As part of our efforts to recruit students for our Fall 2021 semester (our inaugural class for FXUA), I have been interviewing high school counselors from around the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area. Not having spent a great deal of time with this secondary school population, I have been struck by one surprising and recurring aspect: many of the individuals who are steering the direction of today’s high school students have…
Keep ReadingThe COVID pandemic has been a painful reminder that we are not always in control of our own surroundings. During this same period, which forced many of us into quarantined lifestyles, certain “truisms” have been identified – lessons that can be adopted as the entire world begins to re-emerge into this new “next normal”. Of note, has been the adaptation of individuals around the creative integration of work-life values –…
Keep ReadingCollectively, we realize that the operating confines of a typical workday are in the past. The pandemic has all but erased the traditional 9 to 5 workday and replaced it with a more flexible, individually oriented approach that seeks to define a true work-life integration. (Not to be confused with a work-life balance!) During the pandemic, employees were forced to work from home and managers were put in the uncomfortable…
Keep ReadingIn a recent interview with a member of our Corporate Advisory Council (CAC), we got into a discussion regarding the use of technology in the workspace. Being on the older side of the organizational spectrum, we both marveled at how prevalent technology has become during our respective professional careers. Yet, in the very same breath, lamented on the realization that most employees had only a cursory knowledge of individual technology…
Keep ReadingHaving worked with small business owners for most of my professional career, I am used to owners lamenting that their staff do not share the same passion for the work as they do. But, now, with COVID fully enveloping our traditional work-day efforts, a new cry has come up from nearly all business leaders, from companies large and small,: “why can’t my employees take any initiative?!?” It seems, based on…
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