Eyal Gutentag

Even in the midst of the COVID pandemic, your business leadership team should have already been looking at the lessons you learned to inform your decisions about your leadership during the transition away from a pandemic mindset and to plan for any future crisis. While good leadership should be focusing on these actions all the time, during times of transition and crisis the following keys will keep your business running smoothly despite the turmoil. Be Available During times of rapid change, you may feel that your plate is already full in handling clients and getting your employees organized, but as business performance consultant  Eyal Gutentag  notes, it’s times like these that leadership through communication becomes paramount. Especially if people are working at scattered locations, give regular updates through email and your intracompany channels. Let people know what’s going on, even if what’s going on is that everything is still in the planning stages. Besides regularl...

  HopSkipDrive , the ridesharing service for kids of busy parents, has raised $10.2 million in funding for its Series A. The round was led by FirstMark Capital and will be used to not only work on enhancing the product, but also bring the service to new neighborhoods in the United States. The company has also brought on board Uber’s former Los Angeles general manager, Eyal Gutentag , as its chief operating officer to provide guidance on how to scale the service and compete in the ridesharing space. Started by Joanna McFarland, Carolyn Yashari Becher, and Janelle McGlothlin, HopSkipDrive utilizes “CareDrivers” to shuttle children around between extracurricular activities and the home. It’s ideal for children ages 7 and up whose parents are busy at work, and the service deploys an Uber-style model: Families schedule rides in advance and can view details about the driver. Proper security procedures are put in place to ensure the children’s safety. To date, “tens of thousands of rides”...