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Remember playing the game of Snakes and Ladders? The thrill of scaling a ladder, only to slide down a snake moments later. Running a business can feel remarkably similar with exhilarating highs followed by devastating lows, with your fate determined by forces beyond your control. The statistics are sobering, over...

October marks National Women’s Small Business Month, a time to celebrate the grit, creativity, and leadership of women who are not only breaking glass ceilings, but rewriting the rules of how business is done. As a founder, mother, and champion of purpose-driven brands, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside...

In today’s landscape of rapid consolidation, venture capital disruption and profit-at-any-cost business models, one sector remains uniquely unfit for commodification: services for persons with disabilities. And yet, that is precisely where private equity has begun to delve. As the founder and CEO of Community Options, a national nonprofit that supports...

Walk into any boardroom, HR strategy session, or industry conference today and you’ll hear the same refrain: “We need to attract and retain top talent.” The talent shortage is no longer an abstract idea; it’s a hard economic reality. From construction sites to tech hubs, companies are struggling to recruit,...

Milano Watch Week 2025, a trade and consumer fair that takes place in late September in one of the world capitals of fashion, featured the indies, after a 2024 dedicated to luxury top dogs. The indies are disrupting the market, with their innovative product features, intriguing stories and great value...

It all started with a small anomaly. An invoice didn’t match a PO. A supplier’s name was altered. A payment was approved automatically. It seemed like nothing was amiss—until it was too late. By the time someone spotted the error, the funds were gone. So was the “vendor.” What looked...

Picture highly skilled epidemiologists and analysts jolted awake by a middle-of-the-night email that cancels the accommodations they rely on to work. That is the scene after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told staff on September 15 that approvals for long-term telework, including reasonable accommodations, were paused and existing permissions were...

The workplace is made up of all types of employees with varying skill sets, experience levels, motivations, and goals. To be an effective CEO, success depends on the ability to adapt to the people you are leading. By tailoring their approach, leaders can build trust, inspire performance, and create a...

This is not a midlife crisis - it’s a moment of identity adjustment I write a lot about midlife women. Midlife women are my people. I speak their language. I know what ails them and what inspires them. I understand their dreams, desires, wishes, joys, fears and quiet despairs. I...

“The attacks on DEI aren’t about fairness — they’re about protecting privilege.” There’s a growing backlash against DEI. Critics call it unfair, divisive, or irrelevant. But let’s be honest: if DEI weren’t working, no one would bother attacking it. The real reason critics push so hard against DEI is because it...