"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...
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...
If you have a poor performer who is a pain in the neck, the decision to let him or her go is easy. But what about the difficult-to-live-with high performer? Once you identify their M.O., you can learn how to deal with their shortcomings while reaping the benefits of their expertise.
2007 saw its share of winners and losers. Business execution expert Rick Lepsinger, president of OnPoint Consulting, analyzes what went wrong and what went right with these organizations and the lessons that can be learned from their experience....
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...
Constant change is the new normal in business.
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...