6 Effective Ways Busy Entrepreneurs Can Successfully Manage Their Workload
Credit Being an entrepreneur is not an easy journey. Indeed it requires loads of hard work -- from managing employees, planning towards the future of the company, to attending numerous meetings....
View ArticleHow Talking Like Your Customers Helps Your Startup Gain Traction
By Rob Walling We've all seen it. Especially if you're in business to business sales, you know how marketing content can quickly devolve into vague, watered down "corporate speak." When I co-founded...
View Article5 Ways Playing Small is Sabotaging Your Business
According to spiritual philosopher Marianne Williamson, the term "playing small" refers to that part in each of us that's focused on short-term comfort, security and validation. It's the part that...
View ArticleYou Are Only Supposed to Be Buried After You're Dead!
by Bill Sanders, Principal and Sr. Consultant with Roebling Strauss "I've just been so buried." Every time I hear it, what I really want to asks is "When did you die?!" It's a status symbol. Being so...
View ArticleThe 4 Key Traits Of Successful B2B Apps
The enterprise software applications market that will be mobile-optimized is poised to grow by 400% by the end of this year, according to an IDC report. Those who have implemented enterprise mobility...
View ArticleApril Fools - Market Window Dressing is Over, Now What?
And now reality sets in. Â It's becoming more and more clear that the stock market emperor has no clothes - and no earnings either and more and more people are starting to catch on. Â To some extent,...
View ArticleWomen in Business Q&A: Jennifer Stewart, Vice President of Corporate...
Jennifer Stewart is Vice President, Corporate Innovation for Eastman Chemical Company. In this role, Jennifer has responsibility for driving the corporate innovation portfolio to deliver future revenue...
View ArticleWhy the Gig Economy Is Sputtering
The New York Times' Farhad Manjoo recently wrote an oddly lamenting piece about how "the Uber model, it turns out, doesn't translate." Manjoo plaintively describes how so many of the "Uber-of-X"...
View Article4 Steps to Boost Your Digital Sales Team's Productivity
By Dan AdikaThe CEO of a startup is like the captain of a whaling ship. Some of his employees may be veterans with metaphorical sea legs while others may be beginning skippers. In either case, it's the...
View ArticleThe Growth of The Muslim Economy and Its Worth
Muslims are by nature enterprising individuals, and the rate at which the burgeoning yet steady Muslim economy is growing is at most, double the global rate. According to a report by Dinar Standard,...
View ArticleIsrael's Big Impact on the Internet of Really Important Things
You've probably heard about the Internet of Things, but what about the "Internet of really important things?" At GE, we describe this - our version of IoT - as the Industrial Internet. Isn't GE known...
View ArticleThe Leadership Wisdom of Doug Hoffman
Doug Hoffman became the President and Chief Executive of WILCO in March of 1994. WILCO is the Northwest's largest and most sophisticated Agricultural Supply cooperative, providing Agronomy, Petroleum,...
View ArticleYour Transformation, the Presidential Campaign and the Arab Spring
What do your organization's successful transformation, the current U.S. Presidential campaign and the Arab Spring all have in common? Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, the answer is: masses of...
View ArticleThe Single Biggest Reason Most People Procrastinate In Life
For the most part of my life, I've been a habitual procrastinator. When I had my first summer job at age 16, I did everything to not work. I had an inside sales job at a telecom company and I had to...
View ArticleWhat Your Leadership Expert Won't Tell You
I'm about to commit heresy. If you're a frontline leader or middle level manager, I want to address what I believe to be one of the most important aspects of your workplace leadership - and yet, most...
View ArticleA Leader's Fatal Flaw: Nothing Is Ever Wrong
To many, particularly non-entrepreneurs, always being right may not sound like a problem. Optimism, positivity, confidence - they're all good. However, in reality, the fear of being wrong and/or not...
View ArticleRed Card for Women's Soccer Is Call for Pay for Performance
It is no accident that during Women's History Month five members of the world champion U.S. Women's National Soccer Team have filed a lawsuit with the EEOC alleging that they have been significantly...
View ArticleGet in Character: Using Archetypes to Breathe New Life Into Your Brand
A brand is brought to life by its character. It guides how the brand speaks, looks and behaves, and should be consistent across all communications. Below are some tips for winning with brand character...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Sports, It's Bros Before Hoes
According to the Urban Dictionary, "bro code" is defined as a set of guidelines to live between bro's. In laymen's terms, it means men put men before women. In slang terms, it means bros before hoes....
View ArticlePlease Don't Say Unpack
I guess it started when I was working at the corporate headquarters of Starbucks in Seattle. I was in a meeting and I heard someone say, "Well, okay, but I'm not sure this is accretive to the brand."...
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