Leadership

We explore the future of digital and online publishing with help from top expert and New York Times bestselling author Patti Davis, who kindly provided the following guest post: Recently, at a reading event, someone said I should not call myself a “self-published” author, but an “independently published” [...]

Learn to create an organization that prizes accountability from Root Inc. CEO Jim Haudan, leading expert and author of The Art of Engagement: Bridging the Gap Between People and Possibilities: Accountability. People hear the word every day at work, and it typically doesn’t have a positive connotation for [...]

As modern organizations and executives are well aware, the power of social media, online marketing, and word of mouth recommendations never ceases to amaze. But as technology and business analysts who regularly study these and other rising consumer trends, we have to admit: Even we were floored by [...]

Have you ever taken bold risks in your career and succeeded despite the odds? Overcome professional challenges that once seemed impossible? Stepped outside your comfort zone to build skills, contacts and opportunities that proved invaluable in business? HELP OTHERS BE BRAVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SHARE YOUR STORY [...]

Creating a reputation as a subject matter expert in a specific area is both simple and difficult. On the one hand, some say it takes 10,000 hours of study and hands-on experience to become an authority in any given field. On the other, others would argue that all [...]

Crowd funding and crowdsourcing are among today's most popular topics with finance, corporate and consumer audiences looking to raise funds for new businesses, startups and projects, whether as non-profits or for-profit ventures. As one of today's best-known crowdfunding speakers and experts, and the author of The Crowdfunding Bible, [...]

Having satisfied customers is an admirable goal. However, having customers who love your brand so much they not only keep coming back, but feel so passionate about it that they feel compelled to share its promise with others, is a more fulfilling and potentially rewarding one. As Ken [...]

There’s little doubt that technology is changing the way kids are learning in school classrooms and college campuses around the world. Not only do today’s teachers need to learn new skills and decipher new ways of interacting to accommodate the growing use of smartphones, tablets, apps, online distance [...]

Businesses juggling change management efforts and strategic initiatives as they work to adapt or reposition their organization to cost-efficiently and effectively operate in the new market reality often face a number of challenges from a corporate leadership standpoint. As even the most successful executives and best keynote speakers [...]