Ingvar Kamprad. Not a household name, but a Swedish business legacy nonetheless. The world lost Kamprad – the founder of IKEA – in 2018. Kamprad founded IKEA at 17, by selling replicas of his uncle’s kitchen table. The chain now has more than 400 locations, $62 billion […]
In many areas of the world, cold weather is upon us, driving some animals underground. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, most toads, frogs, snakes, skunks, rodents and bears go torpid, their metabolism slows down and their body temperature drops, so less energy is needed at a time […]
Aurea conducted research with Gartner about employee engagement. And guess what? People who are creating a business out of telling you millennials are ‘different’ are wrong. Like the media, they are creating a divide, so they can step in and ‘help.’ Some key findings of the research […]
Leadership lessons from the Disney Institute are brilliant, so today we are tapping them for thoughts on empowerment.
One constant at Walt Disney’s Parks and Resorts is the level of service Cast Members (employees) are known for providing. As the Disney Institute tells it, “From the start, Walt […]
Firas Kittanesh gets it. A serial entrepreneur, and co-founder and CEO of Amerisleep, an eco-friendly luxury mattress company, he has grown the business to serve hundreds of thousands of customers across the globe with no loans or investors.
His philosophy? “Your ideas and vision will drive your company […]
Alison Davis, Founder & CEO of Davis & Company, spends a lot of time asking employees about how leaders can be more effective communicators. She shared her findings in a recent Inc.com article, which I’m passing along to you. Why is communication so important? Because leaders who […]
Google is not only known for being one of the biggest tech companies in the world, it’s also known for its great culture. To that end, Google conducted research on what makes a great manager because the old adage still rings true: people leave managers, not companies.
Their […]
I regularly receive phone calls from senior leaders, who share that they have a poor culture and need help. However, before I ask my first question, more often than not, they add that the CEO is not on-board: even though the top dog can see the problems, […]
According to Ethan Wolff-Mann, a reporter for Yahoo! Finance, one of the biggest lessons consumers have learned is that your data is probably not safe. CSIS reports that two-thirds of people who interact online have had their records stolen or compromised. Identity theft is the most common […]
