Education and Career

As entrepreneurs, CEOs, and business owners, you have many demands on your mind, as well as your body. You need to keep yourself at an optimal energy level and stay as healthy as possible. If you get sick, you can't work at your highest level of performance and your business...

When you start a company with someone, you are entering into a relationship that’s statistically more likely to fail than the average marriage. It’s a journey full of obstacles and challenges—tight finances, massive uncertainty, hiring and firing people, legal matters... the list goes on. This is especially true if you...

Record levels of low unemployment in parts of the country has created havoc among employers who can’t fill jobs fast enough, as magnetic leaders stand by and watch talent flock towards them. I bet you’re wondering what those leaders are serving in their organization that you’re not dishing out. I...

Values should encourage the right behaviours in an organization. They should ensure ethical behaviour, enable behaviours that help to deliver the plan, and enable people throughout the organization to make decisions on their own. The problem is that depending on where you sit in the organization you are likely to...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, with a combined wealth of €645 million, Irish rock band U2 (Bono, Edge, Larry Mullen Jr, and Adam Clayton) are the richest entertainers in Ireland, according to the 2017 Sunday Times Irish Rich List. Second to U2 are producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey (Burnett isn't Irish, but...

In Nov 2014 I ran my fourth marathon, I’d signed up to run in Athens over the original course, running from Marathon to Athens. In my previous 3 marathons I had run times of 5:12, 5:02 and 5:12, and this time I set my goal to finally beat 5 hour...

The UN's health agency released a list of the top 12 most dangerous bacteria in the world - because they are resistant to all the antibiotics we have to treat them. The World Health Organization is hoping pharmaceutical companies and governments will concentrate on developing new drugs to treat people...

Confidence, organization, and people skills are essential for great leadership, but they mean very little if you don’t know how to assert yourself. Assertiveness is a crucial trait for leaders in both Fortune 500 companies and startups as long as it’s applied correctly. Are you a passive leader? Passivity is...

When was the last time you checked in with your customer care department? American businesses lose $41bn every year to poor customer service. And if you think your company is all good, there’s a reasonable chance you’re mistaken: while 80% of businesses believe that they are offering superior customer service,...

Entrepreneurship is challenging, although when you run a company you end up realizing eventually that some of those challenges are actually pretty rewarding. Experienced business owners must learn to overcome all obstacles, regardless of their level of difficulty. One of your core duties will be working as hard as possible...