There is an old joke about the man who dies and visits St. Peter in purgatory. “Where would you like to spend eternity?” he asks. “Not sure,” the man replies. “Well, how about you spend a day in heaven and a day in hell and then decide.”
For years, many professionals’ education began by keeping up the grades, going to a good school, getting that degree and finding a great job. Then, for many, learning stopped. The acceleration of the modern workplace makes education obsolete on a daily basis. Today’s degree is often obsolete before the ink
As technology disrupts virtually every profession, those of us who develop the skills to change ourselves are finding new opportunities. For example, software and outsourcing is eliminating many of the day-to-day tasks that dominated personnel then human resources and now, human capital. From the surface, the renaming of our profession
Successful CEOs are masters at getting the greatest value out of time and new CEOs are under unique pressure to meet business objectives quickly. Boards and investors expect rapid turnarounds to meet hold-period objectives and their patience is understandably low. A 2016 study demonstrates that 69% of new Private Equity CEOs get