Businesses rarely enter deals without a plan for how each will end. As employees, we should take a page from their playbooks, says Diane Mulcahy, author of The Gig Economy and creator of the Forbes “Top 10” business school class on the topic. She advises: “On the day you get […]
Mentorship relationships don’t always have to be formal relationships. Sometimes they can be as simple as “if I have a question, can I send you an email?” relationships. While individually these relationships might not change your life, having a whole rolodex of these kinds of mentors can make a big […]
Women entrepreneurs are taking the business world by storm. In fact, the number of women-owned businesses increased by 26.8% from 2007 to 2012, according to the National Women’s Business Council. NWBC is a non-partisan federal advisory council that serves as an independent source of advice and counsel to the president, […]
Difficult conversations are necessary—at least if you want people to correct mistakes, learn, and grow. But they can be less difficult if you just remember one critical rule: You’re trying to help, not win. At some point you will have to have a difficult conversation at work. There’s just no […]
Surprising mistakes undermining productivity and profitability that are also holding business managers and owners back from conducting business with more meaning, purpose and urgency In today’s cut-throat business climate, the pressure to generate profits quickly is often unrelenting and intense. From accommodating anxious shareholders and contending with new competitors that […]
and Fix Your Toughest Problems Once and for All For years you’ve tried to improve your customer service. You’ve trained and trained (burning through too many initiatives to count), but the results never seem to stick. You might see a surge of improvement with each new initiative—just enough to make […]
