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The Top 5 New Year's Resolutions for 2016 (That CEOs Never Seem to Follow)
Running a company isn't easy, yet many CEOs actually make it harder than it needs to be. They create obstacles to their success and plant the seeds of ongoing problems. Now that we are into a new year,...
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7 Questions For An Amazing 2016
Every year at around this time, for the past 6 years, I have sat down in a quiet place to plan out my upcoming year. I'm not a believer in vague resolutions, but rather, I make a list of goals for the...
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Bring Your Problems to Work
Upon first hearing this you absorbed the advice as wise and common sense. New evidence from scientific studies suggests that this supposedly sage advice handed down by executives, leaders, and HR...
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11 Steps to Launching Your Corporate Mentoring Initiative in 2016
Want to drive retention at your company? It's time to start mentoring. Over the past few months, I have been writing extensively about the business case for skills-based mentoring to retain Millennials...
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Monday Motivation: Get Organized January
It's that time of year, you are setting goals and of course, the infamous New Year's Resolutions. I don't know about you, but I have had serious issues in the past with these resolutions rarely...
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Deciding On Selling Your Car, DYI Or Dealer?
MoneyTips If you are planning to sell your car, you may be wondering whether it makes more sense to do so through a dealer or to try to sell the car yourself. There are pros and cons to each approach,...
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How Smart Managers Manipulate Employees
Recently, I wrote about how you can outsmart your evil boss. I wanted to empower you to stay calm and fight back with smarts rather than venom. For most people, quitting is not an option or the right...
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I Quit My Job A Year Ago. Here's What I've Learned.
Image: Shutterstock One year ago today, I walked into my boss' office at the company I had worked at for over a decade, and I quit. It was not a hasty decision, nor an easy one. I was leaving a senior...
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4 Trends to Watch in the Big Economic Shift from Wages to Benefits
As the year comes to a close, economists are looking ahead to next week's December jobs report--the final update on the labor market for 2015. With few year-end economic surprises and the recent Fed...
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What It Takes to Build Something Great
I love the new year. It gives us a chance to start fresh, to give us a clean slate and to reflect on the past so we can prepare for the future. This past year my company turned three and like any...
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3 ways Fempreneurs Can Invest their Money
Leaving the relative comfort of a job security to test out the uncertain waters of entrepreneurship is one of the hardest things that fempreneurs have to do when making life decisions. Fempreneurs are...
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How Important Big and Small Data Will Be in 2016
Big Data is everywhere and demand for big data expertise across a range of industries will continue to see significant growth in 2016. That's because companies are realizing that capturing and...
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The Art of Going for It
Have you ever wanted to do something memorable, something to make a difference? Life-changing? Is there an idea that you've always wanted to pursue or an adventure to embark on? Maybe you'd like some...
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Why Helping Others at Work Creates Higher Performing Teams
Although we see increasing political and cultural calls for policies that advocate self-interest; and social-political positions that ignore or deny evidence of our continuing global interdependence,...
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How to Write Both Fast and Well, Part 9: Why Clichés Are Evil
Of all the threats to good writing, the worst -- and most insidious -- is cliché: the re-use of the over-used. As Martin Amis put it:All writing is a campaign against cliché. Not just clichés of the...
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4 Steps to Building A Life Roadmap You are Proud Of
A number of people I cared deeply about died last year. That hurts in a "suck the breath out of you for months" kind of way. And it ends up that you know the feeling too -- because many friends and...
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'The Big Short': A Big Wake-Up Call
Photo courtesy of Flickr. I agree with the glowing reviews of The Big Short. The film does a wonderful job of exposing the mendacity of the financial industry and the role it played in almost causing a...
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Online Dating is Dead. Long Live Online Dating
Last summer, a number of people forwarded me the Vanity Fair article about Tinder and the "Dating Apocalypse," a think piece loaded with dire predictions for the future of online dating culture. Then...
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The Only Number You Need to Track in 2016
Personal finance has never been more complicated. The typical family has to make a host of decisions ranging from retirement investing to paying down debt to buying insurance. And that says nothing of...
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Can You Afford a Career Change?
Admit it. You've fantasized about turning in your letter of resignation no less than 100 times -- and that's just this month. You spend each lunch hour staring longingly out the window of your...
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