#376 – ROADBLOCKS ON THE WAY TO LEADERSHIP – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Black Lives Matter is a slogan that we see at major sporting events, and on social media, however it is a fact that female managers of color are five times more likely (21%) than their white female counterparts (4%) to say they have quit a job after being overlooked for a new leadership opportunity at work.

While it’s not really news that women and especially women of color are more likely to encounter roadblocks in the journey to a leadership role, it’s very disconcerting to how it’s affecting not just the women, but the companies that are losing out on this talent. Continue reading

#376 – COVID: HERD IMMUNITY? OR, HERD MENTALITY – MALCOLM PEART

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Remember COVID?  It used to be everywhere both geographically and nationally speaking.  The media was awash with it.  Those confined to the interminable monotony of lockdown were, some say, brainwashed into both fearing and loathing the COVID-19 virus, and its mutant derivatives. Continue reading

#375 – VIRTUAL DECISIONS: ART AND REALITY OF INDECISION – MALCOLM PEART

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Any decision is better than No Decision” goes the Law of Decision making.  However, sitting on the fence, humming and hawing, chewing the cud, weighing every option, exploring every avenue and leaving no stone unturned can, and often does, eventually amount to, at the end of the day, and in its cold light, without beating about the bush, or wasting any more time…indecision. Continue reading

#375 – RECEIVING FEEDBACK WELL – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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Not all of us are fortunate enough to receive great feedback. We all do receive feedback, and some receive very little actionable feedback.

If you offer proposals, give presentations, make requests, or even just ask for a favor, you will receive some form of response. It often is just an answer to the call to action, and nothing more. Continue reading

#375 – ESG: HOW THEY MEASURE RISK – JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is in the process of issuing a rule which will require organizations covered under its regulatory authority to report on the potential impact of environmental risks and the action the organization is taking to mitigate such risks.  While the SEC’s current focus is on environmental risks, it is expected that it and other federal agencies will expand the requirement to not only Environment, but also Societal and Governance (ESG) risks. Continue reading