Are you aware of the little ways you damage your reputation and your business? Here's how to maintain your self-respect and that of others. I'm sure you have either heard or said at one time or another the phrase, "Do as I say, not as I do." The phrase is so overused, in fact, that people generally consider it to be clich
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Feed SubscriptionThank Your Employees in Just 8 Words
Genuine appreciation goes a long way. Here's a guide to get the most out of a brief note, no matter who you're thanking. The other day I was given the challenge to recognize 30 people by writing each one of them a note, which got me thinking about the amazing implications of recognizing employee's contributions
Read More »The Best (and Hardest) Way to Start a Company
How to live the entrepreneurial dream while minimizing your risks and maximizing your success.
Read More »Great Entrepreneurs Pick the Companies They Love
It takes one to know one. So we asked a range of successful entrepreneurs to name the companies they admire most and why. If it takes one to know one, who better to know great companies than entrepreneurs who have started great companies?
Read More »Perfecting the Business of Brainstorming
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week, Spigit, helps companies curate employee ideas and feedback to create a better product or service. As applications for the 2012 Inc.
Read More »Customer Problems Are Your Opportunities
Don't ignore your customers' headaches. Here's how you can use them to boost business.
Read More »11 Ways to Grow Sales With LinkedIn
Think you know all there is to know about LinkedIn? Even expert users can squeeze out more productivity and sales with LinkedIns ready-made tools
Read More »How To Get From A Great Idea To Actual Innovation
There's a tendency for all of us to glorify the ideation process when in fact it's the reduction to practice that's perhaps more important, says Stephen Hoover, CEO of PARC, a Xerox company. What's the formula for moving from a great idea to actual implementation?
Read More »4 Steps to Closing the Deal
Do you have a high-stakes RFP? If so, its important to follow a systematic approach to identify how you can best add value for your customer. We’ve been leading an effort to help one of our clients choose a long-term strategic partner to jointly build a business in the healthcare sector.
Read More »Worksheet: Selling Your Business
Youve decided to sell your business.
Read More »Forget "Mad Men"–Now Is The Golden Era For Advertising
Oftentimes when people ask me what I do for a living and I tell them I work in advertising, they ask, “Don’t you wish you got to be an ad man in the golden era, like on Mad Men?” I usually smile and respond with “What makes you think the golden era was 40 years ago? We are living in the golden era right now--the most exciting and unpredictable time in marketing history." We are witnessing a complete social transformation. The entire industry has been flipped on its head
Read More »6 Ways to Measure the Success of Any Project
Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently? Make sure your team understands what success should look like. If you run a project-based business like mine , you know that there are any number of things that can get between you and the successful end of the project: budget, bureaucracy, poor team dynamics, just to name a few.
Read More »6 Ways to Measure the Success of Any Project
Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently?
Read More »6 Ways to Measure the Success of Any Project
Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently? Make sure your team understands what success should look like. If you run a project-based business like mine , you know that there are any number of things that can get between you and the successful end of the project: budget, bureaucracy, poor team dynamics, just to name a few
Read More »6 Ways to Measure the Success of Any Project
Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently? Make sure your team understands what success should look like. If you run a project-based business like mine , you know that there are any number of things that can get between you and the successful end of the project: budget, bureaucracy, poor team dynamics, just to name a few
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