Board directors’ duties increasingly entail strategies for protections from cybersecurity attacks. Yet, most directors feel a clear lack of expertise in this complex topic. Perhaps it is good news for…
Read More21st Century Leadership
Our New Digital Selling Reality Needs More Empathy
In September 2019, “A Brief History of Digital Transformation” published by ContentStack looked forward to a near future (2020) where “50% of The Global 2000 will see most of their…
Read MoreHow to Embrace and Model Self-Care
This week’s collection reflects on the importance of recognizing and attending to a key aspect of self-care: our mental health. This seems obvious, important and necessary. And yet, even in…
Read MoreThe Journey To True Inclusion: What’s A Good Leader To Do When Facing Hot Button Issues
Let’s be clear—you can’t be a 21st-century leader if you aren’t tackling the systemic issues that limit true inclusion. Case in point: SB8, the Texas abortion law that creates a…
Read MoreThe Evolution of Collaboration
The goal of improved collaboration is top of mind for many leaders today. In this article I want to set a historical context and show you how collaboration has evolved…
Read MoreCompassion and Accountability Aren’t Mutually Exclusive
This week’s collection reflects an eclectic range of reading and listening over the last month. Thematically diverse in content and sourcing, these pieces all resonated with me and with work…
Read MoreConsultants Collective Conversations: Engaging Employees Through Strategic Communications
In this episode of Consultants Collective Conversations, JEM CEO and Consultants Collective Managing Director, Jen McClure discusses employee communications trends and best practices with Consultants Collective member consultant Mark Dollins…
Read MoreDiscovering Your Breakout Career Moment
In my work as a mentor for startups and as an informal career coach for others, I often tell people about the moment in time when I made a major…
Read MoreThe Road to 2022
It’s September and, at the risk of sounding cynical, that means that before we know it the holiday season is in full swing, and then BOOM! it’s 2022. Sorry to…
Read MoreKeys to Improving Strategic Adaptability
In nature, every action has its equal and opposite reaction. Physics demands that we adjust to stimuli. We either adapt or we fail. In business, things don’t play out in…
Read More