Thinking Aloud
3 Secrets For Hiring On Wall Street Versus Silicon Valley
CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting, Eliot Burdett, advises companies to tailor their sales recruiting efforts based on nuances in each market.
4 Questions Experts Should Be Able To Answer Without Thinking
Experts who have built a platform around their expertise are ready to talk about these things at the drop of a hat. If you’re building your own platform as an expert or have a big idea you’re looking to launch in the not too distant future, Scott James - the manager of brand strategy at Greenleaf Book Group - says you can test yourself on where you’re at with these questions.
All Moms Are Leading Women: A Mother’s Day Celebration Of Leadership Traits They...
If you're a mom, your kids have done more than steal your heart, make you laugh, and (occasionally) drive you crazy. They've also brought out your inner leader. Just in time for Mother's Day, Dr. Nancy D. O'Reilly looks at seven leadership traits moms possess naturally, and how they manifest in business as well as in the business of mothering.
Top Three Legal Issues Affecting Small Businesses
Most small businesses generally encounter very similar legal issues on a regular basis. There are steps every business can take to avoid these pitfalls, and in turn, save money and the headache of legal problems later. Yasir Billoo, a partner at Golden & Grimes LLP, highlights the top 3 pitfalls he regularly sees in his practice.
SMEs Are Riding Global Wave of eCommerce – But Logistics Concerns See Many Swimming...
Governments can help e-commerce grow by updating “pre-Internet” trade policies, says Karen Reddington, president, FedEx Asia Pacific.
Floating On A Cloud: Small Business
For many small businesses, there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to effectively perform all of the necessary tasks. A cloud-based time management solution can help redress the balance of people against what needs to done by helping personnel put their time to more efficient use, says Dr. Lynne Williams, faculty member in the MSIT program at Kaplan University.
19 Little Ways To Weave Stronger, Richer, Deeper Bonds With Friends And Colleagues
Too many of us have let crushing schedules and convenient high-tech substitutes for talking rob us of the deep, fulfilling human connections we crave. Dr. Nancy D. O'Reilly says it's time to rediscover the joy of real relationships. Here's how.
Internet Of Things Will Reshape Global Trade
New innovations offer disruptive possibilities for the future of global trade. It’s easy to hypothesize that Star Trek-style teleportation, drones, 3-D printing, and space logistics, will change trading. But the biggest shift to the supply chain will see it digitally connected and becoming part of the Internet of Things, predicts Dr. Karen Reddington, President of FedEx Express, South Pacific.
Making The Case For Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs
A number of Baby Boomers are choosing a more entrepreneurial path, choosing to launch small businesses. As a startup founder, Rudy Simondi, founder of FLIPS proposes a few reasons why Boomers are, in fact, top candidates to launch startup companies.
Women, This Is Our Time: Six Ways To Take Your Power Up A Notch
Often, we allow our circumstances, routines, and self-imposed obligations to become barriers between ourselves and our dreams. Here Dr. Nancy D. O'Reilly, the coauthor of "Leading Women", offers insight into how you can reconnect with your power and create a more satisfying life.
Social Media — For Those Who’ve Been Left Behind
If your small business isn’t already established on social media, you could be as much as a decade behind some of your competitors. Chad Hill, CEO of HubShout shares some basics so you don’t waste time floundering and making rookie mistakes.
Six Ways Retailers Can Perform Spring Cleaning
Retailers can greatly benefit from spring cleaning - “Out with the old, and in with the new” - ensuring they shift their offerings to provide their customers something new while addressing consumers’ needs for the upcoming season as well. Nikole Haiar, Director of Marketing at Hostway Services, Inc. shares some ways to do so.
Why ‘Leading Women’ Are Better for Congress
Women in Congress are getting things done, says a new study. Dr. Nancy D. O'Reilly explains why women in Congress are so effective at making progress together and on their own.
Fear Factory: Five Signs You May Be Letting Fear Drive Your Leadership
Yes, it's smart to keep an eye on problems and pitfalls that might lie ahead for your business. But when awareness crosses the line into fear, your ability to lead — and your organization's ability to execute its strategy — suffers. Here, Daniel F. Prosser reveals five signs that you might be letting fear stifle your leadership.
“Belligerently Benign” Is Not An Oxymoron
While the history of belligerence is loaded with negativity the world would be a worse place if it were not for those few individuals and businesses who belligerently fought against the tide to achieve because they believed in better, argues Dr Geoff Crook, co-author of "The Dream Cafe: Lessons in the Art of Radical Innovation".
How To Sell Your Ecommerce Business For Maximum Value
You’ve spent a ton of time and money into developing a profitable ecommerce business, and you’ve decided it’s time to sell. Do you know what to do to ensure that you get the best possible price for your business? Jack Purtle, CEO of Digital Exits, explores.
The Parenting Of Corporate America (Or Tips On When And How To Say “No”...
Veteran project manager and PMO director Russell Harley says that project managers - who actually deal with the "real world" on a regular basis - unfortunately have to be the parents to those executives who no longer understand how reality functions. By saying no.
Four Money-Saving Tips To Extend The Life Of Your Company’s Computers
When it comes to your business’ technology, it can be overwhelming to know whether you are using the most efficient tools and devices. Brad Harding, a tech guru at Crucial.com, offers some tech tips can help you save money while offering optimal computer performance.
3 Ways Technology Is Changing Small Business Lending
The Internet has helped change the banking landscape remarkably, and consumers can now conduct a wide variety of bank-related transactions from the comfort of their computers, tablets and mobile devices. Jake Dacillo, Marketing Director, Balboa Capital looks at three ways technology has changed business lending.
Lenovo Starts To Play In The “Things” Market: TBR
The Internet of Things offers device vendors like Lenovo the opportunity to diversify their consumer portfolios, increase revenue and profits, and establish deeper relationships with customers, argues Ezra Gottheil, principal analyst at Technology Business Research.
The Battle Between Baby Boomers And Millennials
Instead of seeing Millennials as risky hires, employers should start looking at what they can bring to your business, says Rob Wilson, CEO of Employco USA.
10 Crowdfunding Tips & Tricks: WePay
There is plenty to be done on the front end to create a successful crowdfunding campaign in the public eye. Bill Clerico, CEO and co-founder of WePay shares some things he's seen that work.
Solving The Chicken And Egg Equation In A Marketplace Business
A classic chicken and egg problem hits every other business that intermediates between two categories of people, explains Jay Barnett, founder of Priority Pickup.
How To Motivate Your Employees To Save On Business Travel
Dan Ruch, founder and CEO of Rocketrip believes that consciously affecting positive change on a company's travel culture will help save more money and make employees happier. He offers these five steps to motivate cost-conscious travel.
Crowdsourcing Your Next Design Project From Designhill
When it comes to crowdsourcing marketplaces, consider Designhill, one of the world’s largest and most reliable custom design crowdsourcing marketplaces.
It May Be An Open Book, But The EU Ain’t On The Best-Seller List
More and more small businesses are, out of necessity, looking outwards, particularly to EU and other countries within Europe. According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which has more than 200,000 members, around a quarter already export there, a figure which is expected to grow.
Saving Universities From Extinction No Easy Task
Universities are as outmoded as buggy whips. David E. Goldberg, founder of ThreeJoy Associates, Inc. and co-author of "A Whole New Engineer" looks at some controversial ideas on why universities are so dysfunctional, and also some recommendations regarding how universities can adapt, survive and thrive.
The Great Cross-Border Opportunity
Cross-border e-commerce has its roots in consumer desire for better deals and an increasingly array of items, and represents a huge opportunity for businesses, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), says Dr. Karen Reddington, President of FedEx Express, South Pacific.
Ten Conversations That Are Undermining Your Strategy And Killing Performance
Is what your employees are saying more damaging than what they are (or aren't) doing? Yes, says Dan Prosser. He explains how damaging conversations can kill performance and sink your organization.
Marketers Focus More Attention on Mobile Gaming
Today mobile gaming isn’t just for the anti-social, it’s for everyone. And that’s not just triggering a shift in social order, it’s also changing the tides in marketing – specifically demanding that marketers and manufacturers pay attention to the fast-growing demographic of the mobile gamer, says Jessica Oaks.