Under new CEO Nadella, Microsoft seems to be making up for lost ground amongst its many supporters. Along the way they hope to build up some new, and perhaps regain some old, fans. How are they doing this? By opening up their most popular suite, Microsoft Office, for free on iOS devices. This will surely […]
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If you are laying stress on your employees, than new research says that it’s going to backfire. Why do we typically place that stress on them? We think it will motivate them to move faster, work harder, dig deeper. But in fact, just the opposite seems to be happening. Instead of striving to do a
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Is there a link between physical fitness and one’s ability to lead? Recent research says absolutely yes! Read more today and find out about a possible missing component to your own leadership.
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Venturebeat brings us a rare look at the genius of Steve Jobs, both in pictures and anecdotes. Though Jobs has been gone now for a few years, his influence is still felt and known by so many. Take a look today and be reminded of how pioneering he was in the industry, and how he
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Ever lead a board meeting, and as you are reading off of a memo or email you come across a word that you are not quite sure how to pronounce? We’ve all been there before. We look at that word, and we make the best of it. Sometimes it’s a bit rough, other times we
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Companies can oftentimes use a “refresh” to get themselves moving in the right direction; just take a look at Nadella’s leadership of Microsoft since Ballmer stepped down. Well, a refresh doesn’t always mean that the CEO must step down; refreshing key positions of leadership around you may be just the amount of refresh your company needs. Find out more today.
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The millenials are about to enter the workforce. Kids born in and right before the turn of the century will soon be entering your place of business. Are you ready for them. Do you understand their needs, wants and vision. How will they be integral to your business, and how might they be a connecting
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I don’t know about you, but I love reading. I especially love reading the books that helped shape the people I admire. I look for inspiration in what inspired them. Today we have a great post on the reading list of various industry leaders, CEOs, and visionaries. If you were ever interested what was on
Too often today, people mistake popularity with having authority. The two couldn’t be further from one another. Learn today how to gain true authority and use it for the sake of your business.
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The leader, CEO, owner of a business is the figure head of the company. And as such, he or she must be a visionary leader. Without vision, the company will be like a ship without a rudder, which we all know will eventually be lost at sea. How does one avoid such a disaster? By
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Leading your team is a 24 hour, 7 days a week practice. As a CEO and industry shaper, you don’t always have the luxury of taking the time to yourself to enjoy the day. That’s not to say that everything is all work and no play. But rather, one area in which you definitely get
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What does military training and leading a business have to do with one another? Well, everything as you learn to utilize these 3 skills in your everyday life. Even if you don’t have a military background (as I do not), the wealth of knowledge and suggestions here are extraordinary.
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Great article today on 6 tips for harnessing your creative talents and mind for the sake of your business. Alex Shlaferman is a 21 year-old self-made millionaire who shares with us his tips for utilizing creativity in your business practices and leadership. He gives us tips that get our minds going and thinking, without having to
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I’m sure as a busy CEO and business leader that you have a desk much like mine…with a stack of memos, portfolios, and files strewn all over the place. It can be hard to find something…anything most of the time. And I’m sure you have done the whole straighten up the desk thing…well, we are
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As a CEO your job is to build the best team possible…surround yourself with visionaries, workers, and utility people. Being the CEO doesn’t mean you have to be the smartest nor hardest working person in the room. Being the CEO means you know how to gather such people and harness their abilities for your company. Learn how to do that today!
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What does failure teach us? It teaches us, in the words of Bruce Wayne’s father, “How to get back up again.” Failure is an important and relevant aspect of any and every leaders life. In essence, if one has not tasted nor experienced failure, then one does not qualify to call themselves a leader. Why?
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Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft, sure set off a firestorm a number of weeks ago regarding his views towards women and asking for pay raises. These comments set off a storm of debate online, on TV and in the printed press. As a CEO today how ought we to handle gender issues? Is there an
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Can you smell what the Rock has been successfully cooking?!? Get a taste of it today as he shares 6 tips for success in life…and soon enough you’ll be cooking up your own batch!
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How do you take that conversation, you know the one…the one with the potential client; how do you take that conversation from a general introduction to a sealed deal? We have a great article for you today that might just help with that. It gives 4 ways to go from just talking to working together.
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Sounds like some hefty words there, doesn’t it? What is the DNA helix code? Essentially it is a map of the DNA within a person’s body. It shows where things are, how they branch off from one another, and what they lead to. This structure, when taken in its totality, makes up a human being.
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Google is driving towards the future as 2015 approaches. They have their smart cars on the horizon, possibly personalized search engine results, and they are always pushing the envelope of mobile software development. Where are you going as a business leader? Are you pushing towards the future and driving your identity? Find out how to today through the use of panel members and discussion…trust me, it will make for an interesting conversation.
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You know that feeling, the end of the fiscal year is approaching, or for some…the end of the calendar year approaches and suddenly eyes, heads, ears turn to the annual strategy report process. You know that feeling well…where are we going next year? How will we meet these objectives? What’s our vision, goal, mission, our
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Reports are coming today that the Federal Trade Commission is suing ATT for misleading customers with their claims of “unlimited” data for smart phones. Turns out that the cell phone provider giant is being accused of “throttling” back customers who have a higher tendency of using their data connections. Essentially, throttling a customer’s data speed
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Dunkin Donuts finds themselves in the unfortunate business of trying to catch up with the cronut craze this coming week. They’re about a year too late, and the industry was passing them by. Have you been watching the trends of your own industry, or are you in danger of being passed by?
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Apple’s Pay program started this past Monday, and updates have been rolling out to the ios platform. Reports are now coming that both American Express and Visa have embraced the pay program and are enthusiastically pushing it to their customers. Is this a sign of the future and where pay programs and the wallet are
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A great article today on 5 things you can do to get your business off the ground and running even when money is an issue or non-existent. What are these 5 magical things? Well, they all deal with you. You see, at the end of the day you are your very best asset. What does
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Cyberhacking is a real problem in our 21st century technological age. In the past year alone we have heard of major corporations as well as retailers becoming victims of all sorts of theft. Such theft can range from the theft of credit card information to more personal and problematic information like social security numbers. In
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One of the biggest issues we deal with in leadership is the issue of workflow. We are constantly on the move, thinking of new ideas and places to take our businesses. With so many thoughts and ideas crowding our day, it can be hard some times to actually get some work done. But we can’t
Intellectual property is the future, and the future is here according to this new article. We all have ideas…we deal in them every single day. Whether it be a diagram or a simple sketch on a cocktail napkin…we are a thinking people. Now, what we need to do is own those thoughts so nobody else
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And just like that, there are problems cropping up. What are we talking about? Apple Pay. Reportedly there have been a number of duplicate payments being recorded. This doesn’t bode well for the Apple corp. Now, no one expects a launch like this to go off without a few hitches. But this is a little
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Getting in front of clients to pitch is everything these days. And with so many companies doing their best to do just that, well…it can be hard. Here to help today is an article on 3 things to do to get in front of new and potential clients. It’s helpful in its brevity and its
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In a surprising press release, McDonald’s has announced that in the midst of sliding sales it is going to do its best to revamp business by emphasizing a “you have it your way” style of menu. This sounds very reminiscent of Burger King. This menu was outlined by the CEO of the company and is
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The World Series is underway and all eyes are on the little engine that could: The Kansas City Royals. They have been off to a great post-season start, playing flawlessly and building momentum as they go. Because of this, all eyes have been turning to them to see if they might just do the seemingly
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Qantas Airlines is doing what many a business traveler has longed for for so many years: Gate to gate reclining business class airline seats which will allow flyers to sleep from the moment they get on the plane. For years federal regulations have prevented airlines from letting passengers recline fully at the moment they board
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CEO of Yahoo!, Marissa Mayer, has maintained an open dialogue with her investors since she came onboard in 2012. Now that dialogue is being put to the test as she is set to address concerns regarding taxes surrounding the Alibaba IPO last month. This deal, reportedly netting Yahoo! 9 billion, will see that number drastically
…amidst last week’s words from the Microsoft CEO that women should remain quiet when considering a raise, a new article was released today regarding women and their ability as decision-makers. A new report has determined that when under due stress, women on the whole make better decisions than men. Two separate studies, one conducted at
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Sometimes, we just need to hear that one word or sentence or phrase of encouragement again. Perhaps we’ver heard it countless of times before. But now, now where we find ourselves is in a place where such words would resonate within us. Perhaps it’s because we’re struggling with our start-up. It’s not going so well
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And why in the world would that concern you? As a leader, a CEO, you no doubt want to create an environment where people not only enjoy working, but find in that workplace a source of creativity. One easy way to provide a source of creativity is to surround it with the personal and inspirational.
So says Simon Constable in this interview with Brian Fitzgerald, the tech editor at the Wall Street Journal. Watch the clip below: This statement that Constable makes at the end of the interview is incredibly insightful. In it you find all that is right with Apple and why they are such a giant and
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This past week banker’s from Morgan, Stanley, Chase met with young, prospective bankers to hold a seminar on the banking life. There were many laughs, a few anecdotal stories, and a warning… “There are a lot of people who could have been up here with us talking today, but they made bad decisions, and they’re
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So you’re the new kid on the block…the new CEO. What are you going to do as you are stepping in to fill the shoes of your predecessor? Perhaps you are filling those shoes for a great reason: The CEO has run his course, retired and the Board is now passing the reins to you.
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News coming that Samsung has discovered a way to copy a 1gb movie file in approximately 3 seconds. This is an unprecedented breakthrough, with a bit of interesting timing. You see, it’s been a while since Samsung’s name has been in the news. In fact, all we have heard about recently are the various new
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A fascinating read on the gap between CEO pay and your average worker. In it researchers have noted the huge discrepancy between CEO and worker, and the effect this has on the overall workplace. Part of their findings: The actual CEO-to-worker compensation ratio at US-based companies in the Fortune 500 is 354. That’s right: On
Interesting clip today to view from Lane Bryant CEO who reacts to a discussion given at Microsoft.com where women were told to wait for their raises. The Lane Bryant CEO says absolutely not. According to her, this is not a time nor age where women ought to wait for things to be handed to them.
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The popular resume building website and social media connector, LinkedIn, has been hit with a lawsuit. A class-action lawsuit in California accuses the social networkLinkedIn of violating federal consumer protection laws by selling users’ employment history to potential employers without their consent. This is an interesting lawsuit because from one side, it is a helpful
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McDonald’s has a new campaign online hoping to answer questions from consumers, from the internet, and even from a mythbuster! In the video, Grant Imahara goes to the production plant in Cargill to watch the process of making beef patties for McDonald’s hamburgers. Watch below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXgSnUmhdws&src_vid=UaJUq1ncCRo&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_3773089681 This is an ingenious manner of marketing that does 2
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What a great, inspiring video for us to watch today on innovation in management and leadership. Gary Hamel presents to us the single most important invention of the last 100 years is the invention of management! Now, we don’t think of management in this sense, but…it was something that did not formerly exist that now
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Can CEOs learn a thing or two from upstart, young entrepreneurs? Well, according to an article from Chief Executive, yes…absolutely. This article in fact advocates 5 different things CEOs can learn today and put into motion quickly to get their company moving on the cutting edge. What would be some of this advice? Owens [author
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The Long Con. The Long Game. Strategizing and Planning. In our day and age we are not very prone to such things. We are looking for the quick return, the most bang for the buck. But failing to see the long game and planning appropriately will have drastic side effects on our business endeavors. How
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Management Xchange recently held a challenge on new innovations regarding capitalism. Winners have been announced, and its worth checking out. Capitalism is the very core of our existence in commerce and leadership. And to rethink what it is, how it integrates into the very core of our company, what we are working towards and pushing
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