Management

Whether you’re selling online products or a packaged service, efficient businesses have one thing in common: great managers. Overseeing a specific project, area of the business or company in general, they’re critical to making sure things get delivered on time, every time. That’s because managers have complete control of resourcesContinue Reading

Ever heard the term “helicopter parents”? They’re the hyper-present, overbearing moms and dads who take pay excessively close attention to their kids’ experiences and problems. Well, helicopter parents are to their kids what micromanagers are to their direct reports. While being engaged in your colleagues’ lives is important, micromanaging theirContinue Reading

Mission Statement Examples Life is Good: To spread the power of optimism. sweetgreen: To inspire healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Patagonia: Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. American Express: We work hard every dayContinue Reading

In a truly beautiful letter to his daughter Yolande, Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois extolled the virtues of being uncomfortable. Yolande was headed to a new school halfway around the world from the neighborhood and people she knew. It was years before women had the right to vote, and decades before the Civil Rights Movement. Du Bois knew sheContinue Reading