The Sweet Science Business, boxing and training for uncertainty To be successful, a boxer must simultaneously punch and avoid getting punched. Offense and defense at the same time. We’re in the wake of the pandemic, not fully over supply chain shocks. There’s a war in...
Written by Rudy Gaines Maybe the first game we ever played as kids was “Follow the Leader”—and we’ve been doing it ever since. But what we overlook is that without followers, who do leaders lead? Indeed, if you flip the coin of leadership, what you’ll find on the...
‘Head Coach’ Puts Team First Toyota executive says people are the engine of the company The Toyota plant in Blue Springs, MS, makes the Corolla sedan, the world’s best-selling car. Toyota Mississippi President Sean Suggs, a 2010 Harbert EMBA graduate, talks about...
As business expands globally, so much rests on the ability of people from different cultures and countries to communicate faster than ever. But emphatic messages often dissolve into confusion. What begins as a significant conversation never reaches the other side of...
That key phrase is not just some random maxim tacked on to a company’s mission statement in order to stay current. Increasingly, organizations are placing the philosophy at their core. For more than a few, the concept has become both a steady foundation and a catalyst...
How’s your iPhone battery life doing these days? Is the charge percentage rapidly dwindling? Haven’t you heard? Apple faced lawsuits after it was discovered—and the company admitted—that battery life was purposely reduced as a result of a simple iPhone update. That’s...
