Guest Blogger – Page 70 – The CEO Magazine

The Workplace is Key in Quest for Top Talent

Greg Matter, Vice President, JLL At this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival, the shortening of product life-cycles, funding and recruitment were identified as some of the top challenges facing tech firms and start-ups. Although the terminology may differ, these challenges are universal across industries: developing a constant stream of innovative products that provide a competitive advantage; […]

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How a SWOT Analysis Could Change Your Business Fortunes

Management, Small Business

Richard L. Weinberger, PhD, CPA As the CEO of an organization, you spend a great deal of your time deciding what future changes will be most beneficial for your company. When contemplating these major decisions, what’s your initial starting point? One effective tool is a SWOT analysis, which highlights the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

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The CEO as a Builder of Bridges

Leadership

Chip R. Bell A crowded Montgomery, AL city bus stopped at its usual spot and a middle-aged African-American woman boarded the bus. As the bus pulled away, she realized every seat was taken and was prepared to take the trip on her feet. But, something changed that stance. Three different white men in three different

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Understanding Social Media as a Real Advertising Channel

Marketing

Sean O’Neal, President, Adaptly For most CEO’s the world of social media is shrouded in mysteries that only their teenagers can fathom. But just as they learned to buy cable when it matured as a marketing channel and later learned to buy digital (both online and now, mobile and tablet), so too will competitive pressures have them

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Yoga For Your Employees

Management

Shari Sandifer, CEO, Avant Work is stressful. Between deadlines, budgets, meetings and managing different opinions and personalities, it’s easy to get buried under the day’s demands. And for individuals trying to balance their work lives with families and other responsibilities, it becomes all-to-easy to neglect one’s own mental, physical and spiritual well-being. While the expectation in

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The Business Owner’s Personal Journey – Embracing Your Aloneness

Entrepreneurship, Self Governance

David Wimer Some of the most enjoyable and creative moments as a business owner have been when I’m quiet and alone. Why? Because aloneness is a state where I can contemplate and reflect. My hectic schedule of client appointments, speaking engagements and a sundry of other business and family commitments, including deadlines for articles and

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Failing Gracefully: How to Learn From Your Mistakes to Become a Better Leader

Management

Bob Farrell, CEO, Kewill In the business world, failure is too often thought of in negative terms. But, failure is a normal, even inevitable, part of any executives’ journey. Mistakes can often be some of the best business lessons learned in disguise. Here are a few tips for how you can start thinking of mistakes

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Critical Success Factors in Going Global

Strategy

Albert Subbloie, CEO, Tangoe The last decade or so has been a major tipping point in the globalization of the business market across all technology sectors and verticals. Many factors have contributed to this, including the emergence of China as a major economic player in the world market, the introduction of the Euro, and the

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Communicate and Collaborate – Or Crumble

Management

Steve McIntosh, Chief Fan Ambassador, Fanhub Everyone seems to know the ‘secrets’ of entrepreneurship—so why are successful businesses so rare? Nearly 90 percent of businesses in the U.S. have less than 20 employees, and half of all businesses close within five years. In tech, the stats are especially grim: Henry Blodget, founder of Business Insider, calculated that only 1 in 200

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Saving “Mad Scientists”

Management

Chip R. Bell James Cameron is a “mad scientist”—and the director of the two highest grossing non-franchise movies ever made—Titanic and Avatar. Apple Computer founder and CEO Steve Jobs was a “mad scientist.” So were Ludwig Beethoven, Booker T. Washington, Henry Ford and Amelia Earhart. Yet, who could deny their gigantic contributions or their incredible

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