Given the rocky economic climate of the last several years, most executives are no strangers to managing in tough times. Keeping up morale amid workforce reductions can test even the most stalwart leader. Yet, these challenges call for strong leadership. CEOs and other executives set the tone to weather the inevitable storms of the business cycle,
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“Failure is success in progress.” Albert Einstein We spend much of our lives trying to avoid failure. We study in school, wear protective gear when playing sports, and try to make the best, most informed decisions when it comes to our careers. We are wired to avoid pain, and failure is painful. Yet the irony
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A recent study of Harvard Business School alumni revealed interesting insight into the workplace gender gap. Divergent expectations among men and women may be partly to blame for the dearth of female executives.
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Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill Happy and engaged workers can support the success of a company and motivating employees is a key tenet of engagement. Yet, motivation is also a murky area and hard to gauge. Advice often runs the gamut of compensation to mentoring. While
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As marketing shifts away from the traditional branding and pushing of products to the business of customer relationships, so, too, will the role that spearheads it in every firm. CMOs today are engaging with customers through social media and building trust with a sophisticated consumer base. Let’s take a look at some new challenges facing
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Making effective organizational changes can be difficult. However, with change the only constant in a global economy, evolving business practices are a necessity. According to an article in Harvard Business Review, two out of three transformation initiatives fail. How can executives make these transitions smoother and more successful? “Soft vs. Hard” Factors Many organizations want
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Introverts are getting a lot of positive press lately, likely due to Susan Cain’s bestseller, Quiet: The Power of Introverts. In the book, Cain extols the oft-overlooked virtues of introverts in society. She posits that we have engendered a “cult of personality” that benefits the extroverted among us. However, successful leadership comes in many personality
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“Let me tell you a story.” Man is a storytelling animal. More than an illustrative example or amusing anecdote, stories are both human and universal, cutting across time, geography, and culture. Humans have been telling stories for thousands of years. Now, with “storytelling” the latest buzzword in business, what does it mean to leverage the
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Social media has permeated business culture and is now considered an integral part of marketing. However, 60% of executives use social media less than one hour per week, and the network they are likely to use is LinkedIn. An even more disheartening survey by IBM found that only 16% of CEOs use social media. Why
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