Thought Leaders

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Thought Leaders

Many of Your Employees Are Probably Healing From Past Workplace Trauma. Here's How You Can Help Empower Them.

There is no magic way of healing people of their preexisting workplace trauma — but leaders can (and should want to) help.

Marketing

How to Overtake Your Competition With Creative Brand Precision

Here's how challenger brands can stand out through striking design and how they draw a clear line between them and the incumbents.

Leadership

Organized Labor Disputes Are on the Rise. Here's Why Leaders Should Pay Attention

Any broad shift in dynamics between workers and management has implications for the present and future of employment in the United States. A deeper understanding of the forces at work could be valuable for a variety of businesses.

Management

HR Could Be Withholding The Critical Data You Need to Boost Retention and Drive Results. Here's How to Take Control and Gain Access

To get people data into the hands of managers so they can use it to drive business results, companies must break down barriers between HR and the rest of the organization

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Leadership

Employees Are Burning Out — and the Culprit Isn't What You Think

There's a type of stress that has a huge impact on employees' health, work performance and personal lives. Here's what it is and what you can do to combat it, both for yourself and your employees.

Growing a Business

Stanford Professors On the Counterintuitive Strategy That Helps Google Hire Top Talent

We assume that the best processes are seamless, but a little friction can go a long way.

Collaboration

You Need a Community With Shared Values to Find Long-Term Success — Here's How to Cultivate It.

Entrepreneurs need to remember this growth strategy: nurturing a purpose-driven community of like-minded entrepreneurs around them.

Leadership

Men Are Seen as Experts More Often Than Their Women Counterparts — and It's Time to Break Those Gender Biases.

Society tends to look to men for expertise vs. women, and it's long past time that we turn this around. Here's how we can all help give greater credibility and visibility to women's knowledge and accomplishments.

Marketing

There's No Secret Formula to Being Good at Networking — But There Is One Thing You Need

Is the journey to success in business networking bound by mathematical formulas, or is it about something else? Here's what I've found is the actual secret to making connections in networking.

Health & Wellness

Prioritizing Your Employees' Well-being Is the Smartest Business Decision You Can Make — Here's How.

Take a look at these strategies for implementing a holistic approach to employee wellness and watch morale, productivity and job satisfaction skyrocket.

Growing a Business

3 Customer Service Trends to Follow this Year

With customer service as important as ever, these three trends can keep your customers happy and your business successful

Leadership

I Turned My Layoff into a Learning Lesson and Became My Own CEO — Here Are the Lessons I Learned Along the Way

Your employees are the foundation of your success — let's strive to create a business landscape where hiring for success and acts of compassion become the norm.

Starting a Business

Zillow Co-Founder Shares a 'Misunderstood' Truth About Starting, Funding and Selling Your Company

Now that he runs a venture fund himself, Spencer Rascoff is sitting on the other side of the table, and he sees what founders get wrong when pitching investors.

Leadership

High Performance Psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais Shares the First Rule of Mastery

Stop worrying about what people think of you, start living a life of purpose

Collaboration

How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Collaboration – and When to Skip It Altogether

When it comes to productivity, more isn't always merrier. Discover how to optimize your company's balance of teamwork versus deep-focus solo time.