The art of decision-making may boil down to assessing your instincts
Do Mal Mixon’s experiences ever trump data?
Why entrepreneurs should not see social media as an Internet curse, but respect them
You’ve probably heard that a good, healthy respect for social media and an online presence is critical — it affect you personally, it will affect your business, your employees, potential employees and perhaps most critically, your clientele.
Investing: It’s not supposed to be easy
Superior investment results can only stem from a better-than-average ability to figure out when risk taking will lead to gain and when it will lead to loss. There is no alternative, but by definition, only a very small percentage of investors possess superior skill. In the end, according to Marks, there’s only one absolute truth about investing: It isn’t easy.
Black small business owners rate Columbus as friendly
Columbus is the third-friendliest city for black-owned small businesses, according to a recent study by Thumbtack.
Leveraging a small-business mindset for long-term success
Construct strategies with every angle in mind or else you’ll find yourself wondering what went wrong when a small detail trips you up again — and other companies pass you by.
Five advantages co-opetition can offer a CEO
Co-opetition is the synthesis — meaning merger — of cooperative behavior with competitive behavior.
Your culture is your brand; help it evolve
Culture doesn’t mean people have to drink the Kool-Aid, but it is just as important as your marketing strategy, R&D or your ERP system. Like those aspects of your business, it needs to be intentional.
Five strategies to develop major league leadership in your business
A baseball manager, a sales manager, a vice president and even a CEO all have similar goals — they want to win! They want their people to work their hardest and they want their people to work their best.
Major League Leadership, a model based on more than 100 interviews with some of Major League Baseball’s contemporary managers and players, includes some of the most important strategies to lead our teams to success.
Why women are better investors than men
Several factors probably lure men into thinking that constant churning of the portfolio is the smart investing option, he says. For whatever reason, the same factors don’t entice women to a similar degree.
Wipe your feet!
When I get to work, there is a walk-off mat on the outside the door before you enter the facility. I wipe my feet several times and leave any personal problems on the outside. When I leave work, I wipe my feet again leaving any job-related problems at work.