It’s clear that no two leaders are alike, but what makes someone a leader? Or more specifically, how do you build a leader? According to Harvard Business Review, a leader “successfully marshals [their] human collaborators to achieve particular ends.” Whether…
As inflation continues to wreak havoc on the global economy, the labor market is showing signs of cooling. According to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), the count of job openings plummeted by 1.1 million vacancies in…
Investopedia names complacency as one of the top six reasons a business fails, and a culture of complacency prevents leadership teams from predicting a downturn and other risks that can harm a business. Signs of workplace complacency include employee disengagement,…
With an excited ‘I-just-got-candy’ look on my face, I slid the paper into the compartment made for either a single page or multiple. Excitedly, I punched some numbers into a keypad on top of the machine. There was a click,…
This is actually pretty dangerous territory for an economist. We all know the best definition of an economist is someone who explains tomorrow why the predictions they made yesterday didn’t come true today. We are also notorious for predicting 13…
There are far more questions regarding the new climate change legislation than there are answers. We discuss some of this elswhere in the latest issue of the Flagship but it seems appropriate to get into a bit more detail in…
It’s a small lien, just under four thousand dollars. And with poo-poo heads, er, attorneys wanting $300 or so per hour to pursue it, it wouldn’t take long to chew up most of the lien’s value foreclosing on it. So why…
The data that has come pouring from China of late points to a real economic crisis, the worst the nation has experienced in decades. The slump in the second quarter took the economy to a contraction of 2.6% from the…
Separating the hype from reality is harder than it appears. When it comes to the economy it has been pointed out that perception often is reality. If people think a recession is coming they react in a way that makes…
The passage of time fuels the never-ending cycle of new hires and retirees flowing in and out of the workforce. Those who are bringing their careers to a close often leave behind knowledge and experience, while the newly employed build…