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Must knows of a social media marketing plan

There are a lot of very capable professionals out there who don’t get the business their skills deserve because they can’t apply the rudiments of strategic marketing to their social media operations. Luckily, as business issues go, strategic marketing over social media is a relatively simple concept to get a grip on. Define Your Core […]

Balancing dreams and reality in business

There’s a huge difference between innovative thinking and fantasy. Entrepreneurs need the rare ability to balance their dreams and creativity with the limitations of the market and human capability. If you can’t do this, you’re better off writing science fiction than launching a business. This requires obsessive attention to detail. Absolutely no aspect of your […]

5 talent management principles

Talent Management is a relatively new field, and exemplifies one of the shifts in thinking happening in the modern economy. Before the downsizing of the 1980’s, executives largely ignored the concept, focusing more on manpower planning, largely as a statistical measure of supply and demand. As the service economy began to replace the old industrial […]

3 life lessons from The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory contains a lot of lessons – although most of them are about astrophysics and computers. Between the comedy and geekiness, The Big Bang Theory also contains some really great life lessons. Here are a few: 1. There is someone for everyone – whether romantically or as a best friend. Sheldon seems […]

The one thing great companies do

Change will always be an intimidating idea for certain companies. It requires a refocusing of attention, a slightly higher risk, and a good amount of time and energy. However, it is also essential. Furthermore, when that change is towards something as beneficial and logical as company happiness, then the decision should be simple. Unfortunately, that […]

10 Best Business Schools in UK

The market has grown considerably as the MBA became more and more entrenched in international hiring policies, with the many of the UK’s prestigious public sector research universities boasting equally strong sister institutions of business education. Thus the country boasts considerable pedigree in the realm of business education, and attracts a lot of students from […]

Open-mindedness fosters creativity

Nobody wants to admit to being close minded; it has a certain stigma to it. Open-mindedness is important for creativity and generating new ideas. Even if you already are open-minded, in life it’s easy to surround yourself with the same ideas and beliefs, and limiting your exposure to other ideas can create a sort of […]

How to improve your reputation

We’ve all heard it said that actions speak louder than words and this is especially true when focussing on building a reputation as a cool modern business leader. When we want others to recognize something in ourselves that we believe to be true, in is a natural instinct to want to boast: to tell everyone […]

5 Principles of Action Planning

Bryan Radtke, Vice President of Business Innovations at Rockfish, dedicated an entire blog to describing the five principles he’s been applying in making the most of every action planning and which can, in my opinion, improve anyone’s strategy for success: 1. Ensure your work plan enhances the work of those around you: This seems like […]

The Secrets of Your Brain

The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe. (Michio Kaku) The human mind is probably the most complex system we have been blessed with. It is also the main regulator of our happiness and success. […]