Welcome to the fifty-eighth issue of CEE News!
I woke up this morning with a knot in my stomach. I’m usually pretty good at compartmentalizing things that I cannot control and what is within my power to manage.
But, at 4:05 a.m., images were looping in my head of George Floyd begging for his life on Monday and the Minneapolis police station in flames three nights later. Images that show the worst of what can happen when we lack the kind of leadership that helps us navigate the path between chaos and control. Before sitting down to write this dispatch, I picked up where I’d left off in ...
A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
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Brian Halligan was vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard in 2006, weighing the pros and cons of launching Hubspot. “One day,” according to Halligan, “I’m looking at a book of cartoons from The New Yorker, and the first cartoon I open to shows this dog who’s just sitting at a computer on the Internet. A second dog is looking over his shoulder, like, what the heck are you doing on the Internet? And the dog on the Internet looks at the other guy and says, ‘You know, the great thing about the Internet is nobody knows you’re a dog.’”
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: I manage a team of 35 people in the construction industry in California. For the first two months of the Covid-19 crisis, we rallied. Everyone was given access to our system through secure laptops. We developed protocols to manage essential customer needs safely. Our team meetings shifted to an online platform to keep the lines of communication open. Last week, though, I sensed a decrease in the energy of my team. As we move into a phased re-opening, what can I do to make sure my team has the energy they need to pivot ...
Welcome to the fifty-seventh issue of CEE News!
One of the most challenging things about life these days is the ability to choose how we spend our time. Suddenly, the routines that we relied on to navigate our days have been stripped away. We’ve been thrown off the well-rutted trails that helped dictate when to rise, what to wear, how to contribute, and what to do when we need a break. Then the wheels came off the frame. And each day, we choose anew.
Whether we’re on the front lines, or doing our part by staying at home, we’re all trying to navigate the path between anxiety and ...
A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
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While most restaurants in America are shuttered, White House Italian Steak House in Anaheim, California, is hammered. Twice a week, cars line up by the hundreds, turning the fine dining experience into the ambiance of a Nascar pit stop. Owner Bruno Serato knows that most guests of this popup, bi-weekly drive through can pay no more than a heartfelt “thank you”. And that’s just fine by him.
Bruno and his team are catering to the growing legions of the desperate. It’s a mission for which he is very well suited. He bought the ...
Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: The city I work for just furloughed 450 people, 12 of which I manage. We hope to bring them back on board by the fall, but may not be able to do so. What can I do to help make this experience as positive as possible for my furloughed employees without knowing when or if the furloughs will end?
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A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
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Last week, the global number of confirmed deaths from the coronavirus surpassed 50,000 and cases topped 1 million. With cases on the rise, corporations are stepping up to help support people in need of assistance and flatten the curve, like a program just rolled out by Expensify to support SNAP, the United States’ largest anti-hunger program.
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: I manage a regional sales team of 16 people for a spa retailer. We started working remotely a couple of weeks ago, and I’m looking for ideas to keep our spirits up and mix up our video conferences with some activities that keep us connected. Do you have any suggestions for some team builders we can do online?
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