The Traits Of Great Business Leaders Are the best business leaders "naturals" or are they products of their experiences? This has been debated for centuries, and I could argue either side with gusto. In an article in Inc., Logan Chierotti writes: "estimates suggest that 30%-60% of leadership is heritable." That leaves a big role for […]
Celebrate Your Success And Make It A Habit It's easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of everyday life and forget to take a moment to celebrate success. Whether it's a big deal or something small, taking time out of your day to recognize your accomplishments helps you feel more productive, motivated, and […]
Making Your Personal Brand Work For You A brand, in essence, is a type of product or individual that operates under a particular name or identification. A brand is also a way to identify to whom a product may belong to, or where its story originates from, and who is the author of it. We […]
Four Leadership Styles In Business Having the right leader is crucial to a company's success. But figuring out just who that is depends on what the business looks like at the time. Robert Jordan and Olivia Wagner have spent years finding leaders to helm companies at critical junctures as co-founders of interim executive search firm […]
How To Make Your Career Recession-Proof The recession has been hitting us hard in the past couple of months. Major employers in the U.S., such as Walmart, Amazon and FedEx, have announced a slowdown or freeze of hiring. In the U.K., while jobs continue to be available, workers are seeing a record fall in regular […]
Question Your Successes As Much As Your Failures We are rapidly approaching the three-year anniversary of the start of the pandemic. Anybody running a business during this period has experienced the stomach-churning ride of this roller-coaster economy-the freefall at the outset, followed by surging demand, and now, with the war in Ukraine, the likelihood of […]
Feeling Stuck? 5 Ways To Clear Your Mind You can be in flow one day and out the next. While earning my doctorate, I worked full-time while running a business and engaging in a dysfunctional marriage. I had committed to doing everything I had set out to do with no consideration for the impact of […]
Mentoring Matters - What, Exactly, Does It Entail? How often have you heard the terms mentor, mentoring, or mentorship? These words are bandied about the workplace and academia with a vague sense that they matter-and indeed mentoring does-but without a clear sense of what's involved. The reason is that there is very little research being […]
8 Ways Coaching Can Change Your Life If you are looking to ascend to another level personally or within your organization, you may want to consider working with a coach. But if you are unsure about how to find a coach or what to work on with a coach, here are some facts about coaching […]
Why Work Boundaries Are So Important My sister, Kelly, was on her first real vacation in over a year. She was standing on her paddleboard, gazing out over the peaceful turquoise waters off the shore of Barbados, when she heard someone yelling her name. She turned to see her sister-in-law, Kara, running down the beach, […]
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