Mistakes

Leadership

How to Create a Culture That Embraces Failure and Turns Setbacks into Success

Use these tips to create a safe space for constructive failure in your organization.

Growing a Business

The Top 2 Mistakes Founders Make That Hinder the Growth of Their Companies

Here are two of the biggest ways founders sabotage their own success — and how to fix it.

Growing a Business

3 Cognitive Pitfalls That Are Ruining Your Business — How to Unravel the Biases in Decision-Making

By cultivating awareness and grounding actions in deep research, business leaders can overcome these pitfalls and beat their own brains.

Leadership

4 Body Language Mistakes You Didn't Realize You're Making at Work — And How to Fix Them

Many unconscious gestures negatively affect your professional life. These four mistakes are easy to do — and easy to fix.

Science & Technology

5 Strategies to Protect Your Company's Customer Service from AI Pitfalls

While AI offers great potential for improving customer service, it's essential to navigate its challenges with caution. By following these strategies, businesses can harness the power of AI effectively and safely.

Operations & Logistics

Waiting For a PR Crisis Is Like Wearing a Bullseye On Your Back. Here Are Some Proactive Steps You Can Take That Could Save Your Brand.

A PR misstep or outright crisis is becoming increasingly common. Regardless of the years open, entrepreneurs, startups and businesses must start preparing and building a solid public reputation for their companies. Reputations can be threatened or severely damaged instantly, and likely out of no fault of your own. Prepare now.

Culture

I've Managed a Remote Team for 30 Years. Here Are 6 Mistakes I See New Remote Teams Making That Will Kill Their Success.

Like it or not, remote work is here to stay. As the CEO of one of the first fully remote workplaces in the 1990s, I share six mistakes new remote teams are making that will kill their success.

Business Culture

6 Common Challenges All Women Entrepreneurs Face (and How to Overcome Them)

Each entrepreneur faces their own hurdles. Here are a few common ones women experience most.

Leadership

Avoid These 5 Critical Mistakes All Leaders Make

Mistakes are unpleasant and can be embarrassing. If acknowledged and dealt with in a timely manner, they can become a good source of learning and experience.

Leadership

8 Common Mistakes You Might Be Making as a Leader (and How to Fix Them)

Many leaders struggle to find their footing, and may make mistakes along their journey. Here are a few you might be making yourself.

Growing a Business

Think You Screwed Up? These 6 Business Leaders Share Their Big Mistake — and Lesson Learned

Too often, we think a leader has to be right. But these businesses transformed when their leaders realized they'd had it wrong all along.

Growing a Business

I Watch Great Teams Make These Business-Destroying Mistakes All The Time. Here's Where They're Going Wrong (And How To Fix It).

Identifying who you serve and concentrating your marketing efforts where your message will be heard establishes your offering, builds your brand, and strengthens your competitive advantage.

Resumes & Interviewing

Are You Guilty of Poor Onboarding? The Consequences Are Worse Than You Think.

The onboarding process has a profound effect on your employee satisfaction, retention and productivity. Harness these actionable strategies to optimize your onboarding process, ensuring a smooth transition for new hires.

Starting a Business

I Accidentally Became a Successful Entrepreneur. Here Are 5 Mistakes I Learned to Avoid When Starting a Business

PR is, at its core, storytelling. And the story of my now-thriving solo-owned business has been fraught with as many mistakes as successes, as many fall down the ladder as steps up. It's from my missteps, in fact, that I learned even more than from my triumphs, and this article presents 5 of my biggest blunders on the road to a flourishing small business.

Growing a Business

Business Owners: Are You Making These 10 Mistakes?

Don't let mistakes with simple fixes hold you back from growing your business. Here's what to avoid.