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Americans Rank This as the No. 1 Skill to Get Ahead in Life
The most important skill for children to get ahead in the world today isn't reading, math or science, according to a new survey.
By Laura Entis
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Building a Business
Create a Corporate Mentoring Program and You May Reap the Benefits
The benefits of having experienced employees train those with less expertise are many.
Building a Business
How Experts Practice Better Than the Rest
The experts who embrace the idea of deliberate practice continually ask themselves these questions.
By James Clear
Building a Business
Don’t Hire a Consultant Until You’ve Vetted Them and Considered These 6 Points
Apply the same vigorous checking process you would use for full-time hires.
Building a Business
What Tech Companies Are Doing to Bridge the Skills Gap
The shortage of workers trained for jobs in the digital economy and sophisticated manufacturing is costly for companies and vexing for the unemployed.
Building a Business
Loss of Snow Days May Create the Next Generation of Remote Workers
Students studying at home with tech tools during storms learn important skills. Companies can also encourage working outside the office to avoid lost productivity in inclement weather.
Thought Leaders
7.1 Steps to Create Multiple Streams of Income
Serial entrepreneur Hal Elrod gives his personal formula for achieving greater financial security through diversified revenue sources.
By Hal Elrod
Thought Leaders
The 4 Levels of Competence — With 2 That Entrepreneurs Must Avoid
Review these stages of mastery to figure out where you fit in and how to improve to be even better.
Building a Business
3 Steps for Getting Over Your Fears of Starting a Freelance Business
Selling your skills directly to customers instead of an employer is scary, until you remember you are already paid for what you know how to do.
Thought Leaders
3 Qualities Every Successful Entrepreneur Must Have
These are the keys to success in small business, but they are important attributes no matter what your endeavor.
Online Presence
Here’s How to Get Liam Neeson to Endorse You on LinkedIn (Yes, Really.)
To promote his new film 'Taken 3,' the actor will endorse one LinkedIn member's 'particular set of skills.'
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
7 Ways to Bridge the Boomer-Millennial Gap
Managers might encourage more intergenerational cooperation by trying some of these activities.
By Todd Berger
Building a Business
4 Things Older Entrepreneurs Must do to Stay in the Game
Your future is bleak if you can't share your wisdom in a tweet.
Building a Business
How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Ageism
No matter how old you are, as long as your skills are relevant in today's workforce, you should be safe.
Building a Business
What You Need to Do to Make a Midlife Career Change
Whether the decision was your own or not, keep these things in mind as you carve a new path.
Building a Business
The 7 Attributes of People Who Get Things Done
As a leader, you want these go-getters on your team. As an employee, you should aspire to be like them.
Thought Leaders
You’re Never Too Old for an Internship
Whether you were recently let go from your job, or simply looking for a change, an internship later in life has three big benefits.
Building a Business
6 Tips to Help Your Company Hire More Veterans
It takes work and effort to create a successful hiring program for servicepeople, but the rewards to your company can be exponential.
Thought Leaders
7 Qualities the Army Instilled in Me That Helped Me Launch a Business
Veterans possess these skills that help them excel in entrepreneur or employee roles.
Thought Leaders
7 Things Confident Entrepreneurs Never Do
If you want to be successful, you have to bleed confidence and avoid these behaviors.
By Sujan Patel
Thought Leaders
Easily Diagnose and Treat Impostor Syndrome
A serial entrepreneur reflects on the paradox of meeting success and needing to hide out. Have you ever felt like you were a fake or unworthy?
Building a Business
Drop Out Like Zuckerberg? No. Learn to Be an Entrepreneur in School.
Here are eight ways to get a head start on your future competition while working your way to a degree.
Thought Leaders
6 Skills Remarkable Leaders Execute Better
To be an exceptional leader these days, you do not need a new set of characteristics. You simply need to execute the traditional ones at a higher level.
By Peter Gasca
Entrepreneurs
15 Free Online Learning Sites Every Entrepreneur Should Visit
The best places you can go to learn more about marketing, entrepreneurship, business management and more.
By Sujan Patel
Thought Leaders
The U.S. Postal Service Just Got a Side Hustle Delivering Groceries. Do You Have Another Gig?
Leverage the skills you have into some side income. Teach a course. Do something you know.
By Meiko Patton
Building a Business
10 Reasons to Hire Overqualified Candidates
It's counterintuitive, but sometimes bringing on board a job seeker with more skills than required results in a win-win.
Building a Business
4 Steps to Navigate the Rough Waters of Information Overload
The entrepreneurial realm offers an ocean of opportunity. However, with such opportunity also comes a propensity for confusion.
By Jeff Boss