Saturday, April 30, 2016

6 Leadership Lessons From The Presidential Primaries



As one of the most unconventional U.S. presidential primary seasons in recent memory, the candidates on the stage couldn’t be more different. However, the race to secure their respective parties’ nominations holds some important lessons for business leaders. Here are the key takeaways.

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4 ways to make your employees work harder



The best advice I can offer someone moving into a management position for the first time is to listen.

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Bono: I Will Follow



“Why isn’t everyone proclaiming this to the hills? Isn’t this big news?” Bono, lead singer of the Irish band U2, is working the crowd.

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50 Best Workplaces for Flexibility



Companies on the 50 Best Workplaces for Flexibility list offer supportive programs and policies—and have created cultures where employees make great use of them because their leaders implicitly trust their people to do so.

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9 Ways Great Leaders Demonstrate Real Authenticity



Wouldn't it be wonderful to live a truly authentic life? To have the respect of your family and co-workers, to be well liked, to be trusted by all, to make your workplace and home a better place to be, and maybe even leave the world a better place when you are no longer here? Lucky for us, becoming

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Friday, April 29, 2016

6 Foolproof Ways to Start a Networking Conversation With Absolutely Anyone



You're at a conference, a cocktail party, or even an airport departure area. You see someone across the room who could be a potential employer, customer, mentor, connection to other opportunities, or source of valuable information. You need to find a way to talk to whoever it is. What do you do?

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

These 4 Questions Will Drastically Improve the Way You Lead



As Bill Gates himself says: Everybody needs a coach. Professional sports are a great example. These elite athletes are literally the best in the world at what they do--but they still need guidance to reach their full potential.

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Facebook Reports Stronger-Than-Expected First Quarter Results



MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP)--Facebook posted stronger-than-expected results for its first quarter, helped by a growing number of users and higher advertising revenue, especially on mobile devices. The social media giant on Wednesday reported earnings of $1.

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The Secret Ratio Great Leaders Use To Evaluate Talent



How do you go about evaluating the talent in your organization? There are obviously many different performance metrics you can look at. But sometimes an employee's verbal skill and presence can cause you to overlook their real impact.

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7 Leadership Tricks You Can Learn From Superheroes



Superheroes aren't just men and women who strut around in tight clothes and fight evil villains. When it comes down to it, they're (at least part) human with real emotions and their motives can teach us a thing or two about what it means to be a good leader.

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Twitter's Biggest Need Now? CEO Jack Dorsey Says Its Talent



Twitter's users grew in the first quarter, but you'd never know there was that little piece of good news in the company's earnings report Tuesday. The company's shares sunk more than 10 percent in-after hours trading to less than $16.

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Business in the Beltway



When rocket engine and ammunition maker Alliant Techsystems disclosed last month that it would move its corporate headquarters to Northern Virginia, it became part of a trend that has already made the Old Dominion home to most of the nation’s top-twenty military contractors.

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Why leaders need to focus on how they treat employees



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It’s Time to Admit You Can’t Do It All



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What Mark Zuckerberg Taught Me About Motivation



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3 Things Coworkers Should Never See You Do



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Valeant CEO to Tell Senate Jacking Up Heart Drug Prices Was a ‘Mistake’



Outgoing Valeant Pharmaceuticals Chief Executive Michael Pearson plans to tell a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday that he regrets his decision to acquire and jack up the price of two life-saving heart drugs, saying it was all a “mistake.” The Senate committee is one of two U.S.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Quick: Define Leadership



If you don't know what your leadership is, how are you going to make it persuasive to others? Only a few people have a solid answer. Advertisement When first working with a client, I ask, “What is your definition of your leadership?” Invariably, a pause follows.

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6 Leadership Lessons Every Business Owner Must Know (or You'll Undercut Your Team and Lose Your Best Talent)



Most of us who've started our own businesses never had much in the way of formal management training. As a result, we've groped around in the dark, finding our own way to a leadership style that we use in our company.

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6 Leadership Lessons From My Podcast With Tony Robbins



Tony Robbins launched The Tony Robbins Podcast on March 30. Not surprisingly, it immediately rocketed to the top of iTunes. After all, anyone who can convince 6,000 people to walk across hot coals together--including Oprah Winfrey--can achieve just about anything.

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You're Telling Your Boss the Wrong Thing...Here's What They Want to Know



Most people think they have to show their boss great results in order to make them happy. At face value that makes sense....Except that is not the only thing your boss wants. Let's look at a few key departments for example: sales and finance.

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Marcus Lemonis on the Entrepreneur Who Inspired Him the Most [VIDEO] | Inc.com



Marcus Lemonis, star of CNBC's 'The Profit', explains why he looks up to Wayne Huizenga -- the brains behind Blockbuster Video, AutoNation, and Waste Management.

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Give employees generous boundaries.



Give employees generous boundaries.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016



Poll: Many U.S. workers prefer a male boss It appears that the “Lean In” concept, popularized by Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, still has a ways to go before being widely accepted. A Gallup poll released Tuesday show that many Americans prefer a male boss over a female boss.

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Monday, April 25, 2016

5 Leadership Lessons from Obama



No matter which side of the political fence you live on, President Obama is good at moving his agenda forward from a leadership perspective. That is the acid test of leaders: getting things done. As we celebrate Independence Day, Obama's healthcare reform has been cemented by the Supreme Court.

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Why You Need to Learn How to Speak a Leadership Vocabulary



In leadership, as in most fields, there's a specialized vocabulary. But unlike the language of most fields, the words that mean the most in leadership aren't technical jargon.

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The Most Successful Businesswomen Demand This 1 Thing



Your boss is thinking things about you he can't say--or, more accurately, won't say. Maybe he's noticed your productivity tends to go down after lunch or your weekly reports are a bit subpar. He's afraid of upsetting you, disrupting work, or causing you to think he's not a good boss.

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Saturday, April 23, 2016

9 Defining Characteristics of Successful Innovation (Infographic)



Why is it that innovation is so hard to seriously talk about in most companies? Everyone agrees that it's important.

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Friday, April 22, 2016

The Top 9 Reasons Why Your Best Employees Quit (And How to Stop Them)



No matter what industry you're in, no business owner is safe from experiencing their fair share of employee turnover. In that same vein, it seems that the reasons they're leaving are more or less the same across the board.

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Lutron President: The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Received



Ever since Joel Spira invented the first dimmer switch in 1959, Lutron Electronics has transformed the face of residential and commercial lighting systems. Its innovative products now supply light controls for many of the world’s most iconic landmarks, including New York’s Empire State Building.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

The Worlds 19 Most Disappointing Leaders



The past year or so has produced an avalanche of bungles, failures, and questionable decisions among CEOs and politicians—many so distinctive or outsize that they merit special acknowledgement.

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The Most Important Leadership Trait All Ethical Bosses Share



How's your reputation? When people run a Google search on your name or company, do you get worried? Is there anything you don't want revealed about your culture or brand? Listen, the leadership journey is not for wimps. There will be scrutiny from all sides. That's why integrity....

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10 Leadership Practices to Stop Today



You might not feel it day-to-day, but business management is in a major transition. The old days of command-and-control leadership are fading in favor of what might be better termed a trust-and-track method, in which people are not just told what to do, but why they are doing it.

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Monday, April 18, 2016

Newsletters



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THE MPW LIST



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4 Smart Lessons From CEOs Who Worked Their Way to the Top



You can learn business lessons from a book, or in a class, or from the school of hard knocks. Or you can learn from someone who started at the bottom and worked their way to the very top. Here are 4 CEOs who did just that.

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Sunday, April 17, 2016

11 Leadership Lessons You Didn’t Learn in School



There are some lessons they do not teach you in business school. Sometimes you just have to live and learn. For business leaders—even the most successful ones—leadership itself presents daily challenges with consequences that can affect many people.

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Saturday, April 16, 2016

5 Books That Will Inspire You to Never Give Up on Your Dreams



I am an avid reader. I read because there is so much incredible material out there to learn from, but I also read to stay inspired. In the same way movies and YouTube montages and podcasts inspire, books can have a tremendous impact on the way we see the world--and what we believe is "achievable.

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Friday, April 15, 2016

Here's What Happens When You Confuse Perks for Culture



Business owners who want to create a great company culture oftentimes confuse perks for culture. They think that by offering great perks, they're creating a great culture, but that's not necessarily the case. They are two very different things. Don't get me wrong, perks are great.

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This Rare Leadership Behavior Can Also Be a Game-Changer



Marcus Lemonis, star of the The Profit, swears by it. Best-selling author and researcher Dr. Brene Brown says it is "the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."

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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Home



Why do some leaders seem to soar, while others barely get off the ground? Leadership Lessons from a UPS Driver has the answers.

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10 Commitments Guaranteed to Improve Your Leadership



Leadership is a commitment to make a difference in the lives of those around you. To help leaders in any field stay on track through all the ups and downs, I've created a roadmap.

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Arianna Huffington: Donald Trump Is 'Exhibit A' of What a Severely Sleep-Deprived Person Looks Like



Gillett: Why are dreams so important, and what can we do to harness them? Huffington: We've all had very significant dreams if we remember them. But also dreams are a time when we process a lot of the emotions of the day, so that they are not left there unresolved.

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