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The Price of Toxic Talent: What We Can Learn From the Antonio Brown Saga
The scandal-plagued NFL receiver's story should be instructive for all business owners.
Corporate culture and management advisor Brian Fielkow is the author of Driving to Perfection: Achieving Business Excellence by Creating a Vibrant Culture, a how-to book based on his 25 years of executive leadership experience at public and privately held companies. With a doctorate in law from Northwestern University School of Law, he serves as owner and president of Jetco Delivery, a logistics company in Houston that specializes in regional trucking, heavy haul and national freight.
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Thought Leaders
How to Make It Safe for Your Team to Tell You the Hard Truth
It's your responsibility to create an environment that encourages people to speak their minds.
Entrepreneurs
High-Stress Companies Need to Invest in Employee Mental Health
Some employees under 'serious level of stress and anxiety' that could lead to suicide.
Human Resources
Always Treat Your Vendors as Nicely as You Treat Your Customers
Attempting to squeeze the last nickel out of critical vendors is not a smart strategy.
Thought Leaders
Successful Entrepreneurs Know the Difference Between Taking Chances and Taking Risks
To come out on top, build a process-driven company.
Thought Leaders
The 20/60/20 Rule: How to Handle Misaligned Employees
Trying to win over 100 percent of your team is a fool's mission.
Human Resources
What Business Leaders Should Learn From Starbucks’ Shut Down Day
The coffee retailer, mortified by the unwarranted arrests of two black men on loitering charges, appears to be making a sincere effort to stamp out racial-bias in its customer service.
Thought Leaders
Hurricanes Irma & Harvey: Leading Your Business In the Aftermath Of Disaster
Treating employees as family and your community as home is the fastest way to recover from catastrophe.
Thought Leaders
5 Leadership Failures That Contributed to the United Fiasco
Every CEO is vulnerable to United-esque PR disaster when their organizations veer from their core values.
Human Resources
Is Poor Employee Engagement Management’s Fault?
Polls say disengaged employees outnumber engaged employees by nearly 2:1. What's going on?
Thought Leaders
Can Chipotle Ever Win Back Customer Trust?
The once thriving restaurant chain's embrace of food safety as a corporate value is the best route to regaining consumer confidence.
Marketing
After A Failure, What Makes Customers ‘Trust’ Again? And Can Chipotle Pull It Off?
When you construct a safety policy, first and foremost, make it personal.
Thought Leaders
Good CEOs Are Ready to Shock the Organization to Protect Core Values
When things are off track at work, be ready to take aggressive and extraordinary action.
Thought Leaders
What We Can Learn From Volkswagen’s Scandal and the Legacy of a Leader
The carmaker's mistake stems from toxicity in its culture, and that always starts at the top.
Building a Business
Why We Shouldn’t Hate on Amazon’s Culture
The ecommerce giant's 'bruising' environment teaches an important lesson about doing what works at an organization level and having the right employees.
Thought Leaders
Open Your Organization. Unlock Your Potential.
A conversation with Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst tells how.
Thought Leaders
Tom Brady, ‘Deflategate’ and the Lesson for Business Leaders
The unfolding scandal of under-inflated footballs and a Super Bowl played on a very cold day is a sobering reminder that reputations are frail and not easily restored.
Building a Business
How to Destroy These 3 Career Killers
As individual employees, we have the same responsibly when it comes to managing our careers as CEOs have when it comes to managing their companies.
Building a Business
Treating Employees Like Pals Can Be a Dangerous Game.
Why you should beware of "The Friend Zone."
Building a Business
Weave Health and Wellness Into Your Company’s Culture
Learn about one executive's initiatives, including measures to discourage smoking and encourage healthier eating.
Building a Business
Has Your Company’s Charitable Giving Become an Empty Ritual?
Contributing to the community can energize employees and build ties in a myriad of directions.
Building a Business
I Suggest You Replace Your Suggestion Box With This
Keep in mind the three Ts: fair treatment, transparency and trust.
Building a Business
An Executive’s Insider Secrets for Making the Sale
Know your customer's corporate culture and respect it. Do your homework and don't bypass gatekeepers or skip the ranks.
Thought Leaders
In Business, the Cameras Are Always Rolling
Leaders need to take a stand for what's right when bad behavior occurs.
Thought Leaders
Managers Can Be True Leaders Not Just Taskmasters
A company president reveals the secrets he wished he knew when he was a young manager starting out.
Building a Business
The Vital Safety Lesson for Employers in Tracy Morgan’s Crash
Since every business faces risks, companies could do more to promote a culture of prevention, suggests a management advisor.
Building a Business
What Leaders Can Learn From the NFL’s Draft of the First Openly Gay Player
This moment can provide lessons and insight for businesses about how they should address matters of workplace diversity.
Human Resources
With GM’s Massive Recall, Is Corporate Culture to Blame?
Did the mistake lie not with a faulty part but rather with how the entire company dealt with problems?
