All posts tagged "business"
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Stop Multitasking. You’ll Get More Work Done.
There never seem to be enough hours in the day to get our work done. That’s why many of...
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Reinventing Organisations
A talk, followed by Q&A, by Frederic Laloux about “Reinventing Organizations”, a research and book that is turning...
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The Art of Artistry
The biggest difference between famous artists and “normal” people is artists are driven to do what they do....
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Reigniting Creativity in Business
It’s a paradox. Creativity has never been more essential to competitiveness in the business world, but the critical...
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Yet to be invented!
Gotta love Dan Markovitz’s post decrying to-do lists. Contrarian, yes. But it unfortunately ignored the digitally-enhanced tomorrow made...
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How to run a Business with No Rules
What if your job didn’t control your life? Brazilian CEO Ricardo Semler practices a radical form of corporate...
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Nothing Can Stop Her
On today’s episode of Women Rocking Wall Street, I have the pleasure of chatting with Michelle Duval, founder...
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Loving Leadership
Love is not a word commonly connected with leadership. It’s not a term used to describe any job...
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New Power
We can see the power of distributed, crowd-sourced business models every day — witness Uber, Kickstarter, Airbnb. But...
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Collaboration Capability
The above leadership development model was co-created recently whilst I was working with a senior leader of a Fortune 500...
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What Is Important
Apple cofounder and former CEO Steve Jobs was known for his obsessive commitment to quality. Ron Johnson, former JCPenney...
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Mindful Leadership
Dear friends, Earlier this year I had the privilege of hearing Arianna Huffington speak about the power of...
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Are Entrepreneurs Happier?
One of the questions I’m asked most often is, “Are you happy all the time because you’re an...
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Alex Pirouz on Leadership
When it comes to achieving business success, most people think it is mostly because of the strategy that...
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The RIBS Test
A message succeeds when people remember it — when it sticks. This is crucial not only to get...
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Collaboration – a key to success?
Collaboration, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding: hype or essential business values? Collaboration is a big-time word. Everyone uses it. It’s a...
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The Young Entepreneur
Maya Penn started her first company when she was 8 years old, and thinks deeply about how to...
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Does Money Make You Mean?
It’s amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but sobering talk, social psychologist...
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Pull vs Push
The business strategist and coach shares why in life, and in business, pull has much more power than...
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Extraordinary Bosses
A few years back, I interviewed some of the most successful CEOs in the world in order to...
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Lessons Learned
Are there certain leaders that you find inspirational? Steve Jobs inspires me because he faced tremendous adversity in...
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Social Change
Why do we turn to nonprofits, NGOs and governments to solve society’s biggest problems? Michael Porter admits he’s...
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How to Succeed at Failure
Recognising failure and recovering from mistakes are essential skills for any entrepreneur. When I recently received several excellent...
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Future of Currency
Currency — the bills and coins you carry in your wallet and in your bank account — is...
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Life Lessons
Roberto D’Angelo and Francesca Fedeli thought their baby boy Mario was healthy — until at 10 days old,...
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The 8 Must Nots
It’s for your own good. Cut these things out of your day and you’ll see gains in productivity–not...
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The Mind Behind…
Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits...
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Interview with Robert Kiyosaki
Whatever critics might say about Robert Kiyosaki’s new book — MIDAS TOUCH — one thing is for sure: Many, many...
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Dress for Success
Running a business in the new economy means that most of us spend a big chunk of our...
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What’s Wrong with Narcissism?
Great leaders and business people are often powered by self-interest. Among their many resounding characteristics, narcissism is prevalent...
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10 Questions for Entrepreneurs
Getting it right in business is not that simple. How on earth do we know if we are...
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Innovate or Become Irrelevant
“Social enterprising and engineering give us the ability to innovate using many minds instantly, as opposed to using...
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The Right Way to Buy Happiness
Money can’t buy happiness. You hear this all the time, but is it true? I know we can...
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Unfixable!
At YouTube – In this video Chris Martenson, economic analyst at http://chrismartenson.com and author of ‘The Crash Course’, explains...
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How to Write Sale Letters that Sell
No matter what type of business you’re in — you’ve probably faced the challenge of trying to sell your...
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How to Succeed in the Hidden Job Market
With research showing that an estimated 80% of jobs are “hidden” and only 20% are advertised, what does...
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Lost Your Sale Mojo?
Sooner or later, we all backslide into old ways of thinking about selling that lead us down the...
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Managing Email Overload
Most people struggle with e-mail, but if you change your mindset about it, it can become a benefit...
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10min Money Management
I’ve met people who track their spending on a spreadsheet. They tend to have names like Ian and...
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The Incomplete Leader
“Be a good leader. Be incomplete. Don’t be perfect, don’t even try….” There is evidence that the best...
