In an era of technology, enhanced corporate transparency, and greater worker mobility, employee culture and engagement issues have become the biggest challenges for business leaders across all industries. If you look at the numbers from Gallup's latest State of the American Workplace report, you will notice that over 70% of workers today are not engaged at work. While the … [Read more...]
Why Taking a Chance Matters
This week I had the opportunity to attend an event for the Center for Women in Business, sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce here in the District. There was a wonderful conversation that took place amongst our distinguished panel of female Fortune 500 executives; the topic was “who took a chance on you?” As that topic was discussed it struck me, as entrepreneurs every … [Read more...]