Thought Leaders
This Is Why Boomer Business Owners Should Stop Whining About Millennial Employees
They want a job that affords them a life after work. How difficult is that to understand?
By Gene Marks
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Entrepreneurs
Holding True to Your Values Is an Essential Decision-Making Metric
Being clear about your fundamental values helps you navigate a true course.
Business News
5 Positive Ways to Overcome Betrayal in Life and Business
Treasure your hard-learned lessons, then turn away from the person who hurt you and toward building the life you want to live.
By Melissa Dawn
Thought Leaders
6 Important Values Entrepreneurial Parents Can Teach Their Children
The principles that help startup leaders succeed will also help your kids -- and your relationship with them -- flourish.
Thought Leaders
Getting Rich Doesn’t Have to Change Successful Entrepreneurs for the Worse
Everybody knows what they will do with the money when they get it but not everybody understands what the money will do to their lives if they don't have solid values.
By Sam Oh
Thought Leaders
10 Signs That You Suck As a Leader
Your staff won't tell you that you're terrible. You'll just have to figure it out yourself.
By Dov Baron
Thought Leaders
What’s A Job Title Really Worth?
Just as the map is not the territory, the job title is not the job. Focus on the who, what, where and how of your job to discover its true value.
Entrepreneurs
How the Kid With the Clock Disappointed Us
National introspection about the arrest of an inventive Muslim teen will likely be muted by news his family has left the US and is threatening a lawsuit.
By John Rampton
Thought Leaders
You’ll Never Be Paid So Much That You Will Love Your Meaningless Job
The necessity and challenge of paying the bills is great but work that we know is meaningless is another sort of poverty entirely.
By Jon Nastor
Building a Business
5 Ways to Instantly Connect With Anyone You Meet
Break bad communication habits and gain trust with these subtle techniques.
By Graham Young
Entrepreneurs
8 Ways to Boost Your Confidence
No one is stopping you from what you want to accomplish but yourself. It's time to remove that barrier of self-doubt.
Human Resources
How Strong Company Values Build the Team Fledgling Startups Need
Cash-strapped startups can attract and retain committed employees by offering opportunity and a mission.
Thought Leaders
Are You a Management Consultant or an Entrepreneur?
This simple test may predict which way you are wired.
Entrepreneurs
It’s Time to Fall in Love With Your Business Again
Keep the passion alive that motivated you to start your business by remembering where you began and celebrating how far you've come.
Building a Business
Boost Employees’ Engagement by Truly Inviting Their Feedback
Managers are bypassing an important resource if they don't solicit staff opinion. Check out six ways to do so.
Building a Business
10 Ways You’re Already a Success
Be proud of every value you haven't compromised in the entrepreneurial pressure cooker.
By Thai Nguyen
Building a Business
Why You Should Never Work Just For Money
Many people think if they earn enough money to buy expensive cars, clothes, electronics and other things, they will be happy. Nevertheless, they forget this one important thing.
Building a Business
Lessons From a Family Business 5 Generations Strong
An Idaho banker reflects on the values that have passed, along with the bank, from parent to child for more than a century.
Thought Leaders
How Jamaican Billionaire Michael Lee Chin Inspires This Teen Entrepreneur
Success is tough enough in big, wealthy countries. This teen 'trep from a tiny island nation is studying the example of a local hero.
Thought Leaders
Why Business Leaders Must Set a Personal Mission
Assess what you're trying to accomplish in life beyond making money at your company. Otherwise you might be headed for trouble when life catches up with you.
By Scott Wylie
Business News
20 Surprisingly Beautiful Tiny Homes Around the World
Thanks to problems like rising housing costs, overpopulation, and environmental damage, it seems the solution is to think smaller. Much smaller.
Entrepreneurs
Brace Yourself With a Few Shots of Confidence
When you feel uncertain, put on your good clothes, stand straight and say something nice to somebody. Works like a charm.
By Eddy Ricci
Thought Leaders
Semper Fi! How The Marine Corps Prepared Me for Entrepreneurship
Building your idea into a business is an uncertain mission. Core values that don't bend under pressure are indispensable.
Building a Business
When SMART Goals Don’t Work, Here’s What to Do Instead
For tackling a lofty aspiration, such as embarking on a business area that's a passion, try a more intrinsic method to set objectives, forging an emotional connection.
By Scott Christ
Thought Leaders
J.D. Power: How I Stayed True to My Values Over 50 Years
At every stage you'll face expectations to conform to different corporate cultures. You must weigh them against your sense of ethics.
Building a Business
Why ‘Don’t Take It Personally’ Is BS
It's okay to have passion be a driver to start your own business. You just need to make sure it doesn't cloud your judgment.
By Liz Elting
Thought Leaders
What Does Your Company Stand For?
The road to excellence begins with defining and embracing a positive, effective company culture.