Leadership
What—Me? Hire a Coach?
Performance coaching continues to grow in popularity. As businesses and organizations strive for the competitive edge, it makes sense to make sure that the people leading are at the top of their ...
CSAA Touts 100 Percent Employee Volunteerism Rate in 2018
CSAA Insurance Group said it achieved a 100 percent employee volunteerism rate in 2018, news it released as part of its first corporate social responsibility snapshot. The AAA insurer said it was the ...
The Most Admired Leaders Are Straight Shooters and Take Ownership of Their Mistakes
Executives: Be straightforward and take ownership of the mistakes you make. Why does this matter? Those two traits are among important ones displayed by the most admired leaders, according to a ...
CEO Interview: Metromile Shaking Up the Auto Insurance Industry With a Lifestyle Product
Metromile is one of the early InsurTech companies. It is also one of only a few InsurTechs that is really transforming the insurance business. Most InsurTechs focus on operating efficiencies in ...
Make Sure Your Company’s Leadership Development Programs Have Staying Power
Leadership development programs at companies are one thing. But they don't have much staying power outside of the classroom unless executives plan for long-term implementation of the key ideas. A ...
Five Leadership Lessons From an Insurance Industry VP
Over the course of my career, I've been fortunate—or purpose-driven enough—to have worked for companies that value leadership. One of my early jobs was with a wildly successful software company ...
Build a Better Company by Recognizing Employees Who Do Things the ‘Right’ Way
One way to be a good leader is to proactively search for and recognize employees who are doing things the right way. That's a tip from Bruce Jones, senior cast development director at the Disney ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg Continues Push for a More Humane (and Business-Savvy) Immigration Policy
For the second year running, Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg is railing against the U.S.'s current immigration policy. Greenberg, without mentioning U.S. President Donald Trump by name, used ...