What I Learned From My Waitress
Inc - Tue, May 21, 2013 9:09 AM EDTDo you and your employees do these three things? In other words, are they as good at their jobs as Brenda is at hers? More »What I Learned From My Waitress
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7 Memorable Graduation Speeches by Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders
Inc - Tue, May 21, 2013 12:10 AM EDTAmong the thousands of graduation addresses given each year, these stand out--mostly for the right reasons. More »7 Memorable Graduation Speeches by Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders
CFOs + CMOs: The Disconnect is Real (And Avoidable)
Business 2 Community - Mon, May 20, 2013 11:08 PM EDTEarlier this year, a study was revealed on CFO.com regarding how CMOs + CFOs communicate (or rather, how they don’t). CFOs said that they believed marketing data could positively impact the business, but 40% of them said that they didn’t think CMOs were trying to positively impact the business. So what is the driving cause... More »CFOs + CMOs: The Disconnect is Real (And Avoidable)
Outsourcing Has Turned Employees Into Project Managers
Business 2 Community - Mon, May 20, 2013 9:53 PM EDTThe Information Age has transformed every professional into a project manager regardless of the title they hold. In an era of outsourcing, many professionals are also global project managers. Earlier this year, BDO published a study showing that 63 percent of American tech companies plan to outsource or manufacture products outside of the United States,... More »Outsourcing Has Turned Employees Into Project Managers
Being in a Team is Like Being in a Band
Business 2 Community - Mon, May 20, 2013 5:00 PM EDTWe are always a part of some group with a common purpose – a family, a community, or a team at work. As a flute player and as someone who appreciates beauty and excellence, I like to think of a team as a music band. It can be as small as a duo, or as... More »Being in a Team is Like Being in a Band
Collaboration by Any Other Name: When Trends Trump Meaning
Business 2 Community - Mon, May 20, 2013 4:30 PM EDTA lot of different terms get thrown around in business. The tech world loves acronyms and lingo, and as a group we tend to use them to gauge the validity of messages in the marketplace. If the big guys are talking about project management, The Cloud, collaboration, or S-curves, you can bet that the rest... More »Collaboration by Any Other Name: When Trends Trump Meaning
The One Thing That Can Make You Successful
Business 2 Community - Mon, May 20, 2013 1:30 PM EDT153. That’s the number of work emails I received yesterday. And that doesn’t even account for the 45 emails that I had to write and send (nor does it factor in my personal email accounts). Pair that with 5 hours of conference calls and an end-of-day deadline and you have a pretty packed day. Then... More »The One Thing That Can Make You Successful
Mistakes, Lies, and Training
Business 2 Community - Mon, May 20, 2013 11:00 AM EDTMistakes I hate to make mistakes. I know I am human. I tell myself we all make mistakes. But big or small, consequential or meaningless, they bum me out. The worst kinds involve watching a simple slip-up cascade into a growing series of headaches. The latest involved a Bermuda Triangle of my personal bank account,... More »Mistakes, Lies, and Training
5 Tips for Writing a Resume When You’re Changing Careers
Business 2 Community - Mon, May 20, 2013 9:30 AM EDTAs a professional resume writer, I often get questions from friends and family members about the finer points of crafting the perfect document. While many people want to know whether you really need to list off your skills in a “core competencies section” (you do) others have more specific questions. Lately, I’ve gotten a lot... More »5 Tips for Writing a Resume When You’re Changing Careers
10 Dumbest Salary Review Comments
Inc - Mon, May 20, 2013 8:00 AM EDTSome bosses say the darnedest things during yearly performance reviews. More »10 Dumbest Salary Review Comments
Social Selling: 5 Ways To Continue the Conversation After the Big Event
Business 2 Community - Sun, May 19, 2013 2:58 PM EDTHow do you use social selling to continue the conversation after the event or trade show? Your feet are aching, your back is probably hurting, and you might still have the ‘customer smile’ set in stone on your face, but there is still quota and sales goals to meet. I just returned from SAP’s SAPPHIRE... More »Social Selling: 5 Ways To Continue the Conversation After the Big Event
A House Too Small To Clean
Business 2 Community - Sun, May 19, 2013 2:37 PM EDTA couple of years ago, I lived in a single room. It wasn’t very large, but I still somehow managed to squeeze all my stuff into it. I slept in there, ate in there, watched TV, played Xbox and worked until the small hours in there. Everything was OK until it came to cleaning that... More »A House Too Small To Clean
Time for the Mid-Year Course Correction
Business 2 Community - Sun, May 19, 2013 2:32 PM EDTIt’s hard to believe Memorial Day is right around the corner. The beginning of summer means the end of the school year, the opening of swimming pools (in many places), the beginning of vacation season, and more. For businesses, it is time for the mid-year course correction. June is the ideal time to review all... More »Time for the Mid-Year Course Correction
The Danger of Clinging to Paper-Based Document Processing
Business 2 Community - Sun, May 19, 2013 1:30 PM EDTIt has become widely recognized that manual paper-based invoice processing has inherent problems that disadvantage companies in critical ways, undermining productivity and impeding the flow of information. Ignoring the problem is proving less and less an option in the current economic and competitive climate. “Resistance is futile,” says PayStream Advisors, asserting that the percentage of... More »The Danger of Clinging to Paper-Based Document Processing
Has Your Sales Team Been Trained to be Futurists?
Business 2 Community - Sun, May 19, 2013 10:00 AM EDTToday we are living and selling in a time of “compressed history.” Changes driven by the global market and advances in manufacturing technologies make the past a bad predictor of the future. As a result, competitive advantages that once lasted a long time now disappear quickly. In sales if you want to prosper thinking about... More »Has Your Sales Team Been Trained to be Futurists?
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