HOW TO MAKE BIG DECISIONS WHEN FACING AN UNPREDICTABLE FUTURE

Business owners are being asked to create a vision and a strategy for an uncertain future. Many entrepreneurs are struggling to predict what the next 6 weeks might have in store for them, let alone having a strategy is for 6 months or several years. In times like these, we need to examine our thinking style. Let me introduce you to two ways of thinking:

WHY SMART COMPANIES BUILD EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAMS?

What’s key to establishing powerful training for your employees? Building employee training programs that plan from A to Z what your organization should be doing, that’s what.

5 QUALITIES OF A CEO THAT MAKE THEM AWESOME AT THEIR JOB

If you were to narrow down the ideal qualities of a CEO to five items, what would you choose to include? Many would consider leadership, confidence, or communication: these are certainly important CEO qualifications. But do they make a good CEO? Maybe not: for example, according to research published in Harvard Business Review, confidence will make a CEO twice as likely to get hired, but it does not seem to impact how well they do the job.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A KPI AND KRI IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

There is a question asked frequently in a large number of workshops: “What is the difference between a KPI and KRI?”

LINKEDIN CEO JEFF WEINER SAYS THESE 4 SIMPLE PRACTICES HELPED HIM GROW AS A LEADER

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner is currently one of Glassdoor’s top-ranked leaders. Still, his management style took years to develop. As a Yahoo exec in the early 2000s, Weiner has said his approach was “intense.”

6 NEW CEO MINDSETS FROM THE WORLD'S TOP BUSINESS EXPERTS

Every leader wants that nugget of earthshattering insight that will propel themselves and their companies into the stratosphere of success. That's exactly what keeps top tier MBA and executive education programs, high-priced consultants, and big-name speakers in business.

10 QUALITIES MAKE THE BEST MANAGERS

Google sought to identify the common threads among Google's highest performing managers. Based on internal research, Google then applied its findings to its manager development programs.

WHEN IS TEAMWORK REALLY NECESSARY?

Most leaders assume that they need to foster teamwork among the people whom directly and indirectly report to them. Teaming is now seen as the workplace equivalent of motherhood and apple pie — invariably good. The problem is when leaders try to drive the wrong kind of collaboration on their particular teams. The result: wasted time and unnecessary frustration.

UNIQLO’S FOUR SECRETS FOR BUILDING A GLOBAL BRAND

When you work in marketing, it’s hard to fight the temptation to regurgitate promotional spiel in an interview. So it was refreshing to connect with John Jay, president of global creative at Tokyo-listed Fast Retailing, the parent company of Japanese casual wear retail chain, Uniqlo. In an interview with Fortune, Jay, who is essentially the company’s marketing guru, was candid and occasionally critical about Uniqlo’s performance, positioning and plans for world domination in the fast-fashion clothing and apparel industry.

THE GROW MODEL

As a leader, one of your most important roles is to coach your people to do their best. By doing this, you'll help them make better decisions, solve problems that are holding them back, learn new skills, and otherwise progress their careers.

RECRUITING AND HIRING TOP-QUALITY EMPLOYEES

As all employers quickly learn, there's a world of difference between a worker who's correctly matched to their job and their organization, and one who is not.