Education and Career

The disruptive threats facing businesses today may be driven by any of the tremendous shifts in demographics, technology, the workforce, the economy, natural resources, and countless other changes affecting how we live and how society functions. Addressing these shifts by deploying advanced technologies, hiring millennial employees, launching into a new...

Marshall Goldsmith, leading thinker and business educator, reminds us in the title of his excellent book that What got you here won’t get you there. The qualities and competencies that got you to this senior leadership role are unlikely to help you succeed in this role. Most of us began...

You must have read somewhere or heard from somebody that successful CEOs are regular readers and have a habit of reading at least one book per week.  It doesn’t matter whether they are on the road, in travel, in the office or anywhere else; they always have a neat stack...

West Virginia is the least diverse state in America, according to a new nationwide analysis of cultural, economic, and racial inequalities in the U.S. by WalletHub. The Mountain State was joined by Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Montana for lack of diversity. California, Texas, Hawaii, New Jersey, and New York...

Creating a more culturally and gender-diverse workplace has been proven by McKinsey, Gallup and numerous companies around the world to improve business success. Still, many struggle to overcome gaps in gender and ethnic diversity when it comes to hiring and leadership cultivation and promotion. But, building a strong, inclusive leadership...

With numerous FinTech trends emerging over the last years, more people have directed their focus towards investment opportunity revolving around cryptocurrencies and towards Initial Coin Offerings for their enterprises’ equities. Once Bitcoin has reached impressive growth, numerous new altcoins have appeared and more people have become interested in investing their...

Amazingly, five of the top ten richest cities in the world are in America, according to the World Ultra Wealth Report from Wealth-X, as measured by the number of residents worth $30 million or more. The number of people worth $30 million or more – known as ultra-high-net-worth individuals –...

Your choice of merchant services provider is one of the most important you can make as a business owner. The right merchant services provider can make processing credit and debit card payments a breeze and even offer integrated software solutions that can streamline your bookkeeping, accounting and inventory processes —...

Being a leader occasionally requires you to deliver a difficult message.  Whether it’s an issue with an employee or the company, it’s never easy to tell somebody something they don’t want to hear.  It’s human nature, we hear and focus on the headline.  And if the headline is negative the...

Are you eagerly waiting for the release of Microsoft Office 2019? You aren’t alone. Many people especially businessmen are also waiting to see what might be the new features that will be packed into this brand new version. Getting new reports from this new version of Microsoft just become tough...