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....
You have 30 seconds to deliver the best sales pitch ever, would you know what to say, where to start? At AMA we want you to know how to do an elevator pitch the right way, so were sharing 4 tips that will become your elevator pitch training essentials. Tips here.
If your responsibilities include making arrangements for presentations or speeches at hotels and convention centers, don't miss this article! Brian Tracy, one of the world's most successful speakers, shares his secrets. His first tip? "Hotels lie!"...
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
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
Before there was the hit TV show Mad Men, before Coca Cola was the real thing, before branding became a marketing buzzword, there was Phil “Deals” Geier . The story of how this visionary, who created the modern advertising holding company and brought The Interpublic Group from $500 million to $5.6 b
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...