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

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»

2 Steps To Getting Lean Enough To Succeed

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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Lot18 Expands Wine Flash-Sale Dominance To Europe, Acquires Paris-based Vinobest

New York-based startup Lot18 is bringing its online wine business to Europe, acquiring Paris-based Vinobest for an undisclosed sum. READ»

Reclaim Your Effectiveness With One Simple Action

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»

The Passing of Jess Jackson, Wine Industry Innovator

You might be drinking his wine tonight.READ»

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

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»

Why Yellow + Blue Makes the Greenest Wine in America

Yellow + Blue has carved out a niche as the country's leading wine importer committed to environmentally responsible production and consumption.READ»

What Every CEO Must Learn From Hosni Mubarak

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

How Nick Kokonas Is Shaking Up Fine Dining

The cofounder of Alinea and Next on reimagining the restaurant experience as entertainment akin to a Broadway show. READ»

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Wine Corks Fight Off Alternative Stoppers

The radical reinvention of the once-humble cork.READ»

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Benziger, French Rabbit Top Greenopia's Green Wine Rankings

Greenopia released its updated list of the most sustainable U.S. wineries this week with some big changes from last year's rankings.READ»

Organic Wine Is Badly Labeled but Often a Bargain

Pop quiz: What's the one product on store shelves that decreases in price when it has a label marking it as organic? As most wine snobs know, the answer is organic wine. Next100 points us to a study (PDF) from researchers at the ...READ»

Webinar Announcement: Turning Your Business Strategy Into Reality!

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»

Webinar Announcement: Turning Your Business Strategy Into Reality!

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

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

 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»