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The Power to Get Things Done - Whether You Feel Like It or Not
You find yourself trolling Reddit or online shopping for new Post-it notes before completing that single aggravating task. You know you need to make that client phone call, it's important for your...
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The Biggest Market Myth
Photo courtesy of Flickr. Particularly in times of extreme volatility, pundits come out of the woodwork to "explain" to the rest of us the reasons underlying the rise or fall of the stock market. For...
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Modern Barbie: Aspiring to Character, Not Appearance
With the announcement that Barbie is getting a new look, consumers all over the country are applauding the effort to provide children with toys that promote healthy body image -- and at the minimum,...
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Friday's Jobs Report: Signs of a Labor Market Slowdown?
Outside of the labor market, it has been a rocky start to 2016. Disappointing corporate profits, plummeting stocks and weak industrial production all point to an economy that slowed sharply late last...
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5 Public Speaking Tips for Entrepreneurs
Meetings and presentations are one of the main requirements of being an entrepreneur. It just comes with the job. You will need to stand in front of future investors, possible business partners or...
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4 Reasons The Retail Industry Is Declining
It's no secret the retail industry has seen a decrease in in-store sales over the last few years. Over the course of 2015, the Sears Holdings Corporation, parent company of Sears and Kmart, closed over...
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How A Once-Sleepy Company Launched A Successful Scale-Up--And Got Acquired By...
This past October, a group of 100 employees and their spouses from Veritaaq, an IT consulting company headquartered in Ottawa, boarded a plane to Jamaica. The 71-person company sent them on a four-day...
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Ethical investing - putting your money where your mouth is
What are your thoughts when you pass on that donation to a charity or homeless chap? If you're anything like me, you probably internally justify that you contribute in other ways. Perhaps you volunteer...
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The Brands That Win
In lieu of resolutions, I like to kick the year off by playing "forecaster." And no, not in a meteorological way. I like to consider the landscape and prepare for the unique opportunities ahead. This...
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Corporate Restatements of Earnings: The Department of Justice's New Weapon?
For executives worried about being prosecuted criminally for their jobs, the environment has never been worse. The Department of Justice has announced that it is more aggressively targeting individual...
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Five Ways to Be a Great Mentor
If one of your goals is to be a better mentor, you can find a lot of standard advice such as listen well and stay open-minded. But I think the best way to inspire great mentoring is by describing a man...
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Which of Today's Business Practices Will Seem Barbaric in the Future?
My family and I recently visited the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC. Surrounding the giant statue of the man himself are four quotes in foot-high letters. They all, remarkably, still resonate...
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What Makes a 'Good' Entrepreneur?
There are many qualities that make a good business, but what about a "good" entrepreneur? Most businesses are doomed to fail. You've undoubtedly heard anecdotes in your own life about "good" businesses...
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3 Reasons We Skip the Vacay When We Shouldn't, and What Smart Businesses Are...
My sister and I are very close. We each have three kids, work hard, and manage the endless to-do lists. We recently took a short vacation to Aruba with our husbands, thinking the three days away would...
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How to Take Action
There's always that "next step" -- you know, that next thing you know you need to do to take your life or business to the next level. You think about it, you worry about it, and you wonder if it's...
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Identity Theft Changes Shape
Identity fraud continues to grow -- but in new forms that are harder to detect and prevent. That's the message from the 2016 Javelin Identity Fraud Study. The good news is that credit card fraud at the...
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How Storytelling Can Change the Way We Do Business
The art of telling stories may have started with bedtime tales told to little ones, but has evolved over decades to find a place in corporations and businesses. Increasingly adopted by successful...
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10 Reasons Why Inbound Marketing Is Crucial in 2016
2016 signifies a new era of marketing. Customers are changing, and as marketers we need to change along with them. Traditional outbound marketing campaigns like cold emails, cold calls, snail mail, and...
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6 Ways Good Documentation Can Save Your Small Business Money
If you're like most small business owners, you spend a lot of your time researching ways to save money. After all, running a business can quickly break the bank. There are office supplies to buy,...
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What's The Price Tag on Your Office Meetings?
If you are familiar with the show, "The Office," you may recall Pam and Angela's Party Planning Committee, and their many lengthy, pointless meetings about the color of streamers and brand of crackers...
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