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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
Read moreNeed of Strategies With Innovation and Change
Fast-growing and dynamic organizations face various opportunities and challenges at every stage of their lifecycle. With the expectation of attaining high returns…
Read moreTips to Writing the Perfect Cover Letter
Between a resume and cover letter, most job applicants will tell you that the resume is more important. While your resume provides a more complete…
Read moreHere’s why you need to have more bad ideas
All the good ideas must be taken by now.
Back when Dr. Seuss was writing, there were only tens of thousands of books for kids. Now, there are…
The book of poetry this workplace happiness expert thinks everyone should read
When Jenn Lim pitched her new book “Beyond Happiness” in early 2020, she thought she’d discuss her decade of work as CEO of Delivering Happiness, the business…
Read moreThe Ultimate Guide on How to Write the Perfect Consulting Resume
For almost any professional job, applicants are required to provide a resume and cover letter to demonstrate their qualifications. Your resume is one of the most important documents during the application process…
Read moreHybrid work is inevitable for 2022. Here’s what the experts say is most effective
Even before the pandemic, the U.S. workforce increasingly relied on remote collaboration technologies like videoconferencing and Slack. The global crisis accelerated…
Read moreDo you really want that promotion
If you are good at your job, all sorts of push–pull forces within your organization—and society at large—will propel you into…
Read moreEvery book Warren Buffett has recommended this decade—in his annual letters
If you want to be smarter and more successful, it’d be in your best interest to take some advice from Warren Buffett.
“Read 500 pages like this every day…
How to set clear work boundaries — and stick to them
Work isn’t who we are, not even if we love our jobs — there’s more to us than that.
Work boundaries help safeguard…
4 ways to be more flexible as we enter yet another year of uncertainty
Disruption has been an unrelenting constant. When the COVID-19 crisis first struck, it was hard imagining this would go on for a few months…
Read moreHow to Get a McKinsey Interview Through Networking
This is a great example of how the management consulting interview process works. The business of consulting is very much a relationship business. There are two ways to get an interview with a management consulting firm…
Read more5 Ways to Be a Strong Leader
Regardless of your company’s size, you’ll likely get pulled in many directions as a CEO. It’s important not to get distracted and keep the following five priorities top-of-mind…
Read moreTom Brady has been reading this self-help book for years
At 43, Tom Brady has achieved massive success both on the football field and off. Brady revealed that along the way — particularly in hard times — he has turned to a…
Read moreBefore your next presentation
The next time you’re preparing to speak to a group, remember to keep your audience at the center of your communication, says…
Read moreHow to Become a Master at Talking to Strangers
A couple of years ago, I started to talk to strangers. Between balancing a demanding job and a really demanding small child, I was often tired, distracted, and overscheduled. The prospect of striking up conversations…
Read moreGet your Ideas to be taken Seriously
In industry, whether your ideas get taken seriously depends on more than the quality of your thoughts.
If the receptionist shares an idea and the CEO shares the exact same idea, more people will take the idea seriously when…
Are you stuck in a “logic box”?
Many years ago, as a young business reporter at the New York Times, I learned about the pernicious concept of institutional imperative. The phrase was coined by Warren Buffett, who first wrote…
Read moreHonest advice on leadership, from the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
I believe all leaders need to have a solid understanding of what emotional intelligence is and how to use it in everyday life. In fact, emotional intelligence is…
Read moreThe CEO Book Club: Why and What They Read
One chief executive office (CEO) leans against the arm of the leather chair in his home office, holding the book he discovered in the New York Times Book Review. Another pulls her current Harvard Business Review recommendation…
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