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Leaders: Legal, Ethical, Right?

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Dianna Booher |
Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Thu, 08/11/2016 - 21:49

Did you ever play a game as a child when you made up the rules as you went along? I’m guessing that those evolving rules often proved to be a source of contention!

Leaders at work find the same to be true. When managers decide to disregard their moral compass as the official business handbook, they begin to make up the rules as they move along. Anything can happen, and the situation frequently proves to be a source of conflict.

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5 Communication Lessons from the RNC

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Leslie Ungar |
Strategy - Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Marketing |
Wed, 07/27/2016 - 16:51

The Republican National Convention came to Cleveland and literally left with a bang . . . of fireworks shot over Lake Erie. The city learned lessons in security-police on bicycles are the most fluid to how to move masses of people-have every non-essential downtown employee work from home. We can learn from these communication lessons and apply them in our daily lives.

1. It’s not Red or Blue Just Boring

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How to Improve Your Thinking

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Dianna Booher |
Strategy - Small Business - Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Mon, 07/11/2016 - 08:50

Gain a reputation for always being the one with new ideas and solutions to problems and you’ll quickly set yourself apart from the pact. That distinction requires brainpower. But trying to think on your feet under pressure before an audience or offering answers off the cuff in a meeting doesn’t always represent your best thinking.

So what exactly does improve your chances for analytical thinking?

1. Argue your case or prove your point in writing

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Start-ups Stalled

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Cynthia Kay |
Small Business - Entrepreneurship |
Fri, 07/08/2016 - 00:48

You might think that the numbers say it all but I believe we need to look deeper. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), there are 27.9 million small businesses in the United States and they make up 99.7% of U.S. employer firms. These businesses employ about 50% of the country’s private sector workforce. For a time, small business was one of the few bright spots in the economy –growing and creating jobs. But recently the positioning of small business as the “little engine that can pull us out of the economic downturn” has stalled.

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Achieving Longevity Through Entrepreneurial Thinking

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Guest Blogger |
Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Management |
Mon, 07/04/2016 - 20:49

the ceo magazine, entrepreneurial thinking,

Jim Dewald, Dean, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, and author, Achieving Longevity

Businesses fail. They fail fast and they fail often. Research indicates that over 50 per cent of new firms fail within five years, and 75 per cent are gone in ten years. So what is different about the firms that survive? The answer is that they are the firms that are successful in recreating themselves, in continuing to engage entrepreneurial thinking on an equal footing with strategy.