Succession planning is an important aspect of your business's long-term success, writes Paul McArdle. Like everything, the solution has to be tailored to your business's specific requirements.
John Purdy has built companies, spun them out, invested in them, and sat on numerous boards. From embracing pivots to ignoring imposter syndrome, here are some key takeaways from the various chapters of his career.
As I approached 30, I began to wonder about all I was missing out on. I had to invest in my career, I wanted to have a family. I wanted to be defined by other things as well. Even as we approached four-in-a-row in 2018 I was thinking about it. My mind was creaking.
While nominal incomes have risen sharply, the real value of those incomes has increased only slightly. It is the source of our discontent.
Yes, sanctions on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine have pushed up European energy prices. But the more you dig, the more you discover that the price surge goes beyond Moscow - and right back to Texas.
Russia has managed to largely get around the sanctions regime because of its vast energy export network and its physical borders with many Asian and Central Asian countries, which are willing to act as conduits for the re-export of goods and services.
Without significant improvements that make remote work more than a never-ending series of 30 minute video calls, WeWork will likely have plenty of customers willing to battle the commute for a bit of in-real-life face time.
Much of Tommie Gorman’s archive gravitates around politics. But, today I am highlighting different pieces, articles that go beyond politics and policymaking. When I think of Tommie’s articles, these are the ones that come to my mind.
Tommie Gorman accumulated friends because he understood people. And he understood people because he cared about them. It is what made him such a brilliant journalist, and a remarkable man.
Violence against women has shaped Ireland, so much so that a neologism popularised in the seventies has become omnipresent: femicide. Women in Ireland are at breaking point, Kate Demolder writes. They have been for some time.
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