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Want your kid to be the next Jack Welch or Nancy Pelosi?  According to a study by Kelton Research, you should get them a pet.  A whopping 93 percent of C-suite executives grew up with a pet, according to the research, and 78 percent of executives attribute their success...

In November every year, Americans gather for Thanksgiving, a family ritual where everyone eats, watches U.S. football, and speaks about what they are grateful for.  These gatherings can be quite large, so the adults sit at the dining room table and the children sit at a card table that...

GM stunned workers recently when it announced it would cut roughly 14,000 jobs and idle five factories in North America, including the Lordstown, OH, plant, which employs 1,600 workers.  This assembly plant, which opened 52 years ago, is the core of this blue-collar town.  GM is idling plants to...

Brigette Hyacinth, author of The Future of Leadership: Rise of Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, rightly claims that, “People don't leave bad jobs. They leave bad bosses. More often than not, it’s not because they are underpaid, rather it’s because they feel undervalued and unappreciated.”

According to Gallup, only 27% of employees believe in their company’s values.  Needless to say, I was alarmed when I read this statistic since values define an organization’s culture.  They describe who you are, what you believe in, and the attributes that everyone should “sense” when they interact with...

One of the best business books I’ve read is THE ONE THING, which outlines the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.  The premise is that if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one (Russian Proverb).  In order to succeed you must narrow your focus.

Basketball great LeBron James recently gave an interview on Tim Ferriss’ podcast, author of the 4-Hour Workweek, where he offered excellent advice on Leadership.  “Once you get into team sports and you see how you are succeeding, you understand it isn't about you. In order for you to continue to be...

Jason Fried is breaking the mold. CEO of Basecamp, a profitable and growing web-based project management tool business, his latest book is called It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work, which The Economist said is "the best thing on management published this year." In it, Fried and co-author David Heinemeier Hansson,...

Kitchen Cabinet Kings, a leading online distributor of kitchen cabinets, found that the average bag of chips is 43% air.  Cheetos leads the way with 59% air and Fritos might just be your best deal with only 19% air.  This led me to wonder… what percentage of CEOs are mostly hot air...

The human need to feel acknowledged and appreciated is alive and well.  We know that employees who feel acknowledged for their efforts give more discretionary effort, go above and beyond the call of duty, stay longer and, in general, are more engaged overall.