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8 May, 2020

Confronting the Uncertainty: Leading with Your Head and Heart

Written by Larry Prince, CEO of PrinceLeadership^TM. A version of this article originally appeared in New Jersey Business magazine.

The COVID-19 crisis is testing our leadership mettle in ways we have never experienced. We’re pressed to confront harsh business realities—how to keep the doors open, how to pay the bills, how to address staffing issues. But most importantly, how to make tough business decisions tempered with compassion for our people.

So, let’s take a look at key considerations when leading our business with our head and leading our people with our heart.

Our People

The journey forward begins by recognizing that our employees are our lifeline. (more…)

Categories: LEADERSHIP PEOPLE/STAFF

Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 crisis employees Larry Prince pandemic

6 May, 2020

Advice from Warren Rustand: Put Your Head Down and Walk Into the Storm

Written for EO by Kalika Yap, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Los Angeles. Yap is a thriving serial entrepreneur whose businesses include Citrus Studios, Luxe Link, and the Orange & Bergamot.

She recently attended a Facebook Live stream interview between EO Global Board Director Winnie Hart and Warren Rustand, co-founder of EO’s Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C. The conversation addressed the global pandemic, with EO members asking questions and Rustand providing insights on clarity of vision and certainty of intent.

Kalika Yap shares highlights from the presentation.

You’ve got this.

That’s the message about COVID-19 from Warren Rustand. Rustand has run more than a dozen companies during this career, most recently Providence Service Corp., a publicly-traded social service and transportation firm. He’s taken at least one through bankruptcy, and he’s lived through every crisis in the past 70 years.

In his office in Tucson, Arizona, he has a bronze sculpture of a cowboy in a long rain coat, head down, that Rustand looks to for inspiration. He bought it during that bankruptcy. (more…)

Categories: BUSINESS GROWTH HEALTH INNOVATION Inspirational LEADERSHIP STRATEGY WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION

Tags: Citrus Studios coronavirus COVID-19 eo los angeles EO Wonder Kalika Yap Warren Rustand

4 May, 2020

The Good News You Need Today

With the majority of today’s headlines being negative, we are proud to showcase the very best of innovation and charity from the global community of entrepreneurs.

Check out our last “good news” article to see even more ways that our amazing members are making an #EOImpact.

• Andrea Herrera is the founder and president of Amazing Edibles Catering and an EO Chicago member. When the events industry paused in her area, Andrea’s company shifted focus to provide tasty dishes for families and first responders at hospitals, police stations, and fire stations as well as meals to those who are food insecure in their community at homeless shelters. In just 10 days, they provided more than 500 meals! (more…)

Categories: Best Practices Company Culture INNOVATION

Tags: #EOTogether Amazing Edibles Catering Andrea Herrera coronavirus COVID-19 EO Chicago EO London EO St. Louis Michael Korn Tamara Keefe

1 May, 2020

Leading Culture During COVID-19

Contributed by Will Scott, CEO of Culture Czars and a founding member of EO Wisconsin.

Entire offices, corporations and industries have made the unprecedented shift to a virtual existence in light of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the globe.

Many wonder how this will impact the corporate culture they have worked so hard to establish. The truth is, the principles of maintaining culture don’t change because we are online but the emphasis does. The same principles explained in The Culture Fix™ apply for leaders to lead a culture online or in the office. In fact, keeping true to your CoreVals™ may be more important now than ever before. (more…)

Categories: Company Culture LEADERSHIP PEOPLE/STAFF

Tags: core values Culture Czars EO Wisconsin remote work The Culture FIx Will Scott

29 April, 2020

Innovation Through Crisis

Written by Ruchir Punjabi, the co-founder and chief digital officer of Distributed Energy, a company that matches investors with renewable energy projects across Africa, Middle East and India, and the founder of Langoor, which was sold to Havas Group in 2019. He is also a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) UAE chapter.

A version of the following article originally appeared on Entrepreneur Middle East.

There is a popular meme circulating these days that asks, “Who is responsible for your company’s digital transformation?”

CTO
CEO
COVID-19

As this joke shows, most businesses are struggling to evolve in the current environment. But as every entrepreneur knows, every crisis offers opportunities, and this one is no different.

Before I go into considerations for surviving the current situation, I want to talk about self-care. We all know what the issues are. To analyze, plan and get on top of this, we need to ensure that we are healthy, safe, and in a good mind space.

Establish routines, talk to as many people as possible, and make the most of the current situation. Most importantly, focus on things you can control. (more…)

Categories: general INNOVATION LEADERSHIP STRATEGY

Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 Distributed Energy EO UAE pandemic Ruchir Punjabi

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