Stress Awareness: A Leader's Toolkit April is Stress Awareness Month, a time when we should take a moment to just understand how stress impacts our lives both personally and professionally. However, this is a mindfulness activity everyone should do every day. Leaders especially need to be aware of stress and how it affects [...]

How Values-Based Leadership Drives Performance By definition, values-based organizations are guided by a set of core values. These values are the foundation of why the organization exists and what purpose it serves. While many organizations claim to be values-based, there is often a disconnect between what they say and what they do. Perhaps [...]

Four Facets of Relationship Management for Federal IT Contractors The United States federal government relies heavily on government contractors. The most recent data shows that, since 1984, contractors comprise the largest segment of the federal workforce—between 30 and 40%. This reliance is due to several pressures: The federal government’s inordinately slow hiring process [...]

Looking Inward to Build a Strong Corporate Identity Today, most leaders understand the importance of having a strong corporate identity and strategic messaging. Doing so allows companies to stand out in a world where the average consumer is spoiled for choice, no matter what they are looking to buy. Where many leaders fall [...]

Adapting to Remote Work as a C-Suite Leader We are now intimately familiar with the concept of remote work. Pre-COVID, employers varied in their offerings of remote work—in some cases it was a regular occurrence, a special perk offered as a reward, and at some companies it was solely a contingency. Over the [...]

COVID-19 Challenges and Opportunities in the Virtual World By Ashton Blue, intern at Emerald One, LLC On March 13, 2020, we witnessed a challenge unlike any other. On that day, the first of many COVID-19 related state or local lockdowns were established in the United States. More followed, with the end result an [...]

CEO Blog: 5 Things Every Leader Must Be to Manage Remote Teams Working remotely drives a whole new level of requirements. While many look first to employees for adjustment, managers and leaders must adhere to a number of key tenets and best practices in order to ease the transformation to an organization with [...]

CEO Blog: Elements of Brilliance Over the last 35 years, I spent my time implementing some of the most complex projects. Many of them required a great deal of insight. Many of them required everything to work positively and perfectly. And many of them seemed almost impossible. Through all of this, I noticed [...]

Happy New Year, and Happy Launch Day! It’s 2020, a year that promises to be one of clear and focused vision, and we are thrilled to announce the launch of Emerald One, LLC and more thrilled that you’ve stopped by to experience part of the journey. While you’re here, please make sure you [...]

Time as a Resource Our CEO, LaVerne H. Council, blogs on LinkedIn! Make sure you take a moment and read her exploration of time as a leadership resource on LinkedIn’s Pulse.