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Smartphones: the Game Changer for Sales
John McGee, CEO of OptifiNow, reveals the innovative role that an employee-centric social media strategy can play in sales.
Walking a Mile in the Customer’s Shoes
Jeff Grayson, Intrawest Chief Information Officer, explains how to make business thrive through focusing on the customer experience.
How to Wear Your Company’s Social Media Heart on Your Sleeve
Elizabeth Bryant, Vice President of Southwest Airlines University, uses Southwest as an example of how companies can benefit from employees’ social media behavior.
5 C’s for Building a Successful Business as a Woman
Marsha Friedman, CEO of EMSI Public Relations, shares business-building tips with new female entrepreneurs.
How to Lead Like a Weltmeister
Best-selling author Kerstin Plehwe shares her very German insights into excellence, teamwork and success.
Feedback: The Essential Nutrient
Anna Carroll, author of The Feedback Imperative, explains why feedback is an essential nutrient for the health of your employees and the company. By Anna Carroll Everyone’s focused on workplace happiness and how to attract and retain great employees. Leaders are encouraged to create a fun workplace, avoid micromanaging, and give lots of positive feedback and recognition. These are all …
Cultivating Ease: The Less Stressed Executive
Reducing stress not only benefits your body, but it also makes you a more valuable leader. By Christina Scalera You are tired, weary and downright fatigued. You are not sure how you are going to get through another day, another client, another investor meeting. You are an executive, but you are human nonetheless. And even though your list of accomplishments …
The New Airborne Virus: Online Reviews
The online review genie is out of the bottle for good. Reputation management is a buzzword being thrown around a lot lately. Businesses intuitively know that they need to care about it, but what is it really? In reality, it is nothing new. Successful businesses have been doing it all along. Successful businesses protect and build their reputation — they …
The Fears and Facts of Public Speaking
For some, the fear of public speaking in business settings—or any setting, for that matter—means sweaty palms and tied tongues. Here is how to deliver with confidence. By Ruth W. Crocker Larry’s boss was so pleased with his work performance that he asked Larry to give a fifteen-minute presentation to the entire department of twenty-five people. Larry felt confident about …