During COVID, I failed at integrating new hires into our agency. It was hard on the new hires and hard on the agency. In an industry notorious for high turnover, our marketing agency, Simon/Myers, has ...

Don’t mistake the recent dishonorable departure of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick as an isolated incident. It’s a sign of something bigger — and something that often goes unacknowledged in today’s business ...

Peter Drucker, widely considered the father of management, was believed to have said, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." I like to add, "Humility makes the best utensil." Humility is a broad, ...

There are many traits that define successful entrepreneurs (and successful leaders in general). They’re confident. They’re decisive. They’re calm under pressure. But there’s an underrated quality that ...

In the cult classic 1999 film “Office Space,” American corporate culture is depicted as a place where everyone is disingenuous to their colleagues and no one accepts blame when things go wrong. Mike ...

Effective business leaders have a variety of personality attributes that help them lead, and sometimes these traits can seem contradictory. However, one of the biggest dichotomies is also one of the ...

Humility was the dominant theme of the 2017 Salute to Excellence in Business, presented by the St. Louis American Foundation, the St. Louis Regional Chamber, and the Urban League of Metropolitan St.

At the age of 48, I'd like to think there will be no more crises coming my way. Yet, I'm realistic enough to know that as long as I'm breathing, this world likes to deal in drama. In my last position ...