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As you may know, May is National Small Business Month. As the founder of a boutique, woman-owned business, I love taking this time to celebrate small business owners, who help drive our country’s entrepreneurial culture and economic health. In fact, as we continue to face challenges posed by the global...

What does success look like? What are the key metrics we have to meet? What’s required of each of us? These questions start to circulate in our minds as we grow up and continue through our working lives. How we answer these questions and define success determines the way we...

Since the publication of my most recent book, Indispensable: Build and Lead A Company Can’t Live Without, last month, I have had the marvelous opportunity to discuss several of the key questions covered in the book with several fellow thought leaders. This 5-part article series captures the essence of those...

We were all fooled growing up in grade school. In your early years between the ages of 5 and 8, if your parents wanted to know whether you were considered ‘gifted’, you were given an Intelligence Quotient Test. Your score was, and still is, believed to be a valid indicator...

Over a year into the global COVID pandemic, and the property market in Spain is starting to recover. Now is the perfect time to invest in properties in sunnier climates while prices are low and demand is set to increase. So here are the top 5 reasons to buy property...

Respect is one of the invisible and vital elements that make organisations work smoothly and effectively – or not. When respect is present, operations flow well. When absent, there’s friction, which comes with high risks and potentially high costs. A recent report by McKinsey on COVID-19 and the Employee Experience,...

We seek to develop our businesses and obtain more fortune. Money is a sign of prestige and people often chase money even with online jobs to get the respect they want from society. At the same time, other parameters determine how accepted you can be from others. After all, it...

Coronavirus has struck and the landscape for many businesses in the tourism sector is hard. However, people are always willing to pay as long as they feel you offer some value with your product. To keep a business open and profitable you should not only focus on decreasing the expenses...

Pony Ma Huateng is back on top as China’s richest person. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest social media, and video games company. Ma Huateng, 49, who is also known as Pony Ma, cofounded Tencent in 1998. Tencent Holdings shares climbed by 7%...

I often hear leaders say that you have to push through or grind it out everyday in order to produce desired results. It’s like the 10,000 hour rule has been taken to the extreme in today's workplace and leaders are pushing teams to work as many hours as possible. Unfortunately,...