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Jakob Wissel is well known for being a young and successful professional who has evidenced success in the sales field. Throughout his career, he has continued to be one of the top salesmen everywhere he has worked, including Florida Mobile Glass, where he was eventually promoted to sales manager. No...

Leadership constantly requires us to pull from our strengths, values, and expertise, and contextualize them at the moment. It is an adaptive ability and leadership approach I call Ferocious Warmth. It is doing a constant dance between ferocity and warmth, high support and high challenge, head, and heart. Ferocious Warmth...

Mikel Coffee Company started its operation in 2008 in a small town in Greece. Following a strategic growth plan all these years, managed to get a place among the larger and most popular franchises in the industry. Nowadays, Mikel Coffee Company counts over 270 stores in Greece, alone, and 340...

As you move up the hierarchy in an organization, you become less involved in the day-to-day operations, including communicating with team members. To overcome communication barriers and create a more cohesive and productive organization — and retain your talented employees — you need to put concrete solutions in place. Follow...

Consumer data privacy has been a hot-button issue for a while, but with new regulations and shifting consumer mindsets, it’s even more critical to address. The question isn’t whether to keep collecting consumer data, but how best to communicate the advantages of data sharing and assure consumers that you’re using...

In their song, “Hello, Goodbye,” Lennon and McCartney wrote, “You say, ‘Yes’, I say, ‘No’ You say, ‘Stop’ and I say, ‘Go, go, go’ Oh no” McCartney was the primary writer, and he wrote the song when meeting with an assistant of The Beatles’ manager, asking for opposites to the...

Social entrepreneurship can offer solutions to many social problems or at least limit them. Food On is a Non-Governmental Organization with the vision to help unemployed, socially, and occupationally excluded individuals, as well as people who currently live in destitution, get their lives back and make it easier for them...

I regularly speak to CEOs, executive leaders, and employee work teams. Every one of them is talking about growth in one form or another. Personal Growth. Organizational Growth. Growth through meeting tough challenges. Financial Growth. Growing pains. You name it. It’s among the most common themes among group and team...

Landing a coveted spot on the hit ABC show, Shark Tank, is a dream from many entrepreneurs. But it’s not easy. According to USA Today, the show receives 35,000-40,000 applicants each season. Of these, only 1,000 advance to the next round and in most seasons, only 88 contestants will appear...

One of the world’s most glorious brands when it comes to luxury, style, and comfort packed into one box is the Italian brand Gucci. For years, the brand has worked towards setting a trademark in the industry as the most high-end distributor of products. What started as a brand creating...