John Chisholm, CEO, John Chisholm Ventures Starting a new venture demands every resource and advantage you can bring to bear to increase its likelihood of success—from a new career endeavor to a new business opportunity. One of those key resources is your mind. Your mindset can easily make or break your new endeavor. This article […]
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Dave Johnson and Gale Ericksen, ITG Consultants U.S. tax codes don’t often have life-or-death consequences, but one section creates a potentially lethal vulnerability for some of America’s corporate leadership. This troublesome section deters persons who would be wise to employ executive security services from using them. For that reason, it is imperative to understand the
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Kevin McHugh, President, JKM Management Development Despite the increased awareness dedicated to emotional intelligence in leadership, many toxic behaviors continue to exist everywhere from the warehouse to the conference room. Why haven’t we seen a big change in the way executives relate to one another? Despite the many books—including Travis Bradberry’s eye-opening Emotional Intelligence 2.0, which
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Tim Brown and Dan Streeter, Co-Authors, of Old School with New Tools: The Extra 5% That Takes You to the Top of Your Sales Game and Keeps You There We have all heard it. People buy from the people they like and trust. This adage has been true since the beginning of time. Even hunters
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Maria Dykstra, Co-founder, Tredigital If you’re a CEO or company founder, there’s no doubt social media is part of your executive strategy. The hitch? There are at least four common social media myths executives stumble over in the path to digital community connection. Social: Executives on Board According to a recent study, 83% of US respondents perceived CEOs
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Marlene Chism, Author, No-Drama Leadership: How Enlightened Leaders Transform Culture in the Workplace A CEO once told me during a coaching session to discuss unusually high turnover, “We have a high accountability culture and some people just don’t like being held accountable.” One reason accountability does not work is because accountability can be used improperly:
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Jim Porçarelli, Chief Strategy Officer, Active International The media industry is undergoing a significant transformation that will substantially impact 2016. These shifts are directly influencing senior level executive priorities as they create and execute their marketing and overall business strategies. As marketers double up on their efforts to catch up with digitally savvy consumers, new advertising services
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Kim Staflund, Founder & Publisher, Polished Publishing Group According to renowned American businessman and investor, Robert Kiyosaki, an “Asset can be anything as long as it has value, produces income or appreciates, and has a ready market. Assets put money IN your pocket.” Before Kiyosaki’s popular Rich Dad Poor Dad book was published, many of
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James Hamerstone & Lindsay Musser Hough Forget the glass ceiling. The fact is: women communicate differently than men and, too often, to their own detriment. They tend to speak up less, apologize more, downplay their achievements and use less-powerful body language – all of which impact their career success. This seed is often planted in
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Ann Skeet, Director of Leadership Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University Since the story broke that VW deliberately buried emissions results in its software, plenty has been written about this case of corporate malfeasance, perhaps more than any since Enron. The Volkswagen brand crisis seems fairly straightforward to me. With
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