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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»

Learn How To Leverage LinkedIn, Or Fall Behind

Networks will be our most significant source for rises in income, new job offers, and the rise of what I will call the Freelance Globalist Population in which we will work not for a corporate entity, but in service to many entities, people, and missions.READ»

LinkedIn SVP Deep Nishar's Three Career Tips For Novice Networkers

With 13.3 million Americans out of work and recovery still likely years away, it's now more important than ever to obsessively manage any and all career prospects. Here are three tips from LinkedIn product SVP Deep Nishar. READ»

Should You Hire For Skill Or Spirit?

A leader can be coached on how to become more influential and engage their team to achieve great results; an employee can be trained for technical skills they need to do their jobs well. But spirit is the set of "soft” skills that can’t be trained effectively. You have to hire for them. These are hard to find, but are necessary for a company to excel.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»

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»

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»

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OfficeMax’s CMO on Creating Innovative Marketing Cultures

In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Bob Thacker shares how knocking down department walls, including all stakeholders and celebrating creativity breeds world class marketing organizations.READ»

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Putting Brands on T-Shirts is Innovative? Yes, and It’s Showing ROI, Too!

In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Amish Tolia and Jared Golden share how a business they started in college has consumers, brands and investors all knocking on their doors.READ»

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NBA Digital’s GM Gives Advice on Utilizing New Technology

In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Bryan Perez shares his team’s process on applying and measuring new applications including their recent partnership with iPad.READ»

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Steve Madden's eCommerce Leader: "Collaboration and Transparency Is Key to Innovation!"

In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Andrew Koven explains how open communication with coworkers, vendors and even competitors, allows for collaboration that builds everyone’s businesses.READ»

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Virgin Mobile USA's Brand Experience Leader on Breaking Through Competitive Climates

In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Ron Faris illustrates how brands can thrive in challenge environments by tying into causes their consumers care about and aligning with the right marketing partners.READ»

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HopStop CEO Joe Meyer Offers Directions to Brand Central Station

In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Joe Meyer proves that a big budget isn’t necessary to deliver a stellar consumer experience, grow brand ambassadors and go head to head with Google.READ»

Newell Rubbermaid’s Digital Leader on Innovating a 100 Year Old Brand

In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Bert DuMars talks about how breaking down the silos and collaborating with consumers is keeping a century old company successful in the digital age.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»

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Zappos' Marketing Chief: "Customer Service is the New Marketing!"

In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Aaron Magness shares what brought him to Zappos, his five principles of marketing and how your company can improve its customer service right now.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»