Education and Career

I was recently having a conversation with my former senior leadership team about finding good female leadership talent at a Chicago-based marketing firm. One of the senior team members openly expressed frustration about not being able to find good female leadership talent.  His reason surprised me: “We’ve tried recruiting women,...

Infographics are a lot more than just a way to "gussy up" boring content. Make no mistake - that is definitely a plus. If you present people with thousands of words of plain text, their eyes are likely to glaze over - according to a study by the Media Insight...

Taking on new responsibilities, a different role, a bigger project, managing more staff, or starting a new job can be like a double edged sword.  On one hand it is exciting and new, yet on the other hand, it can be overwhelming and stressful. Being able to turn challenges into...

The talks about becoming a successful entrepreneur seem to be redundant now. It seems like it’s all talk and nothing practical... right?  But… let me tell you one thing. It is not as redundant as it sounds, my fellows! Entrepreneurship might have become a hobby or an urge to earn...

Meetings have a tendency to keep going for hours, whether you are attending them in person or through the internet. Contrary to what some believe, however, it is not because there are just too many topics that need attention. Rather, it is because participants tend to ramble or stray away...

Just like how every CEO should have a blog, it's also just as important to have a solid social following in the process. With over a billion active users across all of the major social networks, this can be a perfect opportunity for business owners and CEOs to take advantage...

If you work from home, you’re well used to its benefits. No unnecessary time and money spent commuting. More time to spend with family and friends. Greater flexibility over your workload. It seems the working-from-home trend isn’t just limited to us mere mortals. Indeed, a crop of celebs and well-known...

Automation is not a new idea — it’s been around at least since Henry Ford started using the assembly line to mass-produce cars. Still, it remains an elusive concept for many companies. Historically, automation has been pictured as a factory floor filled with robots doing the work of humans. While...

Each and every day, someone is trying to launch a product. More than that, every entrepreneur hopes that their particular product will get viral and make them rich. Funny fact: it almost never works they way they’re expecting. In order to launch a popular and a successful product, there are...

Today’s job seekers need to change their mindset and adopt a new approach. The days of the traditional resumés are over, and even an MBA is no longer enough to give you an edge. Why? According to Fortune, there were 191,571 MBA graduates in the US alone in 2011-2012, which...