Samantha Julka: Leaders, read the room literally before taking action
From an academic perspective, what happened was that the leaders failed to understand the cultural human factors associated with the built environment.
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Tiffany Sauder: The game-changing impact of having mentors
We tend to imagine mentors as these lifelong figures who guide us through every professional and personal decision. But that’s not always the case.
Dread evaluations? Here’s a better approach
Wherever your organization lands, incorporating some coaching skills could make a huge impact on the motivation and engagement of your employees and the success of your organization.
Dora Lutz: Four ways to navigate sustainability, drive profit
Because many new international standards have trickled down the supply chain, many small and medium-size businesses now find themselves trying to satisfy a variety of new reporting requests.
Jess Carter: The crux of data-driven leadership is leadership
And your culture definitely won’t change if data-driven decision-making is relegated to the “few” at the expense of the “many.”
Angie Stocklin: Are you ready to start a business? Start here.
A strong support system will include both personal and professional support and can include a lot of people, or a few.
Chrisanne Christ: The non-negotiable components of a great workplace
The fundamental elements of a great workplace—flexibility, empathy, communication—remain intact and are as important as ever.
Mandy Haskett: How leading by microwave can burn you
Faster feels thrilling, even when the outcome is mediocre.
Samantha Julka: To achieve goals, define success together
Once we’ve established a shared understanding of success, we can all align our behaviors toward our common goal.
Mandy Haskett: Five things competitive cultures have in common
More than 60% of companies spend less than $500/year per person on management or leadership development.
Garrett Mintz: Changing our approach to business development, part 2
That leaves time and reputation as the two biggest factors business development professionals must overcome to build trust and close the deal.
Barb Cutillo: Empowering owners to drive growth in their communities
A coalition of concerned organizations—including the Kelley School of Business, the Indy Chamber of Commerce, the Indy Black Chamber of Commerce and Mid-States Minority Supplier Development Council—decided to work together to support small businesses by doing what we individually do best for the business community.
Garrett Mintz: We need to change how we approach business development
With the tightening of spending by companies and increased private-equity scrutiny around how budgets are spent, I believe a gap is widening between business development professionals who understand this information and those who don’t.
Ilya Rekhter: Why I’m not pivoting Megawatt to AI
But I would rather look back on this column a few years down the road and laugh than scrap the vision for Megawatt in favor of a splashy headline about pivoting to AI.
Angie Stocklin: The right timing can be the secret sauce to success
Unfortunately, time doesn’t allow us to go back and do a pure A/B test on how we started our business, but I have a theory on why it worked: timing and execution.
Samantha Julka: Oats, observation and the office
Looking back, it’s clear that my childhood fascination with Cheerios was a precursor to my career.
Barb Cutillo: Upskill your approach to managing projects
Most managers lack formal project management training, and very often, the projects they run fail miserably or spin indefinitely, wasting time and resources.
Kim and Todd Saxton: The art of the exit: Our goodbye as next chapter calls
Roughly 27 years ago, about this time of year, we arrived in Indianapolis with our elementary-school-age daughters.
Angie Stocklin: Exits come with mixed emotions. Let’s recognize that.
I was extremely proud of my team and what we had accomplished to bring us to the point of acquisition, but I was also distraught and devastated.
Garrett Mintz: Survivor’s guilt: 3 ways to build morale after layoffs
Layoffs are part of a business’s natural ebb and flow.