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Whether you’re growing plants, people, business – or all three – you know that growth takes certain elements. In recent months, I have learned how important the growth hormone is for humans, for example. It is active at relatively high levels for most people until about the age of 25....

With growing opportunities and technological advancements, setting up a business has no longer an unattainable dream. Business and entrepreneurship was essentially a male-dominated profession and many women used to hesitate to openly come up with business ideas. But now, a lot of changes have occurred in the way female entrepreneurs...

Switzerland is the economically stable country in the world, according to the USNews Report 2019 Best Countries list, a perception-based series of rankings. The 2019 rankings of the world's most economically stable countries placed Germany in 2nd ahead of Sweden into 3rd; while Canada ranked 4th, and Australia 5th. Overall,...

When we talk about founders, we tend to imply an “and” at the end of the title. A founder isn’t just the person who came up with an idea for a new business -- we also expect them to be its chief executive, president, or public face. We assume that...

Two dramatic findings highlight the importance of individuals and corporations developing strong problem-solving skills, and their place in the CEO agenda: Organizations with strong problem-solving capability have total return to shareholders 3.5 times higher than that of their bottom quartile counterparts over a 3 year period. The World Economic Forum...

Being good is no longer good enough — it is merely the entry fee. Traditionally product-centric companies are struggling to grow their market share for one simple reason: Their products are rarely better than those of their competitors. In yesteryear, competitive advantage came from doing something — anything — demonstrably...

The ever-changing times can disturb the natural balance in your lives. While work pressure does not provide you with much time to focus on yourselves as individuals, it will also curb your desires and potentials to a certain extent. A number of individuals are in sports, and why not? There...

Thrown binders. Rampant, unchecked sexual harassment. Companies losing millions of dollars in valuation due to concerns about workplace practices. An immeasurable amount of media and attention has been devoted to breaking news about misconduct in companies, and countless persons have offered opinions as to how to create a strong company...

Cards are the best friends of a nomad while on an escape. It is always safer to carry slim cards than to oversize your wallet. Majority of the desks accept international debit and credit cards to ease their process. Restaurants, hotels, expeditions and adventures, shopping and even public buses in...

Few things are more damaging to companies than failed expansion, or more costly than trying to stick it out in a market that just isn’t working. But there’s a new tool helps CEOs identify countries with similar operating environments to make better-informed decisions about geographic expansion and contraction. The Global...