Only Breakwater

08/31/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/sap-picks-airbus-finance-chief-dominik-asam-for-next-cfo/ar-AA11jxgn?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=630f6c8156164b5d956e8587c930e6f8

Set to take the controls next year as software giant executes tricky maneuver in the cloud SAP has appointed Airbus's Dominik Asam as the CFO who will replace long-serving finance boss Luka Mucic at the German software giant.… Asam is set to start in March 2023 after vacating his current roles as ...

07/13/2022

Bringing Your Whole Self to Work...

https://www.convene-digital.org/convene/may_june_2022/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=2&folio=40

05/18/2022

https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-2-sentences-explain-companies-get-wrong-best-employees-2022-2?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=sf-bi-careers&fbclid=IwAR2DWS0nukRY1FEZh4rr9h5jO7vLQOBIE8C20_uU6E76CigXck4487_MARY

Steve Jobs left not only one of the most valuable brands in the world, but also some pithy rules that entrepreneurs can use as a guide.

05/18/2022

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/424494?fbclid=IwAR3XsXFFoVyvmx83OvVgNmjfCpK_VY5tCSIJPUJXzOWtqHKCYqgEJFENuQw

The entrepreneur and TV personality shares her winning formula.

05/16/2022

Success begins here.

04/25/2022

https://hbr.org/2022/04/the-best-leaders-have-a-contagious-positive-energy?cx_testId=6&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=1&cx_experienceId=EXK3YX95ALS3&ab=piano_rightrail_recs

The pandemic has taken a significant toll on the well-being and energy of so many. Positively energizing leaders are more crucial than ever. Positive relational energy —the energy exchanged between people that helps uplift, enthuse, and renew them — however, is not the superficial demonstration ...

04/25/2022

https://hbr.org/2022/04/is-your-sales-strategy-worth-scaling?ab=hero-subleft-1

Trying to scale a successful sales strategy can often be a huge waste of time and resources. Not every success can or should be replicated, and what worked with one client won’t necessarily work with others. Leaders should ask four questions to help establish when it’s worth the effort, and when...

04/25/2022

https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/04/find-joy-in-any-job-how-do-i-improve-the-role-i-have

04/25/2022

https://hbr.org/2022/04/critical-thinking-is-about-asking-better-questions

Critical thinking is the ability to analyze and effectively break down an issue in order to make a decision or find a solution. At the heart of critical thinking is the ability to formulate deep, different, and effective questions. For effective questioning, start by holding your hypotheses loosely....

04/07/2022

“It's that over time, rituals themselves become meaningful to us—a sense of ‘this is how we do things around here.’ And that meaning is then linked to find more meaning in the work that we do.”

Rituals—even seemingly silly ones—help employees bond and add meaning to their work, says research by Michael Norton, Francesca Gino, and colleagues. After two years of pandemic disruption, who wouldn't welcome a workday pick-me-up?

12/24/2021

12/02/2021

https://hbr-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/hbr.org/amp/2019/08/hire-leaders-for-what-they-can-do-not-what-they-have-done

Three questions to ask about each candidate.