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Follow These Recommendations to be a High-Performing Organization

A recent Harvard Business Review article by Marc de Swaan Arons, Frank van den Driest, and Keith Weed, uncovers what it takes to be a high-performing company. The Marketing2020 study has some excellent observations from which any sized business or nonprofit organization can benefit.

The 3 Keys to Success for Great CEOs

Ever wonder why some CEOs succeed so easily while others seem to struggle just to keep their company going? The answer is simpler than you think. Really great CEOs focus their efforts on three key factors: Clarity, Accountability, and KPIs.

8 Tips for Reaching Maximum Productivity

Remember when a phone was just a phone, and the most distracting thing it did was ring? Now, you can’t get through a conversation, meal, or project without checking your inbox, retweeting a picture, or responding to a text.

3 Popular Productivity Tips That Don’t Actually Work

When you first decide to quit your 9 to 5 job and become an entrepreneur, you’re going to get a lot of advice sent your way, whether it’s solicited or not. One of the biggest pieces of advice that will be sent your way will be a long list of tips on how to be productive.

How Women Can Stop Self-Sabotaging and Be Their Own Advocates

If Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” taught us anything, it’s that there’s an epidemic of women facing ever-mounting threats to their confidence in the business world.

It’s Not an Option Anymore. Why Have an Advisory Board?

If a basketball coach stocks his bench with 7-footers, he’s not giving his team an advantage. He’s leveling the playing field, or the playing court, in this case.

9 Young Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World

Who says it takes years of experience to do something really big? Young engineers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs are tackling all sorts of issues, and many of them aren’t even waiting until college is over to make their mark.

Why We Decided to Do Away with Meetings and Remove Bosses from Our Startup

Our start-up is now 6 years old, and during that time we have learned a lot, but mainly from mistakes. However, there were only two initiatives that were correct from the beginning and are still present until today.

Businesses Giving Back to Military Community

As the United States continues to disentangle itself from its post-9/11 military commitments in the Middle East, large numbers of veterans are returning stateside…

How to Double Your Productivity (Really!)

The #1 obstacle to being productive is distraction. So any method that helps you eliminate or ignore distractions can greatly improve your productivity. I’ve been using the Pomodoro technique religiously this month and it’s made a noticeable difference in my daily output.

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