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October 12, 2015
What is Emotional Intelligence?
What is Emotional Intelligence? While most professionals look to hard skills necessary to perform their duties successfully, many forget the soft skills required in their chosen industry. Especially in the executive world, emotional intelligence is key to moving forward in the business world Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to read, understand, and control emotions. […]
October 11, 2015
What can we learn from Sheryl Sandberg and her book ‘Lean In’
Sheryl Sandberg was just another business executive – albeit a vastly successful one – until her 2013 book, Lean In, became a business empowerment manifesto for working women everywhere. Sandberg’s path to success began in Washington, D.C. in August of 1969. In that month she was born into an upper middle class Jewish family […]
How to manage and innovate like Google and Bell Labs
In searching for the management techniques of tomorrow, it pays to look carefully at what has succeeded in the past. For sixty years of the 20th century, a single company was widely known as the most innovative in the world. That company was AT&T, and a large part of their success can be attributed to […]
October 10, 2015
“Good” career advice that just isn’t
Some of the traditional “good” career advice you hear commonly isn’t actually as good as it seems. For instance, “follow your passion” does not necessarily lead to a sustainable career. Monique Valcour wrote in a blog for the Harvard Business Review, “The ‘follow your passion’ self-help industry tends to under-emphasize this key point: all of […]
Creativity in business: the spark of creativity is essential to light the fires of change
The significance of creativity is not up for debate; it is quite simply the most powerful force of change and progress for the human race. It would therefore seem obvious that creativity should be nurtured, cultivated, embraced, and celebrated. We talk about changing the world, or making it a better place, yet they only remain […]
How to run a business like Amazon: the reputation factor
Advertising and marketing has been around for thousands of years, in some fashion, but it has grown into an impressive industry in the past century, and companies now rely on getting the word out about their company in a variety of different ways. Billions of dollars are spent every year just to make sure that […]
October 8, 2015
How to lead like Steve Jobs
One of the most important parts of modern business theory is the necessity for innovation, but there is a slightly different component that is often overlooked, the importance of adaptation. Being dedicated to pushing forward in a variety of directions is a powerful tool of finding new avenues for progress and filling gaps in the […]
Complex career paths
For a vision of what’s happening to the corporate promotion structure, consider Deloitte’s Mass Career Customization program. Beginning as a way to keep talented women productive during and after pregnancy, the program offers flexibility, allowing Deloitte employees the ability to make lateral moves. Sometimes these moves would involve a change of roles, or an increased […]
Blockbuster Case Study
Blockbuster was, at one time, the primary way America got its movies. When VHS tapes were first offered, studios sold them for sky-high prices – it the range of $75 apiece. So, video rental stores became popular because, for a fraction of the cost of purchasing a VHS, customers could rent tapes to catch up […]
How to grow confidence
The difference between an ever-hesitating individual and a confident person is that the latter accepts a new experience for what it is: a new experience with inherent unknown ground and mistakes that ultimately are just a learning tool. Knowing that as long as you give your best, you will be OK with yourself and ready […]
