The people part of business operations.
Mike Morris, CEO, Topcoder A great deal of our success at Topcoder can be attributed to strong company culture, and as CEO, building this culture is always top of mind. When Topcoder, now the world’s largest workforce marketplace for digital innovation, launched in 2001, we quickly realized culture was just as important to our success […]
Mike Agugliaro, Founder, CEO Warrior When I first started studying martial arts in my teens, it was the focus, physicality, and rigorous discipline that attracted me to it. I liked that practicing martial arts was all about harnessing my raw inner power into a devastating punch or a kick. Now, three decades later, and having just
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Piyush Patel, Author, Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work: An Enterpreneur’s Guide to Creating a Culture That Matters After almost a year of hard work and plenty of late nights, my team at Digital-Tutors launched a greatly overhauled version 2.0 of our online training platform in early 2010—about a year before Netflix made online video
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Walt Disney ignited a fire in the entertainment world that continues to burn brightly decades after his death. Perhaps no single figure has so dominated American, and indeed even global, popular culture the way Walt Disney has and still does. Each year, millions view Disney movies, visit theme parks that bear his name, watch Disney-branded
Could you be confusing that favorite story with an anecdote? Before I mention why it matters, you’re probably wondering why so many blogs and books in the last few years have urged you to learn to tell a great story. Here’s why. Stories make things stick. CEOs, entertainers, professional speakers, trainers, and leaders have learned
Phil Geldart, Founder & CEO, Eagle’s Flight When we think about what’s necessary to align an organization during a time of change, we often underestimate the importance of the executive team members throughout that journey. There is no question that they play a vital role at the outset, because they are typically the ones who
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Steven David Elliot, Chief Visionary Officer, Rockstar Connect Traditionally people think of networking as a way to meet people from their own or other industries, to pass referrals, and establish relationships. It is certainly all the above, but in the age of social media live networking events can be used for branding. In the past when you
Maxine Harris, PhD, Co-author, Lessons for Non-Profit and Start-Up Leaders Self-awareness is seen as an essential component of having healthy relationships and of achieving success in any organization. Every year, businesses of all types and sizes spend resources and what can be as much as tens of thousands of dollars (depending on the size of the
In my role at the Institute for Health and Human Potential, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting many CEO’s. Some are from small companies with 400-500 employees, and some very large companies with over 200,000 employees. The CEO’s have typically employed me as a keynote speaker to help their team develop leadership skills, so I spend
Charles E. Goslin, UNDERSTANDING PERSONAL SECURITY AND RISK: A Guide For Business Travelers The Corporate CEO is quite often compared to the captain of the ship. The CEO’s judgements and decisions rendered regarding the company’s course in business, and care for its valuable assets that move the “company ship” towards its goal should be sound and
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