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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.

New Research on How to Motivate Your Employees

How to motivate employees? According to new research, messages from on high need to be more abstract and less details. And messages from immediate supervisors need to be more concrete. Here’s the summary.

How Being Really Bad Is Really Great for Business

Just think of any leading brand and you’ll quickly identify what they are really, really bad at doing. Why? Because it is usually the exact opposite of their biggest strength.

How to Recognize You’ve Outgrown an Industry (And What to Do Next)

If your industry has been shifting or you’re uncertain how your company can grow, don’t assume you’ve failed. You may have simply outgrown that industry and need to pursue another, or you may need to change your business model.

The Value of High Impact Discussions at a Corporate Retreat

If you are in this situation and you have to plan a corporate retreat, you should think about new ways of entertaining your staff. As you well know, happy employees are more productive.

Want to Sell Your Business Someday? Start Planning Now

We’ve touched on the subject of exit strategies here before and one of the most important points in that discussion is that you should have the end in sight even when you’re first starting a small business or buying an existing business.

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.

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