Five ways leaders can develop better resilience
A resilient leader is able to respond effectively to disruptive events and confront, sometimes, brutal facts. Fortunately, resilience is something you can develop.
Hidden in plain view: when you overlook the meaning of something, it takes intentional effort to restore it
When you overlook the meaning of something, it can easily become hidden, even in plain sight.
To sustain forward motion in your business, make the message and action consistent
People who engage in successful activity share a common trait — their action is consistent with their message. People buy from emotion — they buy the messenger before they believe the message. People feel conviction — they feed from your confidence. They buy both message and messenger when your confidence is compelling, and confidence is compelling when it is […]
getMADE$ episode five: musical wonder DJ Fulano
getMADE$’s Yash Semlani, 2014 EY Youth Entrepreneurship Award winner, interviews musical wonder DJ Fulano, getting lessons in business and DJing.
It's time to incorporate shopping tools into your social media accounts
Social shopping growth is outpacing general e-commerce growth and growing fast, especially on mobile devices, and “buy buttons” aren’t even out of the testing phase yet for many platforms.
Attitudes are contagious!
Every day you will encounter negative attitudes at work and in your personal life. If you are not careful, you can catch their negativity and let it bring you down.
Five business lessons learned from going undercover in a company
During my recent experience on the CBS Emmy Award winning show “Undercover Boss,” I learned more than just how to hand roll dough and deliver late-night pizzas. People should always be the best they can be and go the extra mile, because it will not go unnoticed.
How leaders may minimize the impact of tomorrow’s disasters on operations and financial health
Businesses must identify potential vulnerabilities within their organizations and take the appropriate steps to deal with disasters. Here are four actions business leaders should take as they look to minimize the impact of emergencies and natural disasters on operations and financial health.
How to find employees with 'true grit'
Is there a relationship between grit and work performance? And does measuring someone’s “grittiness” meaningfully predict performance above and beyond other traits that have previously been shown to predict work performance?
Royalty financing may be an option for entrepreneurs
The premise behind Royalty Financing is simple: a company sells a negotiated percentage of its future revenues to an investor in exchange for a capital investment.