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Financial advisors are inherently reactive in their work. Oftentimes entire relationships are initiated by a major life event that the client needs help navigating, such receiving an inheritance or ...

There are many different leadership styles and approaches to management that are viable. Some managers like to be direct and hands-on, while others prefer to give employees more autonomy and space.

The ups and downs of the last few years have been a lesson on the importance of contingency planning across all industries, particularly legal. Businesses have had to pivot and rethink staffing to ...

There are many ways a story can move ahead, but it happens predominantly in two ways: either a character pushes the narrative forward, or the world (within the narrative) pushes a character back, and ...

Proactive and reactive human resources are both critical to the success of small businesses in managing and motivating people. Both are especially important for strategic HR processes. However, strong ...

Customer experience is entering the sci-fi age: knowing and understanding customers on an individual level, providing personalized service, and dedicated moments. All of this is becoming possible ...

All of us encounter experiences in life when we may be temporally overwhelmed by a negative emotion, be it anger, pressure, nervousness, despair, or confusion. In these situations, how we choose to ...

In May, when I learned about the strategic leadership frameworks VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) and VUCA Prime (vision, understanding, clarity, agility) that are often used in ...