A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.

The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

Mittelstand companies are incredibly focused and almost always family-run. The young men and women go through the apprenticeship system and learn that the goal is excellence.

What I found over the years is the most important thing is for a team to come together over a compelling vision, a comprehensive strategy for achieving that vision, and then a relentless implementation plan.

My track record is that I have always sought to work with warmth and in a constructive way with the leaders of other components of the Jewish faith.

I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership and vision.

In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence.