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Decisions are a load of crock.  Let’s be honest with ourselves, here. You, me, and everyone on the planet make decisions all the time, only to change our minds. How many times have you told a friend that sure, absolutely, you’ll come out to that friend’s party on Saturday night...

Charismatic leaders demonstrate that rhetoric is a key aspect of their approach to leadership and of their success as leaders. Communication that contains specific content references and rhetorical devices, and uses specific non-verbal behaviours in its delivery, has the capacity to profoundly influence a person’s evaluation of the leader. Specifically,...

Any growth-focused CEO knows that without the tools that not only facilitate, but power growth, there will be setbacks and growing pains aplenty. Scaling a company is all well and good until you realize that the rudimentary tools put in place when you were just starting out can significantly hinder...

Working in healthcare, one notices quickly that the industry is dangerously siloed. Physicians live in a service world wherein if they do less, they make less.  Hospitals need to keep beds full in order to keep revenue flowing. Rewards in this system are based on what and how much you...

In many mergers and acquisitions, the future revenue of the customer base is critical to the success of the strategy, and, if incorrect, can sink the business or massively impact revenue and margin. The problem with the common process is that the financial history assesses the future revenue security of...

For every business that is buoyed by the power of big data, countless others are drowning in it. According to Forrester, about 60% to 73% of enterprise data goes unused. It’s no wonder that Debra Bass, president of global marketing services for Johnson & Johnson, argues that many marketers should...

Go Beyond Crafting a Mission Statement and Actually Live Out Your Beliefs: Years ago, I launched upon a journey from being a typical “Type A” CEO to becoming a more dedicated father, a more effective leader, and an overall better human being. During this pilgrimage of self-discovery, I came to...

In today’s media landscape, traditional forms of advertising are giving way to new and innovative ways to reach consumers. The latest evolution of advertising is experience marketing or engagement marketing. It’s a hot topic, and major brands are leveraging experiential marketing in unique ways that are going viral and building...

Sree Varma is the CEO of the iSportconnect, launched in June 2010, iSportconnect has turned into one of the largest global private network of sports business executives. Last week, we took an opportunity to talk with Sree Varma, the Chief Executive Officer of iSportconnect, who provided us with invaluable insight...

Innovation has a good reputation in the corporate world. It might mean something different to every executive you talk to, but surely everyone wants it. Innovative ideas, an innovative culture, a history of innovation — these are all intangible assets that any business leader would love to have. Executives aren’t...