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CEOs are often praised for their ability to step up to challenges and break away from the pack. However, throughout my consulting career, I've found that such a closed-off mentality is a sure way to leave money on the table and miss key opportunities to further the success of your...

As a CEO or an entrepreneur, your personal brand and business success likely means everything. For those of us who know what it takes to create a business from nothing, it’s unlike anything else. Not only is it something we’ve worked extremely hard for, it’s also a work of art...

Emotional intelligence has been in the leadership spotlight for decades, but that doesn’t mean today’s leaders are any better at identifying, evaluating, controlling, or perceiving emotions in themselves or others. Despite a TalentSmart study that linked high emotional intelligence with strong workplace performance (and Google’s statistical findings that depict EI...

Kaloyan Valentinov Danchev, also known as Valentino Danchev, is the President of Fidelis Marketing Group. Over his career, Mr. Danchev has been involved in many aspects of the travel and tourism industry in Mexico. He shares his insights here: How has the travel industry changed in the last 10 years?...

The power of books and the influence that they can have on children’s development is astounding. Reading aloud to kids of any age, simply sitting down with their mom or dad and getting lost in a story can help to build bonds between parents and children. The American Academy of...

In today’s challenging business world, CEOs are open to exploring uncharted territory when it comes to sustainability and growth. As executives grapple to keep pace with economic and geopolitical fluctuation, innovative strategies are more welcome than ever, especially when it comes to a central objective: attracting and retaining top talent....

Every one of us will be a caregiver at some point in our lifetime, it’s simply a matter of when our number is called. Thankfully, America's business leaders are beginning to recognize that caregiving responsibilities have an impact on individual work performance as well as the employee’s physical, emotional, and...

We are conditioned to approach our lives as an individual endeavor and to try to always go it alone. But left to our own devices, we’re not very good at attaining our goals -- whether it’s setting out to learn a new language, write a book or get in shape....

The blue collar/white collar dichotomy has come to define the working world: two hemispheres in opposition, each necessary in their own way but completely different in all respects. We’ve even got a diametrically opposed image for each: the gritty, oil-stained blue collar grunt and the pristine, starched-shirt white collar desk...

With an average household net worth of $4.5 million, West Vancouver was ranked the richest city in Canada, according to newly released MoneySense figures. The city with the lowest average household net worth in Canada is Thompson, Manitoba, at $152,000. Westmount, Quebec, is a distant second. The difference is so...