CFO Michael Pickrum Named Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Dani Cushion Named Company’s First Chief Marketing Officer New York, March 22, 2021 - ExecOnline, the pioneer of online leadership development for enterprises, today announced that current chief financial officer Michael Pickrum will assume additional responsibilities...
2021 promises to be a critical year for organizations as they address systemic inequities, biases, and differential experiences in the workplace. In the spring of 2020, we heard countless corporate voices stand behind the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, sharing messages from their CEOs, posting to...
Michael Pickrum, COO and CFO of ExecOnline, joined Jack Sweeney as the special guest in the latest episode of CFO Thought Leader. With hundreds of episodes, the mission of CFO Thought Leader is to bring personal firsthand accounts of CFOs who are driving change within...
2020 was a year like no other. We tossed aside our carefully drawn out plans and quickly learned to improvise, adapt, and lead (virtually!) through simultaneous health, economic, and social crises. While we are reminded that there is still so much work to do, we...
Over recent years, we have seen leading organizations taking steps to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within their workplaces. Yet many are falling short of achieving their goals and failing to create real, lasting change. What are the common mistakes organizations make, and how...
There are 7.8 billion people in the world, and 49.6% of them are women. Yet according to Statista, only 26.5% of executive, senior-level and management positions in S&P 500 companies are held by women. And fewer than 8% of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are...
Over the past several months a lot has been written about the challenges of working from home (WFH) due to COVID-19. We offered our own advice and tips for managing remotely in a previous blog post. Even pre-COVID, however, there were challenges to be addressed...
Stephen Bailey, Founder & CEO of ExecOnline, joined Kerel Cooper and Erik Requidan as a special guest in the latest episode of Minority Report Podcast. With over 60 episodes, Minority Report Podcast focuses on conversations with leaders around diversity within media, business, and technology. Tune in...
Last month, ExecOnline hosted its 5th annual leadership development conference, ExecConnect, which brought together 1300+ HR leaders for three days filled with interactive discussions on the most critical challenges leaders face today. Conversations on day 2 focused on the Power of Inclusive Leadership. Attendees heard from...
When COVID-19 upended all our lives in the spring, it quickly became evident that most of our day-to-day activities would shift online. Some organizations scrambled to change direction to adapt to this new normal while others accelerated the long-term digital transformation efforts they had planned. Having...