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How to Improve Your Team's Morale

Many times in business, much like in life, a person’s perspective determines his or her morale or attitude more so than an actual situation does. Many companies will make statements such as, "The morale of the team is down because of recent company changes, cuts in benefits, and employee layoffs."

How to Plan Like a Leader

It doesn't matter what your job title is. Among your responsibilities is to act as the leader of your team. And as a leader, your tasks include leading your group in planning-understanding the corporate strategy and then in developing your unit's goals in light of that strategy and the plan to meet

How to Produce Compelling Reports and Presentations

Your team has concluded its work. It is time to submit its conclusions to the group’s sponsor or senior management. As you prepare the document, you may want to think of it as a promotional piece rather than a white paper.

Knocking on Doors Persistently Pays Off

Whether you are a business person trying to make more sales, a manager trying to find the right hire, an IT employee trying to write new software, or just the average Joe trying to get the most out of existence, your life will be a lot easier if you understand some basic, yet often disregarded princ

Leadership Competencies for Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive innovation is no longer the occasional exception, it’s the rule. The entertainment, computing, wireless phone, book publishing, photography, manufacturing, and health-care industries have all recently experienced dramatic change due to new and converging technologies, business models, dis

Making Sense out of Hiring and Training Older Workers

A paradox is present in today's employment picture. Unemployment rates among all generations are high, but employers report difficulty in finding talent.

Managers: How’s Your Bedside Manner?

Addressing the age old problem of ineffectual communication between physicians and their patients, the National Board of Medical Examiners has mandated that each of the 16,000 students who graduate medical school each year in the U.S. must pass a “bedside manner test” before he or she may practice m

Multicultural Communication Tips

In today's "global village" workplace, managers may oversee onsite remote and virtual teams made up of people from many different corporate and geographical cultures. Success greatly depends on the ability to communicate effectively with all team members, including everyone and offending no one. The

New Survey Shows Time's a Wastin'—Workers Goof Off more than Two Hours a Day

According to a Web survey by America Online and Salary.com, the average worker admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per day, not counting lunch.

Revealed: The Secrets to Becoming Organized

Do you waste precious minutes-or even hours-searching for information or documents? Do you find that despite your best intentions, your "to-do" list never morphs into a "got-it-done" list? These simple tips from organizational expert Carol Halsey will put you in control of your workday and your life