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Given the distances and time zones, how can we really bring joy and efficiency to the remote-management Work Environments. What are the advantages and disadvantages of remote working? Remote working has it's benefits for both employee and employer. I’d be very interested to hear in particular from individuals who have...

In this information Age, where knowledge is getting more complex: How can you spot a social media “experts” or "agency" worth engaging? So, if your company has a global presence, your social media marketers needs to understand collaborative global culture. Culture is invisible, nebulous, and difficult to measure. Social media is...

MOOCs (massive open online courses) have been revolutionizing online education for several years and are now becoming a major force in the corporate world. Designed to enroll thousands of learners, the courses happen online and are free to anyone with a computer, Internet access and the drive to learn something...

References available on request is the footnote of most CVs written in English, yet all too often the ‘final hurdle’ of the hiring process is either forgotten altogether or given only cursory attention, yet a quality reference checking process is not merely a disaster prevention practice, it can unearth vitally...

Not only are customers now empowered to compare prices, products and brand reputations before they decide to purchase, thanks to smartphones and other mobile devices — but new advances in mobile technology are about to inflict even greater impacts on the retail environment as we know it. This is due...

I know this is the most common challenge in any modern workplace. Distractions and interruptions happen, it's how you deal with them everyday that matters. So today, I’m going to share some simple and effective ways to deal with interruptions at work. Unfortunately, your mobile rings to ask “just a...

Research organizations Gartner and Forrester predict 2014 will be the year corporations that have been holding back on technology spending break out their checkbooks for information technology (IT) purchases. Before they do, however, they should make sure their IT strategy is aligned with their organization’s current and long-term business strategies...

World’s greatest corporate leaders, inventors, businesspeople and reformers say dumb stuff all the time. Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg once said of his customers, "They trust me -- dumb f***s." Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was famously quoted as saying "Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards."  Acknowledge...

In today's talent-focused world of business, it is impossible for companies to succeed without executives who know how to attract, retain, manage, and develop the best. Let's face it, The best talent wants to work with the best talent. Get rid of the obvious time wasters - Capable executives say,...

Like Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn once famously said, "If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late."   We are in a fast-moving world in which perfect products delivered past deadline can be deadly. A solution has to be "a good-enough product"...