The CEO Refresher

Welcome to The CEO Refresher

The CEO Refresher is your portal to the best brains on the planet! Creative leadership, innovation, leading change, executive intelligence and insight. We are pleased to announce that The CEO Refresher is once again publishing new articles. The untimely death of founder and publisher Rick Sidorowicz in September 2011 left the site in a void. Rick devoted a great deal of time and effort into developing and managing the CEO Refresher, and believed passionately in its value in providing the executive intelligence you need to lead well in these turbulent times. We wish to continue bringing you the articles and resources you have come to count on from The CEO Refresher.

Latest Articles

The Legal Refresher

New Developments for Employee Furloughs in Massachusetts

by Robert A. Adelson

New Massachusetts. emergency regulations now allow limited eligibility for state unemployment benefits in connection with a furlough of employees if this employer action to furlough employees is the result of lack of work due to COVID 19/Coronavirus pandemic crisis.

Motivation & Retention, The HR Refresher

From Career Paths to Career Zig Zags

by Brynne Kennedy

Where my father and grandfather’s generations expected stable employment with one company in a 9-5 setting, much of the current generation increasingly seeks tours of duty across companies and departments with flexible work structures, such as working from home, working from co-working spaces, or working from just about anywhere.

The Legal Refresher

Layoff, Furlough or Other Employee Cut Backs

by Robert A. Adelson

This article discusses current employment law in Massachusetts and other states as well as legal issues regarding layoffs, furloughs, change in employees from full-time to part-time, and change of employees from salaried to hourly, as related to the current COVID-19 / Coronavirus pandemic crisis.

Book Reviews and Excerpts, Creative Leadership

An excerpt from The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey into the Business of Shared Leadership

by Book Reviews and Excerpts

A corporate executive loses his voice and discovers a new pathway to organizational excellence built on the premise of dispersed power and shared leadership.

Book Reviews and Excerpts, Creative Leadership

The Three-Horned Dilemma All CEOs Face

by Mark Hannum

Read excerpts from BECOME: The Five Commitments of Purposeful Leadership. The world’s greatest leaders focus on three critical things: they are committed to accomplishing something that matters; they articulate a vision that others embrace; and they demonstrate a series of five commitments that make up the message of this book.

Book Reviews and Excerpts, Creative Leadership

Book Excerpt: Decisions

by Robert L. Dilenschneider

Book excerpt from DECISIONS by Robert L. Dilenschneider, talks about talk about the decision Henry Ford made to save his company—a business decision that Fortune magazine said is the “greatest” of all time.

Book Reviews and Excerpts, Creative Leadership

Become a Leader. Become Yourself

by Book Reviews and Excerpts

Book Review of Become: The Five Commitments of Purposeful Leadership by Mark Hannum, reviewed by Rockie Blunt, EdD, President, Blunt Consulting Group

Motivation & Retention

What Small Business Can Teach Us About Employee Compensation

by Steve Picarde, Sr.

Businesses that use Talent Optimization rely on people data to help them understand job requirements and identify the best candidates for the job. They can then manage employees and teams to achieve business goals. Under this model, compensation, benefits, goals and rewards all align with the overall business strategy.

Communications, Customer Service

End on a Positive Note

by Roger Wolkoff

Many people in customer service or the hospitality field are naturals at starting a conversation. They many have a signature opening greeting but do they have a signature closing? Learn why it’s important to end a conversation in a positive and memorable way!

Training & Development

Why You Need to Include Unlearning When Designing Corporate Training Programs

by Dr. Dawn-Marie Turner

You have written the learning objectives, created the content, designed the training materials, and scheduled the training. But you haven’taccounted for the unlearning, you have overlooked one of the most important elements necessary for adults to learn something new.

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