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Resilience is a key trait within us all. It’s a quality and skill we need to embrace and build upon, especially, in leadership. The last eighteen months, in particular, has provided us with more than its fair share of opportunity for us to grow in the area of resilience both...

Countless companies struggle to find the right software solution to meet their varied needs. The result is a tangled mess of software, spreadsheets, and systems. To find the right software for your business, you have to consider what you’ll need as you grow rather than what you need at this...

The world is turning more and more digital with each passing year. And the marketing ecosystem keeps evolving with it. If you have a strong foundation of marketing concepts, you will find it easier to do your best out in the dynamic marketing environment. While knowledge is important, you must...

Often, executives unknowingly encounter (and find themselves existing in) a success paradox where there are more responsibilities, more expectations, more pressure, more stress, but less time available for themselves. This paradox, of course, leads to exhaustion. But executives aren't executives by accident. They've climbed this trajectory of success because they're...

High IQ Might Obscure Your Competitive Advantage It’s been 26 years since the publication of Daniel Goleman’s groundbreaking Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Since its original publication in 1995, EQ has been recognized by many as an important aspect of successful leaders. We’ve come to understand...

With a net worth of roughly $193 billion, Jeff Bezos, the founder, and CEO of Amazon is the wealthiest person in the world, followed by Elon R Musk ($185 billion), Bernard Arnault ($150 billion); and Bill Gates ($145 billion). CEOWORLD magazine compiled a list of the world’s richest people using...

So much has been said about what you need to become a successful entrepreneur. However, these change with each person and often on a subjective basis. As an entrepreneur, you wear many hats, and it’s important to have skills that help you become an all-rounded businessperson. Jared Sanborn, an entrepreneur,...

While some of the core elements of leadership will remain the same over time, such as creating a future vision and executing strategy, the new leadership era demands a unique collection of skills to succeed. There's no avoiding the fact that leadership is personal; it's all about relationships and communication....

Leaders in our workplaces have changed as the Millennial generation floods in and bosses get younger. Millennials now make up the largest chunk of the workforce and, according to a recent report by PwC, millennials will be 75% of workers by 2025. Emerging leaders today are younger than previous generations...