Kelly Augspurger: Care Planning, Reimagined
A family’s experience with extended care set Kelly Augspurger on a mission: to replace confusion and sales pressure with clarity, education and genuine advocacy. Profile at a glance Role: Long-term…
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Leading What Comes Next: Five Leadership Styles Reshaping Work
Command and control is giving way to something more human and more adaptive. Five leadership styles are reshaping how organizations decide, include and grow. Leadership has always shaped how organizations perform, but the conditions leaders face have changed. Markets move faster, teams are more diverse…
Layne Lewis: Engineering a Better Way to Work
She spent nine years as a systems engineer supporting NASA. Then Layne Lewis took on a different kind of mission: designing a company where serious engineering and a full life…
Worth Following: 12 Qualities of Leaders People Believe In
A title can make someone a boss. Only character makes them a leader people genuinely want to follow. These twelve qualities make the difference. Think about the best leader you…
Beyond the To-Do List: What Makes a Leader Transformational
Good managers keep the work moving. Transformational leaders change where the work is going, and the people doing it. Here is what sets them apart. Every organisation needs people who…
Jeff Roberts: The CIO Every Growing Business Deserves
Big companies have always had seasoned technology leaders steering their strategy. Jeff Roberts founded Innovation Vista so that small and midsize firms could have one too. Caption: Jeff Roberts, founder…
James & Claire Davis: Rewriting the Midlife Story
At a glance Top 1.5% of podcasts worldwide, where The Midlife Mentors began 10 days: the length of Midlife Boost, their new programme in the app Weekly live calls where…
More Data, Fewer Answers: Why Companies Still Misread Their Customers
Ask almost any business leader whether they have enough customer data and the honest answer is usually more than they can use. Every click, basket and return is logged. Loyalty…
What a Chief Commercial Officer Actually Does
Most companies have someone in charge of the money, someone in charge of operations and someone in charge of technology. A growing number also have someone whose whole job is…
Leanne Holmes, Chief Commercial Officer at STYLI, Landmark Group
Leanne Holmes knew she wanted to work in fashion long before she knew what that work would look like. As a child she dreamed of owning her own shop. As…
Employee Retention Strategies: A Small Business Growth Story
Small businesses can improve employee retention without matching large-company salaries by creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported, and able to grow. The most effective Employee Retention Strategies focus…
Tech Startups in 2026: A Journey to Smarter Investing
Investing in Tech Startups in 2026 can offer substantial growth potential, but the best approach is to treat startup investing as high-risk, long-term private-market investing rather than a quick path…
Startup Business Strategy: From Customer Gap to Growth
A successful startup business strategy begins with a real customer problem and connects that problem to a business model capable of generating sustainable revenue. Startups that validate demand before scaling,…