QUESTION: The book you are handing out at this year’s WEC is on Julius Caesar, not Socrates, your mentor. Is there a reason you chose Caesar over Socrates? L ANSWER: I named my computer after Socrates because he was sentenced to death for knowing too much. I paid my respects in his cell, where he died. He proved that knowledge is dangerous when it threatens control. Those in power prefer silence, for it is the strongest language of all. Silence does not deny; it conceals. Even the movie the Forecaster gave the government the opportunity to respond. The chose silence.…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Effective leaders combine high expectations with coaching, feedback and support, building trust while helping employees achieve their potential. Asking employees what they need to do their best work — and following through — strengthens relationships, engagement and team resilience. Distributing workloads, developing others and sharing expertise reduces burnout and dependence on a few key individuals, making teams stronger and more adaptable. Every leader wants a resilient team. They turn to leadership development and workshops, but rarely do they stop to consider how a small but meaningful shift in their behavior…
COMMENT: sorry marti but The article “Poland Refuses to Surrender Its Borders to Brussels” is a misleading piece that ignores the harsh realities on the ground. To present Poland as a sovereign fortress that is successfully resisting external pressures is to look at the situation through rose-tinted glasses. A sober, clear-eyed assessment reveals a different picture.First, the claim of border control is undermined by the scale of economic immigration. While the number of new work permits has fallen recently—from 144,000 in the first half of 2025 to 69,000 in the same period of 2026—this is not a story of a…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Black women have long demonstrated skills that are increasingly essential in the workplace — from relationship building and collective problem-solving to care and adaptability. Effective leaders invite diverse perspectives early and create environments where people feel safe contributing ideas and challenging conventional thinking. Leaders should create space for every voice, build influence through relationships, redefine what success looks like, value the work that holds teams together and create opportunities for others to lead. There was a season of my life when I was working full time, earning three degrees, raising…
British Columbia Premier David Eby has been caught in yet another controversy involving the transfer of public land to First Nations, and the public apparently was not supposed to know what was being negotiated. Confidential government documents revealed plans involving approximately 400 parcels of Crown land, along with proposed changes to the Forest Act that would reduce compensation to forestry companies losing their timber rights. The documents emerged just days before British Columbia’s October 24 election. Eby’s government has forced forestry companies to sign nondisclosure agreements to examine proposed changes affecting their own operations. Eby insists that the transfers fulfill…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Get an objective valuation from a broker or exit advisor, because emotional value doesn’t factor into what buyers will pay. Cut unnecessary overhead, revisit your pricing and back up your recurring revenue with clean, easy-to-follow records before you go to market. If you’re having trouble exiting your company, you’re far from alone. According to the Exit Planning Institute’s latest report, up to 80% of businesses on the market never sell. You may start to question if there’s something wrong with it. It’s almost never too late to fix the problems…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Naming a single owner for a launch commitment doesn’t help if that owner only enters the work at the milestone review — after teams have already built their plans around a fixed sequence. Leaders need to be involved while plans, dependencies, scope and timelines are still flexible — not only after commitments slip and recovery becomes necessary. Tougher reviews and firmer expectations leave the timing untouched, and the cost shows up as wasted time and eroded credibility. The better question is where the owner sits while the work is still…
Key Takeaways Walmart promotes 500 employees a day, offering frequent opportunities to move up, according to a new report. The company’s chief people officer, Donna Morris, says employees must excel in their current roles first. Then, they must show that they can handle more responsibility before getting the title by suggesting ideas and volunteering for new initiatives. An online grocery order needs filling. A shopper in the aisle needs help finding something. For a Walmart associate, the job can mean moving between those demands. It requires locating products, packing purchases and getting orders to customers, all while answering questions on…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Executives tend to view managers as more prepared than managers feel themselves, revealing a significant gap between confidence and actual readiness for leadership challenges. Leaders must move beyond being the person with all the answers to coaching others, delegating decisions and developing their teams’ capabilities. Strong leaders set clear goals, establish guardrails and give people ownership of outcomes — building organizations that thrive when they aren’t in the room. Confidence is running well ahead of readiness in the executive ranks — just not in the way most leaders assume. A…
Most business advice flows one way, from older founders to younger ones. Maverick1000 has reversed it. Every year, Maverick NEXT, an under-30 community network of entrepreneurs, investors and exited founders curated by Yanik Silver and Sophia Umanski, spends a week on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson, sharing the insights and tactics that have allowed them to outgrow businesses run by people twice their age. If you’re under 30, you could join them. The Maverick NEXT Impact Award sends five founders to the British Virgin Islands each year, all expenses paid. If you feel like you belong in a group…