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Mentors Are Useless--But They Don't Have To Be

BY Michelle RandallThu Feb 9, 2012

I am a lousy mentee. It’s a funny admission to make as someone who makes her living as professional mentor. Sure, I train my clients on how best to leverage my expertise. Of course, that doesn’t mean that I follow my own advice very well.READ»

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2 Steps To Getting Lean Enough To Succeed

BY Michelle RandallWed Feb 1, 2012

There are things that we carry around in our organizations and in our mentality that make things more cumbersome than they need to be. Treat your leadership like you would treat a manufacturing floor and get leaner now. Here’s are the two fastest ways to achieve this.READ»

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8 Strategies To Fight Ordinary

BY Kaihan KrippendorffMon Nov 14, 2011

It used to take generations for your core business to devolve from the high-margin cutting edge to a low-price commodity. Now it can take just a few years. How can you fight commoditization and remain or become extraordinary and profitable in a fast-moving world? READ»

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3 Things Groupon (Or Anyone) Needs To Do If They Want To Succeed In China

BY Michelle RandallWed Aug 24, 2011

Groupon, which is downsizing its operations in China, made some huge mistakes in trying to expand there. Here's what we can learn from the deal giant's giant fumble.READ»

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3 Things Groupon (Or Anyone) Needs To Do If They Want To Succeed In China

BY Michelle RandallWed Aug 24, 2011

Groupon made some huge mistakes in China. Here are three things they have to do make a turn around for success.READ»

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Using Cultural Agility To Put An End To Political Gridlock

BY Michelle RandallMon Aug 15, 2011

Standard & Poor's recently served up real consequences of our national inability to communicate with each other. Don't blame the Tea Party or Obama, though: Blame the Walkman. Innocuous as it may seem, it was the beginning of the era of personalized technology and content that led to us all living in individual, hermetically sealed information bubbles. READ»

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Reclaim Your Effectiveness With One Simple Action

BY Michelle RandallMon Jun 13, 2011

After a meeting at a large corporation I work with, one of the division presidents, I'll call him Bill, pulled me aside. "Last year I felt invincible. But these past few months, I've been completely off my game," he told me in a ...READ»

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10 Suggestions For Creating A Successful Startup

BY David LavendaThu Apr 21, 2011

In a long-awaited follow up to an earlier post,"10 Common Mistakes That Startup and Small Companies Make," here are 10 suggestions to improve the chances of your startup's success.READ»

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Outraged! Will The New York Times Avoid Blockbuster's fate?

BY Michelle RandallFri Apr 1, 2011

Through the Internet our consumer culture evolved to expect a vast selection of stuff that is fast and free. The New York Times has finally introduced digital subscriptions, while companies who have been culturally inagile are continuing to go down, one of which, Blockbuster, is being auctioned Monday.READ»

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What Every CEO Must Learn From Hosni Mubarak

BY Michelle RandallThu Feb 10, 2011

All too many CEOs insulate themselves with advisors who think alike and act similarly tone deaf toward their employees and customers.READ»

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"If you just understood me, you'd love me" - The Mistake That Can Sabotage Your Investor Pitch

BY Rob MayMon Jan 24, 2011

Backupify CEO Rob May discusses how the trials and tribulations of the heart are applicable to finding the right investors.READ»

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The Time Has Come for Holistic Business Strategy

BY Brian SolisFri Jan 21, 2011

What's the biggest problem in business today?READ»

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"I'm Not Listening to You!" Why Political Conversations Are So Volatile

BY Michelle RandallThu Jan 13, 2011

Have you ever had a political conversation where you felt like the person you're talking with was living on a different planet? Here's a simple way to create change.READ»

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Chinese Math, or the 1% Mistake That Cripples 100% of Entrepreneurs

BY Rob MayThu Dec 16, 2010

Just because your business is perfectly targeted and accessible to potential customer base doesn't mean customers are easy to come by. Here's how the error of the "Chinese Math" mindset can sabotage an entrepreneur's best laid plans.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: The iPad Competes With Just About Everyone

BY Cliff KuangWed Jun 16, 2010

And that flies in the face of classical product strategy.READ»

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Webinar Announcement: Turning Your Business Strategy Into Reality!

BY Michelle RandallFri Mar 19, 2010

Have a brilliant business strategy, but don't know how to implement it? Register for our webinar "Turning Your Business Strategy Into Reality" that will be held on March 31 here: http://to.ly/1uPC.READ»

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Webinar Announcement: Turning Your Business Strategy Into Reality!

BY Michelle RandallThu Feb 18, 2010

Free webinar, March 11: Turning Your Business Strategy Into Reality. Register now!: http://ow.ly/18OQy. Space is limited!READ»

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Webinar Announcement: Avoiding the 8 Blindspots that Sink Business Owners!

BY Michelle RandallThu Feb 18, 2010

Job-Right is offering a free webinar on Monday, March 8! Space is limited, so please register now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/176117587. READ»

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Ideal Employers for 2010

BY Michelle RandallWed Jan 27, 2010

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What to do when interviewers break the law

BY Michelle RandallSun Jan 10, 2010

December 3rd, 2009How do I navigate sticky interview questions, including illegal ones?- EduardoThe gut reaction in an interview is a feeling like you’ve got to placate your interviewed to stand a chance to getting the job. ...READ»