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Upon first glance, it may seem that there is little overlap between the work of a doctor and a hotelier. One must attend medical school, while the other would be better served in business school. One deals with patients, the other guests. Some would argue that a doctor experiences a...

There are around 56.8 million expatriates currently living all over the world, and growth is expected to continue over the next few years. Over the past five years, there has been a compound annual growth rate of 4.7 percent. But if you are an aspiring expat, where should you be...

Creating accountability for others is accountability itself. However, holding people accountable is often lost on leaders. Before leaders can create a culture of accountability, they need to understand what it means within the confines of their organization. This is due to accountability’s subjective quality, which can vary within organizations and...

Having coaches in life is one of the best ways to gain valuable insight and perspective to help you meet your goals. The hard-nosed attitude about going it alone is passe. Coming together with and learning from accomplished peers is empowering and will elevate your professional career. One of the...

Greece, strange as it sounds, recorded in 2020 the highest growth rates in terms of turnover of e-commerce with other major European countries to follow. In particular, Greece reached + 77% according to the European E-Commerce Report for 2021 compiled by E-commerce Europe and EuroCommerce. In the second place after...

According to a recent nationwide study, women make up only 28% of the U.S. workforce in occupations that require training in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The underrepresentation of women in these fields seems likely to continue, as men outnumber women majoring in most STEM undergraduate programs. This disparity...

Setting the Framework for Success with Five Levels of Mentoring … “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men (women) to do what he (she) wants done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”  - Theodore Roosevelt. The...

What does a publishing company have to do to sell 2 million books in a single year? For Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream, the answer is perhaps unexpected: combine meaningful topics for kids with innovative direct-to-consumer marketing tactics. It’s an unconventional approach, but it’s working — big time. Puppy Dogs...

As companies embark on new transformative initiatives, it is important for C-level executives to pay close attention to the execution of these efforts in order to ensure you are getting what you expect. Of course, strategy is your responsibility and is often viewed as “sexier” than execution, but that way...

When you think of an organization and the processes, the buck usually stops on the CEO’s table. Recent happenings, especially the COVID-19 pandemic, have made this glaring. Only organizations that were primed for eventualities and whose CEOs have resilience as one of their important traits to handle tumultuous situations survived....