Organizations sit in communities, and divisive things can happen in those communities. While those negative situations can have HUGE...

By Jennifer Havens This week, CNBC announced the 2023 Disrupter 50 Companies. These are private companies gaining advantage and...

The entrepreneurial tendency to chase the next great idea certainly does not translate into a sustainable business model, so how do smart...

(I)n searching so zealously for better leaders, we tend to lose sight of the people these leaders will lead. Without his armies, after...

Throughout the month of January, we have mused on the concept of “ethical reasoning,” which is the ability to develop, evaluate, and...

by Kimberly A. Carlson New Year’s resolutions this year look a little different for me. Six months ago, I transitioned from full-time...

by Kimberly Carlson Open any newspaper this time of year and you’ll see many “Best of” headlines – Best classical music, our most popular...

By Charity Boyette Tractus COO We celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday this past week and, in our house, that means a break from work and...

By Kimberly Carlson Tractus CEO Open any newspaper in the past year and you’ll see the headlines scream – and many employers confirm -...

By Kimberly Carlson Tractus CEO Throughout our lifetimes, we have been told that leadership is the end-goal of our careers. Remember,...

During the Second World War, both the United States and the United Kingdom used posters, like this one, to remind the public of the...

We've been thinking a lot about advice on being a good manager. Take a look at the shelf (shelves?) in your local bookstore or library,...

The end of summer is rapidly approaching, and, for many, that means cooling temperatures, pumpkin-spiced everything, and the fall ritual...

The more we survey the organizational trends landscape, the more we recognize that, collectively, we have entered a period of “RE.” Smart...

You’re planning the trip of a lifetime with friends – or maybe just your first real post-COVID vacation. You’ve saved up leave time and...

Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus, in his Adagia (1500), observed that “in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” His...

As we move through 2022, excitement is building for opportunities and events that haven't seemed possible for over two years – heading...

Let’s talk micromanaging. Most people say they hate it, and yet it happens all the time. We both have seen experiences of this in the...

At Tractus, we have a philosophy – Management as Tradecraft. We believe that management competencies are ones that you can hone over...

Recently, we facilitated a workshop for the Richmond Higher Education Center discussing best practices in hiring. Getting the right...