Over the course of his career, former CEO Sander Flaum has learned that if you don't take control of your time, others will do it for you. Here are his strategies for leading more efficiently and effectively....
Long considered the world's greatest thinker and writer on management, Peter Drucker's teachings continue to inspire leaders. In this excerpt from his new book A Class with Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World's Greatest Management Teacher (AMACOM, 2007), William Cohen describes a lesson he learne
Public opinion in the wake of the financial meltdown has revealed the public’s abiding mistrust of corporations and the executives who run them. Scrutiny from the Internet and 24-hour cable TV offers companies no place to hide; so they must proactively seek the confidence of their shareholders and t
We all want to be cool, even if everyone has a different definition of what that is. Great leaders step back and listen to their employees and their customers to find out what is cool for them. In his newest book, Coolfarming , Peter Gloor talks about how to succeed by truly listening to the communi
Peter R. Worrell , author of Enterprise Value: How the Best Owners-Managers Build Their Fortune , Capture Their Company’s Gains, and Create Their Legacy, discusses the importance for entrepreneurial owner-managers to prepare for the eventual acquisition of his or her company. Worrell is the managing
Employee management trends come and go, but everyone agrees that there are no easy answers.
Imagine a world in which the excess energy from one business would be used to power another. A world in which environmentally sound products and processes would be more cost-effective than wasteful ones. A world in which corporations forming partnerships with environmental and social justice organiz
After calculating the time, expense, and lack of return on investment, companies like Lockheed, Adobe Systems, and NASA have pulled the plug on performance reviews. Are reviews just a bunch of “hooey”? Kevin Herring suggests an alternative.
Phil Rosenzweig's new book The Halo Effect... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers offers a sharp critique of current management thinking, exposing many of the errors and mistaken ideas that pervade the business world, and suggests a more accurate way to think about company p
Everyone's heard of Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and Gen Yers. But according to Human Resource Institute (HRI), companies should pay attention to another, lesser-known group, the "late bloomers." These folks are mid-30s on up, experienced, smart and...