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2025 will require new approaches to building and sustaining healthy workplace cultures.
The organizations that will thrive are those that can honor their legacy while embracing change, preserve their core wisdom while welcoming new perspectives, and create environments where every generation can contribute their best work.

What if instead of asking “Why won’t Gen Z adapt to our workplace?” we asked “Why are we so attached to practices that don’t serve our business?” Forward-thinking companies are realizing that reducing unnecessary friction isn’t “coddling” – it’s smart business.

When companies first get excited about creating a shadow board, they often rush straight to execution, eager to start gathering insights from their frontline employees. But here’s what I learned the hard way: the infrastructure you build at the start determines whether your shadow board drives real change or becomes just another failed initiative.

In 2019, Harvard Business Review published an article that caught my eye – a case study of how Gucci used a “shadow board” of younger employees to drive unprecedented growth. While their competitor Prada was watching sales decline by 11.5%, Gucci’s revenues soared 136% over four years. The difference? Prada admitted to being “slow in […]

I know the phrase “divine feminine leadership” might make you want to close this tab right now. It sounds like something from a wellness retreat (which, for the record, I love), not a business strategy discussion. But before you click away, let me explain why these principles could be exactly what’s missing in how we think about power and influence today.

Too often, we get caught up in sales metrics – conversion rates, deal sizes, sales cycles. But here’s a statistic from the 2024 TMSA Marketing & Sales Metrics Study that might make you rethink your approach: cultural fit is the leading factor, at 36%, in converting Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) to Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs). […]

The latest KPMG Infrastructure and Transport CEO Outlook report isn’t full of surprising revelations – instead, it validates something I’ve felt to be true all along: the future of infrastructure and transportation leadership is fundamentally human. But while 62% of CEOs believe they need to step up and fill the trust void left by declining […]

“We need to hear more from our employees,” they say. “Let’s start an open-door policy,” they declare. “Launch an anonymous suggestion box,” they suggest. “Finally,” they think, “we’ll hear what’s really going on.” But instead of the constructive dialogue they hoped for, they’re hit with an avalanche of long-simmering complaints. Some feedback feels personal. Other […]

I’ve always been the person who feels things deeply. In business, that’s not always seen as an asset (shocking, I know!). Early in my career, as I moved into management roles, I discovered both the power and the pain of being highly attuned to human dynamics in the workplace. I remember the weight of having […]

Let’s talk about an unfortunate truth in the logistics industry: We’re leaving money on the table. Big time. And I’m not talking about inefficient routes or suboptimal load planning. No, I’m talking about something much closer to home – our existing customers. The 2024 TMSA Marketing & Sales Metrics Study just dropped a truth bomb […]