Feel as if there aren’t enough hours in the day? Learn how to do less and achieve more with a few simple changes to your routine. Who do you think works harder: you or an Olympic-level athlete? Most people who want to get ahead work eight to 10 hours a day, maybe more. Olympians average 4.5 hours. And how many …
An executive shares his simple, hands-on approach to leadership. Great leaders instill motivation and inspiration in their employees. Rob Friedman, Vice President of Marketing at American Airlines, has found the best way to do this is as simple as interacting with his team. Here he explains his ideas and methodologies on effective leadership tactics. Leading With a Vision “Everyone throughout …
If people in your organization (or you) aren’t taking time off for vacation, it could signal bigger problems than you realize. As peak vacation season approaches, exactly who takes vacation—and who doesn’t—may tell you a lot about the health of your overall organization. Let’s agree that such a fear is called timeoffaphobia. Symptoms may include: Large accruals of unused vacation; …
Your public speaking ability can be an asset or a liability. Asking yourself these key questions before you engage your audience can make all the difference. The biggest challenge for a newer sales team might be how they actually feel when they give presentations. Many first-time speakers want to feel confident, want to engage their audience and want to …
Have a good idea, but reluctant to share it with others? Here’s a useful checklist to help you present your ideas confidently. How often have you had a great idea that you set aside because bringing it to fruition just seemed too challenging? Whether the idea involves designing a cutting-edge app, implementing a creative new marketing campaign or drawing up …
Trust, or lack thereof, affects multiple aspects of your life, both at work and at home. Here are ways to create more trust in all your relationships. We are in a crisis. World Economic Forum leaders recently declared that our biggest crisis is not financial, but a lack of trust and confidence. We are in a trust crisis, and few …
The majority of adults in the U.S. are overweight. Forefront’s go-to fitness guru shares her thoughts with us. I recently read that a new CareerBuilder survey finds the majority of workers feel they are overweight. The results really aren’t that surprising, with 66 percent of Americans overweight or obese. Here are a few suggestions on what executives and managers can …
They range the gamut from “the bully” to the “people-pleaser,” but they’re all bad. Learn about the three types of bosses that can make life miserable. No boss is perfect. Yet some bosses really are bad and need intervention, from superiors, Human Resources (HR) or outside the company, to improve their performance and that of their team. Here are three …
Melanie Haratunian, Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Akamai Technologies, explains how a simplified organizational system made a world of difference. Editor’s Note: Melanie Haratunian was featured in issue 11 of Forefront Magazine. This post accompanies her feature story you can read here. Get Rid of Position Pigeonholes and Level Up! What do litigation, intellectual property and transaction lawyers …
The economy can be unpredictable, but you can create predictability in your organization by not accepting mediocrity. What does it take to beat the global financial crisis? Some individuals are blaming the banks, the lack of credit available or even a run of bad luck, and sure, all of those did contribute in some way to the crisis of the …
