“be Better” Tips for Everyone
Five Tips for Building your Awesome Team
Whenever I have spoken with entrepreneurs, every one of them seemed to be troubled by similar questions when it came to building their teams. I have put together this piece by trying to answer these questions: How important is it to find the right people? It is extremely important to get the right people…
Read More8 Paradoxical Habits Of Wildly Successful People
You know what they say about opinions — everybody has one. If you want to see that truth in action, just Google “characteristics of successful people.” Some of the results will undoubtedly point to the famous Marshmallow Study at Stanford, which demonstrated that the ability to delay gratification is a key component of success. But…
Read MoreNeed A New Year’s Resolution? 10 Ideas For A Stronger Career In 2017
As we finish off one year and prepare to start the next, it’s a good time to think about how we want 2017 to be better, which for purposes of this column means a better career. Here are 10 ideas for new year’s resolutions to adopt for a stronger career in 2017: 1. I will…
Read MoreUnique Habits of Ridiculously Likeable People
by Dr. Travis Bradberry Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likeable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few—the good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly talented. It’s easy to fall prey to this misconception. When I speak to smaller audiences, I often ask them to…
Read MoreWant Happier Work In 2017? 6 Critical Questions To Ask Yourself Now
Working with professionals who want more, different and better in their lives and work, I see the same recurring patterns of self-sabotage and self-defeat – thoughts, mindsets and behaviors that keep people stuck in the same cycle of disappointment and dissatisfaction year after year. Millions of people long for their work to be less toxic,…
Read MoreFive Maps That Reveal New Truths About America’s Megaregions
It’s a fact of modern geography that traditional political maps fail to capture the real outlines of American communities. Cities and states have for some time been slowly subsumed into economic megaregions created by people choosing to live and work at greater distances. For most people commutes are dictated by Marchetti’s constant, a sturdy observation…
Read More13 Leadership Skills You Didn’t Need A Decade Ago That Are Now Essential
POST WRITTEN BY Forbes Coaches Council Top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership development & careers. Leadership skills aren’t stagnant. Different generations moving in and out of the workforce dictate changes to the ways people lead. This is one reason leaders need to be constantly updating their skills.…
Read More5 Reasons to Hire a Recruiter
Finding the right candidate for your open position is imperative in today’s economy. The cost of selecting the wrong person can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and bad hires can even negatively affect a company’s morale and productivity. At the same time, many hiring managers struggle with the recruiting process, which means bad…
Read MoreHow to Disrupt Yourself — 5 Lessons from People Who’ve Done It Themselves by: Whitney Johnson
I recently launched the Disrupt Yourself Podcast, a companion effort to my book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. In the podcast, I have conversations with fascinating people—some famous, some not—who all have in common that they are disrupting the status quo of a business or industry via the disruption of…
Read MoreIssues That May Impact Healthcare Stocks in 2017
Around this time each year, the pundits offer their “lists” of predictions or trends to watch for in the upcoming year. We all like to look at lists, mostly because they are short, sometimes fun, and on rare occasion may even turn out to be correct! More often, predictions from the pundits fail to pan…
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