Tugboat Institute

Luck is the number one factor for career success, said legendary executive search pioneer Egon Zehnder to a young Claudio Fernández-Aráoz early in his career. After four decades of placing leaders at the highest levels of global business, Claudio has come to agree. But luck, he argues, is only part of the story. The factor leaders can control, and the one that separates good ...

I started paying attention to the discussion around the concept of a four-day workweek years ago. Over time, I observed as it began gaining international traction, with studies about work-life balance and productivity from Iceland, the United Kingdom, and others that suggested profound benefits. Despite this, many business leaders continued to view it with more skepticism tha...

Hammerton is a high-end decorative lighting manufacturer that designs and produces all products in the United States. We operate in a highly fragmented category where demand is driven by design breadth and customization rather than standardization. This creates a structural challenge: how to...

Tugboat Institute® Member Kent Johnson is the CEO of Highlights for Children, a family-led legacy brand dedicated to building a more optimistic and empathetic world for children. After an early career in ph...