Molly Fletcher, Author, The 5 Best Tools to Find Your Dream Career In today’s business world, we are more connected than ever. Yet in many ways, we’ve lost what I believe to be the real driver of business success—authentic relationships. For 15 years, I worked as a sports agent representing some of the top athletes, coaches […]
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John McGee, CEO of OptifiNow The days of the door-to-door computer salesman are gone. Instead, computers are now the ultimate sales tools for companies if they are using their technology resources properly. More than 15 million businesses and organizations are now part of Facebook. Many corporations also have company Twitter pages. In the corporate world,
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Lisa Arie, CEO, Vista Caballo Recent studies show the physical connections between the heart and the brain profoundly influence the decisions humans make. This is automatic. It is also undeniable. The more effective your heart systems are, the better the higher functions of the brain will operate. The result: more intelligent decisions and a more harmonious
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Alvin D. Jeffery and Robin L. Jarvis Acquiring new staff takes time, talent and money. That makes it extra important to retain the ones you hire. Get those new hires started on the right foot! Here are some things to remember whether you are bringing in that new Vice-President or a new software engineer: Tell
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Anne Grady, Author, 52 Strategies for Life, Love and Work With all the discussion about how to achieve work-life balance, we have overlooked a big problem with this idea: our lives are not supposed to be balanced with equal time for everything. Can you be the executive who thrives at business, the mother who volunteers at
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Joelle K. Jay, Principal, Leadership Research Institute “All I do is put out fires all day long. There’s no time for me to actually focus and do my work. It’s all just crisis management, day after day.” “I’m entirely scattered. My mind is running so fast at any one time, I just fly from one activity
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Tony DiCostanzo, President, BookPal Take any book genre today and a person is likely to find hundreds, if not thousands, of titles written on the same topic—and today’s international business marketplace is no different. Never before have so many companies offered similar products and services at the same price point, often causing consumers to feel
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Richard S. Weissman, President, The Learning Experience® During the most recent economic downturn, I learned that tough times provide unparalleled opportunities for companies to grow, and learned lessons that can catapult success in any business during any economic climate. Utilizing this information, I was able to ensure the growth of my national early childhood education franchise, The Learning
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Kathleen Hale, CEO, Rebel Desk I felt like I had made it. I was a young attorney and it was my first day of work at a big city law firm. I waited in the pristine main lobby to be escorted to my new office. The Wall Street Journal, looking as if it had been
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Joel Levitt, President, Springfield Resources We live in a world where almost any organization’s leaders want change yesterday. Our competitors are getting better faster. Our shareholders jump ship unless we produce more sales, profits, lower costs and increase their shareholder value on a quarter by quarter basis. I just attended a live meeting of a
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