A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
Heading back to work after you’ve just bonded with your newborn can be agony. In 2006, a new mother at New Hampshire-based W.S. Badger was hoping to make the transition easier when she asked if she could bring her new baby back to work with her. That question launched an innovative family-friendly program at Badger where healthy body care products – from mustache wax to baby products – are packaged and sold online and at retailers including Whole Foods and Wegmans.
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Welcome to the thirty-ninth issue of CEE News!
Our team is already busy planning next year’s Re:Imagine Leadership Summit. As we looked back at feedback from attendees of past year’s summits, two themes emerged: 1) the desire to spend more time with other attendees; and 2) the desire to deep dive into the content.
So, here’s what we’re working on. Divide the day into two sections, both focused on leadership. The morning will be dedicated to self-leadership because you simply cannot be an effective leader without understanding how your own wiring impacts your ability to assess reality ...
A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
A law firm in Cleveland, Ohio, is probably not the first organization you think of when you imagine winners of awards for organizational culture. Yet, under the leadership of managing partner Joel Rathbone, the Rathbone Group has been recognized by The Cleveland Plain Dealer and organizers of the Smart Culture Awards for one of the city’s Top Workplaces awards. The secret to the firm’s culture success lies partially in its unique workweek structure. Beginning with Management Monday,
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: My company recently leased a new floor in our building for IT. It had private offices for everyone. Some higher up at our company made the decision to knock down all the walls and convert the entire floor to an open office. I'm upset.
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Welcome to the thirty-eighth issue of CEE News!
For those of you who have been reading CEE News lately to hear about my summer travel exploits, I’ll save you the anticipation: no family feud broke out on the Alaskan cruise. (If you have no idea what I am talking about, you can catch up here).
We did not discuss the subject of global warming. My brothers (all from Texas) did not tease me about the ban on plastic straws in my state (California). No one called ‘fake news’ on anyone else.
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: I’ve decided to quit my job after five years, but I don’t know what to say to the people who I work with. I’ve developed close working relationships with them. We’ve pulled together many times when things have gone well. We’ve had each other’s backs when things have gone wrong. I know it’s the right time for me to leave, but how do I do so without feeling guilty?
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A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
If your job includes posting updates on social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, you’re probably familiar with Buffer. Why? Buffer lets you automatically post across multiple social media platforms according to when you want your target audience to see those posts. Tools to optimize social media may not be in your job description, but if you’re a leader who values culture, Buffer is worth learning more about. In the eight years since its inception, Buffer has grown to more than 4.5 million users and ...
Welcome to the thirty-seventh issue of CEE News!
For the first time in my career, I’ve been on travel three out of four weeks in a single month. That included one business trip to Bristol, England, a niece’s wedding in Hamburg, Germany, a sightseeing trip to Dublin, Ireland, and two days of work and play in London. That was followed by a week in my San Diego office followed by a week cruising Alaska with my family.
I’m a planner by nature. Sometimes, I plan too far ahead. So, if you read this newsletter last month, I told you that I was in Alaska. I had jumped a month ahead when writing ...