A CEO’s role comprises many big-picture responsibilities not easily crossed off a to-do list. Some ways to think about productivity in the top job: 1. View delegation in terms of employee development. The most important productivity booster is delegating. But don’t just shove things off your plate; rather, consider how bestowing specific new challenges helps employees along their career paths.
Read moreAmong the best business books of 2017 are some excellent new titles by journalists; a candid, lived-it story of sex discrimination in Silicon Valley; and a big chewy book about scaling that is mind-blowing if not necessarily practical. Many new releases-including several mentioned here-make compelling reading for non-business audiences as well. Here are our picks for 2017: 1. Fifty Inventions That
Read moreSteve Jobs set extremely high expectations. He wanted things done a certain way, challenging other people to work harder, work longer, and sometimes to do more than they thought was possible. Steve Jobs had high standards. He wanted things to be done his way. But he also believed in the power of taking an unconventional path — of doing
Read moreEvery year, around this time, business leaders set goals, plan, and strategize. Nothing ever goes according to plan. Yet, if you don’t plan, you fail. You plan so you will know what to execute on and how you will grow your business. As entrepreneurs and sales leaders, you all know that taking the right action is key to
Read moreIn a McKinsey global survey, 90 percent of respondents said that building capabilities (anything an organization does well that drives meaningful business results) is a top 10 priority for their company. And clearly, they weren’t kidding. In 2012, the Association of Talent Development reported that U.S. organizations spent $164.2 billion on employee learning and development. And yet, only a third of McKinsey respondents thought their
Read moreAlmost every company in the United States has organizational change wrong. They believe “culture” is about having a list of values. Culture is not about having a list of values. Nor is leadership about charisma. The reason organizations fail at their primary task (which is delivering value and delighting customers), is because they fail to
Read moreDavid S. Rose is an entrepreneur, investor, and mentor, and the author of The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business. He’s been present at the birth of businesses for decades, and knows what makes them grow-or not. Rose shares the simple, practical things that you can do right from the start of your business that will potentially save
Read moreCulture is king at AgileThought, a Tampa-based software consulting and application development company. In fact, co-founder and CEO David Romine calls it the bedrock of the business. The key to maintaining that strong culture, Romine says, is to pick prospective clients and potential hires that fit with the firm. “If we don’t enjoy working together on a regular basis,
Read moreWe’ve all been there – you’re at a conference shaking hands and swapping business cards, meeting other professionals in your field. Everything is going great until you go to say goodbye to your new friends… and you can’t remember anyone’s name. If there’s one thing that can kill a burgeoning relationship (or even a deal) in
Read moreWhether you’re an entrepreneur getting a new business up and running or you have a job that seasonally requires working long hours for weeks on end, there are times when work-life balance must lean towards the work side of the scale. This doesn’t have to mean that your life becomes unbalanced. Finding ways to use those precious few hours devoted to ‘life’ can make
Read morePerhaps more than any year in recent memory, 2017 will be remembered as a year of constant change. From brazen cyber attacks to the #MeToo movement, it’s been an easy year to become distracted. With so many eye-catching headlines, marketers have been challenged to find ways to creatively break through the noise. As year-end approaches, it’s worth reflecting on the marketing campaigns that embraced positive risks to successfully grab
Read moreAmazon knows growth: their strategy is focused on maintaining an upward trajectory. Part of that equation means constantly attracting (and retaining) new third-party sellers to the platform. So far, they’ve been successful. Some data shows that Amazon now has more than 2 million sellers worldwide-and that as much as 40 percent of their revenue comes from these
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