What’s the right conversational style for your social media posts?
Businesses need to adapt their social media style to the target audience. What interests them? What vocabulary would they use? How can your posts add value?
How leadership coaching offers immense promise for organizational success
In environments characterized by constant change, transformational leaders not only desire change, but also help create a culture of organizational change.
Smart Business Aspire Conference: A day for dealmakers
Smart Business presents the ASPIRE Conference, bringing together entrepreneurs, business owners, and top leaders with deal-makers, investors and advisers for a daylong conference in Cleveland to discuss issues in the M&A and business investment world.
The problem with feeding people motivational junk food
The bad news is that we have paid a high price for working with outdated ideas about motivation. The good news is that this is where the new science of motivation emerges as both a radical departure and an exciting opportunity.
What employers need to know about behavioral health services
Tom Albert of HealthLink shares what employers need to know about behavioral health services, including information on the little-known Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and why these kind of services should be integrated into your medical management program.
How Invest For Kids is changing the way businesses do charity
Business and charity are a match made in heaven. It’s time to start acting like it. As responsible business leaders, we care about society and the future of our children. But charitable giving often becomes relegated to a corner where it is all too easily forgotten or sidestepped. I believe such a culture is outdated. […]
Better questions lead to better answers
“Is there a better way?” That is the question that we should all be asking. It’s an incredibly powerful prompt that can create ripples of change that eventually lead to waves. Smart questions are the driving force behind many of our society’s greatest advancements – from technology to health care to education – and are […]
Talent is the centerpiece of succession planning
For most businesses, the key to long-term success isn’t just the product – it’s the people. Products and services come and go, technology advances and inevitably, new competitors appear. But in any industry, a business will persist only as long as it is led by people who understand its culture and have the experience and […]
Don’t intimidate and don’t be intimidated!
Sales Tip 297 Don’t intimidate and don’t be intimidated! If you are an intimidator, ask yourself why you need to gain power and control over others. That is not the approach that should be used if you want to develop long term relationships and become a trusted adviser. On the other hand, don’t wilt in […]
Beyond Uber: tapping into the on-demand economy
Valued between $60 billion to $300 billion, this new economy is growing at an accelerating clip and showing no signs of slowing. As more startups adopt the on-demand model, real-time business-to-business offerings are likely to mushroom.