We wanted to understand how well companies are using customer data — purchasing behavior and preferences, focus group feedback and market research — to build their brand stories and train…

It is said that Abraham Lincoln had a high-pitched voice with a shrill quality to it. When he began his speeches, the audience at first wondered if this tall man was indeed the great orator…

To solve the world’s biggest challenges, such as climate change and persistent economic inequality, the business community will have to play a critical role. And we need chief executives who…

In his recent annual letter to CEOs, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink makes the stunning claim that climate change has brought us to “the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance.” BlackRock has…

The idea that global companies can take a leading role in social progress is not wrong; the question is how they can do so in a way that realistically achieves social impact and delivers…

In 2018, only 3% of venture capital in the U.S. went to companies with a female CEO. If we want both better VC outcomes and more gender balance in entrepreneurship, we need to root out the…

The Brandon Hall Group, a human capital research and analyst firm, surveyed 329 organizations in 2013 and found that 75% rated their leadership development programs as not very effective.…

In the weeks leading up to the initial public offering of apparel retailer Revolve Group, in June 2019, investors struggled to come up with a fair valuation. Several recent IPOS — most…