What is the number one personality trait of individuals who deal most effectively with change? It’s confidence. Here are seven strategies from change management expert Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D., that will help your people become more confident and...
"Getting" business strategy is the indisputable starting point for any meaningful contribution to strategic processes, but for a number of reasons, pinning down business strategies may be no easy matter. If you've ever had difficulty in identifying...
A new global study, "The Ethical Enterprise: Doing the Right Things in the Right Ways, Today and Tomorrow," conducted by AMA and Human Resource Institute (HRI), predicts that in the decade ahead corporations can expect even greater pressure to behave...
Love it or hate it, every job requires some amount of writing. Even if your last name isn't Shakespeare, you'll get your point across more effectively with these 10 easy ways to improve your business writing skills....
Learn how leaders can contribute to the intellectual contribution of their staff or diminish that input.
Talent: you've either got it or you don't, right? Not necessarily, according to many experts. The Human Resource Institute's Mark Vickers takes a look at current thinking about the definition of talent and finds that it's not always as easy to...
Successful women must learn how to support, not sabotage, each other.
In 2004, IPIX Corp. was about to post a $22 million loss. Clara Conti came in as CEO and reevaluated the company's strategic direction, corporate culture and market share. After one year, revenue increased by 40%. Find out how Conti turned things...
Few business roles have changed during the last decade as dramatically as that of the CFO. Formerly viewed as accountants focused on budgets and taxes, today's CFOs are business generalists involved in improving performance across the organization....
Would you believe that China, the world's most populous nation, is experiencing a serious talent shortage? Believe it. A talent-management "perfect storm" of rapid growth, increasing wages, and a skills lag threaten to derail even established...