Tag Archives: Leadership

Love it or hate it (and most people hate it), there’s no escaping all the annoying business babble that permeates the workplace, no matter what industry you’re in or what level you’re at. Business jargon often actually starts out useful, as corporate shorthand, and using it can make it clear …

While 2020 is coming to an end, questions prompted by uncertainty aren’t going away anytime soon: What changes are coming tomorrow? Will they be good or bad? What will the world look like 10 years from now? So it makes sense that, having been a futurist for more than two …

Chief financial officers at large multinational corporations are cautiously optimistic about 2021 strategic investment and hiring. Optimism about a coronavirus vaccine is outweighing concerns about the current Covid-19 case surges in the U.S. and Europe, according to the results of the Q4 2020 CNBC Global CFO Council Survey. In the …

Fender Musical Instruments’ CEO Andy Mooney says a boom in guitar sales is happening during the coronavirus pandemic. Henry Diltz Business was looking pretty grim for Fender Musical Instruments Corp., the legendary guitar maker, when the coronavirus pandemic reached U.S. shores last March. Suddenly, 90% of its worldwide dealers’ physical …

Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake, on the day of its 2020 IPO. He is known as a demanding leader, and straight shooter. “I’ve often been in board meetings at other companies and the CEO will put up a list of 10 priorities … well, that’s the same as having no …