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In A World Turned Upside-Down, Six Reasons Why Small Is Beautiful COVID-19 has turned everything upside down. Businesses and their leaders face unprecedented challenges, and are having to make tough and unpalatable decisions just to keep things afloat. Small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) have undoubtedly been disproportionately affected, but larger organizations have not been immune.Read more

Time For Transparent Leadership Business leaders are having to learn and develop a whole new set of skills to deal with the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 era.  The paper I have written for Mythos Group explores four key areas for building leadership resiliency during this time, skills that will be required in whatever theRead more

Managing Fear During The Pandemic Many business leaders are struggling right now, as they grapple with unforeseen, unprecedented and seemingly unsolvable challenges. Their teams look to them for leadership, which is why I wrote a paper on the subject for Mythos Group, offering practical guidance in a number of key areas required for building leadershipRead more

Trust Me, I’m A Leader: Building Leadership Resiliency Post-COVID-19 The unprecedented nature of COVID-19 poses enormous challenges for business leaders, challenges for which most are ill-prepared. In a paper I have written for Mythos Group, I explore four key tenets of building leadership resiliency for the post-COVID-19 era: 1. Positive mindset 2. Build trust 3.Read more

Leadership Lessons For The COVID Era: Why Positivity Pays The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike any other crisis in recent times, and as the number of new cases continues to grow globally, business leaders face unprecedented challenges. The mounting uncertainty of what the new normal will look like, and how they will not just survive, butRead more

Retailers: Are Your Customers Shopping Around? There can be few industries where the need to understand, respond to, and even anticipate consumer behavior is more important than retail. And consumer behavior is changing in unprecedented ways, during the global pandemic.  In a new paper I have written for Mythos Group I consider the importance ofRead more

Post-COVID-19, The Need For Supply Chain Resiliency In Retail The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced many things that we already know to be true, but perhaps previously underplayed, including the fact that any business is only as robust as its supply chain.  This is certainly true of retail, which relies on multiple partners in different partsRead more

It’s Now Or Never For The Digital Transformation Of Retail The retail sector has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many famous brands closing their doors for good. But the truth is, retail was undergoing a long and sometimes painful transformation long before the pandemic hit.  The paper I have written forRead more

Must Retailers Restructure To Survive? While almost every industry has been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, there are few where the impact has been more obvious than retail. Famous retail brands have gone under, as they were forced to shutter their stores, accelerating a trend that was already in train long before the pandemic;Read more

Keeping Retail Staff And Customers Safe In The COVID-19 Era COVID-19 has caused substantial economic chaos, mandating significant changes to many industry sectors, and retail in particular. From iconic department stores to entertainment giants, COVID-19 has seemingly spared no one in its devastation.  Mythos Group has been re-imagining what retail might look like, post-pandemic, andRead more