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.
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Building a Business
The Seesaw of Social and Analytical Skills — 5 Ways to Build Both
By Andre Lavoie
Thought Leaders
3 Leadership Traits That Transcend Skills and Experience
Being a great leader does not require you to be the best at your job. Understanding these three attributes can help you manage your teams more effectively.
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
More Startups Are Cashing in on the Growing Worker Skills Gap
Opportunity: The growing divide between prospering American workers and those falling further behind.
By Kate Rogers
Building a Business
3 Hard Choices That Can Boost Your Odds of Startup Success
When juggling all the risks, some entrepreneurs manage to come up winners. But it's not an easy game.
Building a Business
How to Prepare for the Future of Work
Employers can ready their companies and employees for the changes ahead in five critical ways.
Building a Business
How to Increase Your Impact While Reducing Your Effort
Do a skills inventory. Ask others for feedback. Why wait to realize your hidden potential when you can uncover your hidden talents now?
By Kelly Studer
Thought Leaders
The 4 E’s of Exceptional Entrepreneurship
The hardest part about being an entrepreneur isn't coming up with the next genius idea, it's getting it out there.
By Jeff Boss
Building a Business
3 Entrepreneurial Skills Inmates Perfect
The experiences of prisoners serve as an extreme, stark example of those of startup founders.
By Andrew Medal
Business News
Businesses Bet Big on Teaching People to Code
New companies are cropping up to meet the demand for software developers and programmers.
Thought Leaders
Teach Yourself Coding on Your Own Time With These Resources
Learning the language of computers is an incredibly useful skill for entrepreneurs to have.
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
Whether You’re Starting a Business or Not, It Pays to Think Like an Entrepreneur
Applying these eight skills will differentiate you from a crowded and competitive workforce and prepare you if you do start a venture.
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
5 Skills Every Successful Entrepreneur Must Master
Whether you're already great at the following practices or could use a few pointers, these are the areas you should focus on.
Building a Business
Coax the Right Tech Nerd to Partner With at Your Startup
If you have business savvy but lack technical skills, bring in a technologist to strengthen your leadership.
Building a Business
The 4 Surprisingly Simple Words That Could Guarantee Your Success
Instead of trying to do too much, people should focus on only fostering a few skill sets.
Business News
10 Habits of Highly Successful Future Franchisees
Just because you own a franchise, a business with proven systems and tested procedures, doesn't mean you can kick back and chillax.
By Joel Libava
Building a Business
New Study Dismantles Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 Hour Rule
The principle that 10,000 hours of 'deliberate practice' are needed to become world-class in any field may not be what it seems.
By Drake Baer
Tech
How the ‘Digital Skills Gap’ Bleeds $1.3 Trillion a Year From US Businesses
Many American workers, young and old, admit they often are not proficient with technology. Employers seem slower to grasp the problem.
Thought Leaders
What Entrepreneurs Can Take Away From the Tour de France
Beyond confronting grueling physical challenges, cyclists rely on a strategy and a large amount of teamwork. This is also true of business owners.
By Scott Eisen
Building a Business
3 Key Players to Help Your Launch Team Soar
Because a founder can't possibly possess every skill, recruiting these individuals can help make your business hum.
Marketing
Modern Marketers Need to Speak ‘Engineer’
Creativity is still necessary, but the skills to access data and track campaigns are now a must.
By Kevin Buckby
Thought Leaders
Could GE’s Winning 4-Point People Strategy Work for Your Venture?
Your startup is not a conglomerate (yet), but this manufacturing firm can teach you how to manage your talent.
Building a Business
The Case for Updating the Hiring Process
Hiring platform Smarterer wants employers to ditch the resumes and evaluate job candidates through assessment tests.
By Jason Ankeny
Thought Leaders
Master Any Skill With These 3 Simple Steps
Simple doesn't mean fast or easy, but if you put in the work, you'll be on the way to conquering new abilities.
By Adam Toren
Entrepreneurs
Embrace Change: The 4 Skills Needed to Reinvent Yourself
These days, we're more likely to receive our incomes in different ways during our careers. Prepare yourself for opportunity with these tips.
By Stephen Key
Thought Leaders
Obama Puts Down $600 Million to Train Up Your Future Employees
The president is traveling to a community college in Pennsylvania later today where he will announce new initiatives aiming to bolster the U.S. labor force.
Thought Leaders
Prestige Aside, Is a Board Seat Worth Your While?
Busy entrepreneurs are often tempted to take on yet another corporate commitment. Here's how to handle this decision.
By Zeynep Ilgaz
Thought Leaders
The Qualities Employers Most Desire in Employees (Infographic)
A new study indicates personal drive is more important than specific skills.
By Kate Taylor