Education and Career

Harvard University raised more money than any other institution in the U.S. last year — $1.19 billion — in 2nd place was Stanford University, with $951.15 million, according to an annual survey by the Council for Aid to Education, a New York nonprofit. Last year universities and colleges in the...

Employee training has never been more critically important to business growth. At the same time, marketplace pressures like globalization, shrinking budgets and employee turnover are dramatically altering the way training is structured and delivered in the workplace. Fortunately, technological innovations have paved the way for the growth of virtual instructor-led...

The "10 Immutable Laws of Security" was an essay published by the Microsoft Security Response Center in 2000. Since the time it was published, attack methods have become significantly more complex and diverse. Likewise, the methods we use to counter such attacks have become more sophisticated. So, let's revisit the...

In 2016, Fit Body Boot Camp was placed on the Inc. 5000 list for the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. As the CEO and founder of Fit Body Boot Camp, I want to make sure I understand what got us there, because as much as I take pride...

LinkedIn has updated their Endorsements feature to help users get more traction for their profiles so they can easily connect to people looking for their level of skills and expertise. For quite some time, LinkedIn endorsements have been part and parcel to creating a powerful LinkedIn profile that stands out...

Productivity is the key factor that is responsible for taking any business from $1 to $100 million; sometimes, even rolling it down from $100 million to nothing. And each and every employee’s individual productivity is super important to increase the productivity of company as a whole. Productivity is the key...

China has already overtaken the US as the world’s top economy, while India is projected to overtake the US into 2nd position by 2050, according to PwC. With an average annual growth of 2.6 percent, consulting firm expects the global economy to double in size within a quarter of a...

Cristiano Ronaldo was rated as the highest-earning sportsperson in the world in 2016, followed by his long-standing rival Lionel Messi Lionel Messi. The Real Madrid forward tops Forbes magazine’s Money Index for the first time, as he earned $88 million. Lionel Messi, meanwhile, follows in 2nd-place with his income totalling...

In today’s global economy, despite technological advances that allow for many meetings to be done virtually, face-to-face relationships remain valuable and many business-people will still have to travel for work. But have organizations learned to embrace the health and well-being of business-people when it comes to business travel? After all,...

Diversity of opinion fuels innovation. It’s what allows entrepreneurs to question sacred cows and make swift, smart decisions that keep their budding businesses at the cutting edge. However, according to a 2016 Gallup poll, just 17 percent of workers “strongly agree” that their companies value open communication. Open communication is the...