"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...
Don't assume that experienced employees don't need your direction. To do optimal work, your team members must understand your expectations, receive appropriate training and coaching until they get it right and recognition when they do....
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...
Successful women must learn how to support, not sabotage, each other.
Constant change is the new normal in business.
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...