A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
By the age of 10, Tracy Lawrence had been bullied so much in school that she regularly ate lunch alone in the bathroom. She was naturally drawn to the new students, especially ones from other countries and different backgrounds. The ‘in’ girls were merciless in their torment. For years, Tracy tried to bury the pain of bullying and isolation. In a recent article in Forbes, she recalled, “As I grew older, I told myself that I had to move on. That remembering it wasn’t helpful. But the opposite of 'remembering' isn’t ...
Welcome to the forty-fourth issue of CEE News!
I recently returned from New Orleans where I took my mother to celebrate her 80th birthday. Although I live in San Diego and Mom lives north of Houston, we chose New Orleans because seeing the Alvin Ailey Dancers perform was on Mom’s bucket list, and they were scheduled to perform in New Orleans on her birthday. Growing up in Texas, I knew of New Orleans as the Mardi Gras-hosting city of debauchery that young girls like me were to avoid at all costs. So, naturally, the city has always been on my bucket list.
In addition to seeing the Alvin ...
Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: What’s the best way for co-workers to handle their romantic attraction without causing office drama? Asking for a friend.
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A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
Before the 2008 financial crisis hit, Steve Hall was riding high on $70 million in annual revenues from the Dallas-based used car dealership he’d built in just 3 ½ years. His bank account was full, but his life was empty. It took the financial crisis to shake him out of his maniacal focus on profit maximization, and shift to a model of purpose maximation. That’s when Hall found the Conscious Capitalism community.
In 2010, Hall re-ignited his company, driversselect, with a new purpose - to infect the world with highly ...
Welcome to the forty-third issue of CEE News!
Picture a leader. Do you see a woman? If not, you aren’t alone. A recent study published in the Academy of Management Journal confirms that getting recognized as a leader is more difficult for women than for men. That is why I’m excited that March is here. If you follow our LinkedIn page, you’ll know that I contribute a weekly blog around topics like leadership, culture, and purpose.
Since March is Women's History Month in the U.S., I dedicate this month’s posts to women leaders. I’ll be sharing stories of trail-blazing, hell-raising women ...
A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
“The recipe for success is good work. Do good work and you will get work. There is no other way.” – William Barclay Peat
This advice, delivered by one of KPMG’s founders William Barclay Peat, remains as relevant for the firm today as it was a century ago. You might think that getting hired at an accounting giant of over 30,000 global employees requires attention to detail and a knack for numbers. At KPMG, it also requires heart.
In 2014, the company launched an initiative aimed at inspiring its workforce to reframe and ...
Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: I am the HR Director for a privately-owned company in Atlanta. The CEO’s wife, son, and daughter are all employees. The daughter reports to me. She’s chronically late for work, surfs the internet, shops online nearly every day, and is generally unproductive and disruptive. What’s worse, she tells her parents stories about people at work that the CEO asks me to investigate which often turn out to be untrue or half true, at best.
I’ve expressed my frustration to the CEO several times, and told him that I can’t ignore her ...
Welcome to the forty-second issue of CEE News!
If you get lucky in this lifetime, you get to meet someone with the vision to right a wrong in the world, and the tenacity to make it happen. If you get very lucky, you get to play a small role in seeing that vision become a reality.
If you get very, very lucky, your spouse joins you for dozens of promotional events, your children cheer you on, and your colleagues start volunteering their talents toward the mission. Business leaders, government representatives, philanthropists, families, friends and the community start pulling together in a ...