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It may be time to shake things up a bit! Most staff meetings involve the use of an all too familiar agenda: 1) The leader Read More
Your first New Year’s present has arrived.
It’s a gift from our kids; a generation feverishly bent on serious change. And this Read More
Conduct a simple Google News search and compare results for “Small Business 2012 Presidential Election” with the same search for 2008. You’ll discover data that Read More
The business press is buzzing about the impending “The Fiscal Cliff”, painting a daunting picture of the tax increases slated to go into affect on Read More
I read once that “innovation is creativity realized.” I wish I could remember where I read it and who wrote this statement, but it squares Read More
A number of years ago, United Way produced a video that cleverly poked fun at itself, while at the same time making a powerful point. Read More
Small businesses have faced a complicated pricing structure in selecting health benefit plans for their employees in the wake of the passage of the 2010 Read More
How do we create more jobs? How can we fix the budget deficit? Is education meeting the needs of the 21st century workplace? How Read More
Admit it: No matter how well your business may be doing, you’re always looking for that next big sale.
But if you want that next Read More
Amidst all the Fortune firms that employ millions across our fair land, a secret exists that’s neither widely known nor broadcast to the masses. The Read More
Note**This is the first article in a series of posts about blogging for business by Marcus Sheridan of The Sales Lion (Look for the next Read More
When it comes to social media success, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. To save time, money and resources, find out who’s getting real Read More
The dramatic fall of MF Global into bankruptcy on Monday, November 1, 2011 is widely blamed on the risky trades of Jon Corzine, who had Read More
Turbulent times. The phrase conjures up a financial slowdown and a tightening credit market. But the economy doesn’t need to be in the toilet for Read More
The 20 point drop in the Vistage CEO Confidence Index this year is shocking, but not unexpected. Vistage CEOs feel that they are the victims Read More
There has been the occasional business leader whose reign has been magical (Welch and Jobs come to mind). Yet their business often fall to sustaining Read More
One of the bi-products of our caffeine crazed, media blitzed economy is that we have virtually no attention span. It is as if we have Read More
Up until the early-2000‘s, corporate boards might have rubber-stamped their approval of the CEOs strategic plan without the need for much involvement in its formulation. Read More
Everybody likes to think of themselves as a strategic thinker. From advisory board members, to CPA’s and marketing consultants, lots of people list “strategic planning” Read More
The U.S. business community is facing a war of intelligence attrition. Fortune 500s will see countless experienced knowledge workers walk out the door over the Read More
Over the past few months, I’ve come across an increasing number of reports that I’m filing under “FUD” media: stories that employ tactics of Fear Read More
The Wall Street Journal’s Sarah Needleman recently reported that during the second quarter of 2011, sales of small businesses were up and, significantly, that it’s Read More
I recently had a conversation with a CEO who was lamenting about the disparity between public company valuations and those of privately held concerns. As Read More
Every organization has a diverse group of personalities that respond differently to particular management styles. The creatives of an organization are often the group that Read More
This post serves as Part 3 of a piece that attempts to make the case that the same practices we use to avoid costly crisis Read More
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