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How to Manage a Multigenerational Workforce and Not Go Totally Insane
Multigenerational management refers to managing the four generations of employees that are now entering the workforce and one-size does not fit all. Each group is uniquely individual. Today's...
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What Is Quality Worth to You? Is you business a Mercedes?
Imagine that your business is a car. Which model is it? Is the engine well-tuned, the driving experience comfortable, is it made as well and are the components guaranteed to last for years? Can you...
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Do You Know Your Why?
In his famous TED Talk, 'Start With Why', Simon Sinek puts it perfectly that, people don't buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it. "Yes, but what if I don't know my 'WHY'?" This is a question I am...
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Lifelong Learning: An Essential Ingredient for Entrepreneurs Eyeing Business...
In my first career as a registered nurse (RN), taking additional courses following graduation was expected. Plus, it was important. Let's face it--who wants an RN unfamiliar with the latest heart...
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Is There a Science Behind Reality Distortion Fields?
The Reality Distortion Field - Steve Jobs had it, Elon Musk seems to have inherited it from him. And in retrospect, I'm a hundred percent sure my first girlfriend had it too. Originally coined by Bud...
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How to Identify and Eliminate the Sources of Conflict (7.2)
"Most parents hate to experience conflict, are deeply troubled when it occurs, and are quite confused about how to handle it constructively. Actually, it would be a rare relationship if over a period...
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How to Be a Career-Loving Parent
In her insanely popular book, Lean In, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg relays the story of how Caroline O'Connor reconciled her love of work and love of parenting to design a balanced life. Former...
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IBM 'Making Change Work' Report Rings Truer Than Ever After 7 Years
IBM released their report 'Making Change Work' over seven years ago. In essence, it predicted that adapting to continuous disruptive change will become a necessity for successful long term business....
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That ONE GUY aka Don't Fight Battles that Don't Matter
My monthly newsletter goes out to 6,000 friends, clients and business partners. You can't "subscribe" to it or buy it. It's my way of staying in touch with friends. For my clients, it's a benefit of...
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Are You Investing in the Workforce of the Future? Or the Workforce of Yesterday?
Six tips for building a more agile, digital-savvy workforce to compete in the IoT economy. Five years from now, the workplace as we know it won't resemble what we see today. Seventy-five percent of...
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How Employee Engagement Benefits Your Bottom Line
You've heard it time and time again. The best way to attract customers is by engaging them. What happens, though, when you engage your employees? Does this bring benefits to your bottom line? It can...
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Name It and It's Yours
You probably wouldn't order grilled Patagonian Toothfish at your favorite restaurant. That's why a wholesaler named Lee Lantz renamed it "Chilean Sea Bass" nearly 30 years ago to give it more cachet....
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Content is King, But Consumers Are King-ier
The digital paradigm shift, from the cultural perspective. By Linda Ong, CEO and Founder, TruthCo. As complicated and disruptive as digital content has been, there is a simple way to explain the...
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3 "Hidden" Services of a Shared Office
Turn-key offices. Flexible contracts. Unlimited networking opportunities. The social and financial benefits of coworking have been well documented, fueling a rapid expansion that has made Class A...
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Why Does This Baby Make You Smile?
Join me at the front of the room during a business presentation when this photo of Braelyn pops up on screen and you will witness a fascinating phenomenon. Leaders in the room have no idea who Braelyn...
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Fighting China's Environmental War One Building at a Time
As China's President Xi Jinping prepares for his visit to the United States, pressure is mounting on both sides to identify potential areas of cooperation amid ongoing contention. Yet, intractable...
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Building a New Global Higher Education Model
Recent history is littered with examples of multinational corporations meeting spectacular failure on the international stage. Too often, cultural misunderstandings of other nations' customer bases or...
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Programmatic Advertising: Lessons Learned from First Movers
By Barbara Manley, Director, PwC We've all heard it: The promise of programmatic advertising to improve efficiency through automation, and to improve campaign effectiveness through more precise...
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He's Ready to Throw His Windows 10 Upgrade Out The Window
Ross Jones's Windows 10 upgrade goes wrong and now Microsoft wants him to pay $499 to fix it. Is that right?Question: I recently upgraded my computer to Windows 10. After that, my Microsoft Outlook...
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Faltering Thursday -- Fearing Fed's Forthcoming Failure
I'm not going to talk about the Fed. I already told you last week what the announcement would be and, in our Option Opportunities Portfolio over at Seeking Alpha, our outlook on the Fed combined with...
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