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Where do big ideas come from? By Steve Tobak I don't know about you, but when I'm watching a football game where the kicker is about to attempt a field goal to win the game, my hands grip the chair

Financial self control: 3 tricks for the New Year

Financial self control: 3 tricks for the New Year By Farnoosh Torabi (MoneyWatch) At the end of the day, those who manage to complete their financial resolution this year -- whether i

Nine Ways to Ignite Innovation Inside Your Company and Light Your Way out of the Recession

Summary: If you’re going to survive this season of turmoil, you must innovate your way out of it. Here are some tips that can have your whole company lighting up the economic darkness with

Volunteering - A Great Way To Learn Real Executive Leadership

One of the most powerful ways for younger managers to understand and experience the type of leadership needed for the C-Suite is to do volunteer work early in their careers. This is because the t

Self-Made Man - No Such Thing

Looking back on my more than 30 years of leadership experience, I have come to the conclusion that leadership is broken. Most “best” practices are not, much of what’s regarded as &ld

This One Leadership Quality Will Make or Break You

One of the most often overlooked aspects of leadership is the need for pursuit. Great leaders are never satisfied with traditional practice, static thinking, conventional wisdom, or common performance

Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail To Keep Their Best Talent

Whether it’s a high-profile tech company like Yahoo!, or a more established conglomerate like GE or Home Depot, large companies have a hard time keeping their best and brightest in house. Recent

7 Things Highly Productive People Do

You have more important things to focus on than, um, focusing. Get back on track with these tips. You probably don’t want to admit it but you love distractions. In fact, just like monkeys, you

The 5 basic manners you need to know in business

I stand up when a lady arrives at or leaves a table. I know, that is nostalgic and even possibly risky as it might be perceived as sexist. However, it is one of a set of manners I was taught as a chil

Best and worst books of 2011

Distinguished Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly What Investors Really Want by Meir Statman The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager The First Rule

Improvement Planning Pathways and Pitfalls

"Unfortunately, it's the rare company that understands the importance of informal improvisation — let alone respects it as a legitimate business activity. In most cases, ideas generated by

A Process for Continuous Innovation and Controlled Chaos

"Now, more than ever, management is a balancing act — the juggling of contradictions to try to get the best of attractive but opposing alternatives. Order is a temporary illusion, strategy

How Many Companies Lose That Loving Feeling

"Some people can think no deeper than a fact." — Voltaire (pseudonym of Francois Marie Arouet), 18th century French philosopher and dramatist Many successful companies were started by

Bringing Values to Life

"No men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act with confidence who a

What is Collective Bargaining ?

Collective bargaining is process of joint decision making and basically represents a democratic way of life in industry. It is the process of negotiation

Top 20 Global Marketing & Communications Mistakes

Although sometimes cringe-worthy, examples of global marketing bloopers are a useful means of appreciating that we are not all the same. For any company or business conducting a marketing campaign abr

The 10 Principles of Change Management

Tools and techniques to help companies transform quickly. Way back when (pick your date), senior executives in large companies had a simple goal for themselves and for their organizations: stability.

Tips for Minimizing Workplace Negativity

Managing and Solving Workplace Negativity Nothing affects employee morale more insidiously than persistent workplace negativity. It saps the energy of your organization and diverts critical atte

Can One Blue Shirt Kill a $40 Billion Company?

By virtually all objective measures, Sears Holdings (SLHD) has been on a downhill slide since the day the $40 billion combined Sears/K-Mart company was formed. If a recent customer service experience

Get Involved without Being a Micromanager: 3 Tips

Are you a micromanager or just attentive to details? How can you get involved without being seen as a micromanager? Determining how involved to be in the day-to-day is one of those eternal management