Education and Career

It was the age of irrational exuberance.  I start with that notion because I remember then Fed-chair Alan Greenspan’s words ringing in my ear, as I prepared my presentation and walked into a crowded room at the Intercontinental Hotel in New York City.  There were 300 financial companies represented in...

Not so surprisingly, the search behemoth Google is perceived to be the most desirable employer for business students, according to the latest research by Universum’s talent survey, a global research and advisory firm. Apple, EY, Goldman Sachs, and PwC rounded out the top five in 2016. Deloitte, Microsoft, KPMG, L'Oréal...

Interestingly, Coca-Cola Company was named the most powerful brand in America of 2016, beating Hershey, Bayer, and Walt Disney, cited by Tenet Partners in its 2016 Top 100 Most Powerful Brands report. It may be surprising for some to find out that Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee-shop retailer, hadn’t...

It won't surprise you to know that Microsoft's Bill Gates is the most admired person in tech among IT professionals, followed by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. As part of the process, we asked full-time employees working for large tech companies to list their favorite person, executive, or entrepreneur...

Not surprisingly, Australia is the number one choice among tourists from China for their next holiday, according to the Chinese International Travel Monitor 2016. Next is Japan, followed by Hong Kong, South Korea, and the Maldives. Taiwan ranked 10th after Thailand (6th), Singapore (7th), Macau (8th), and France (9th) among...

Unsurprisingly, the top-paid woman on the ranking is Oracle Corp.'s Co-Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz, who made $53.2 million last year, according to Equilar 100 list. The 2nd woman on the list is Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo's Chairman and CEO. She raked in  $22.2 million last year. Coming in at No....

Talking to colleagues feels like it should be the easiest thing in the world, but we’ve all been caught in moments when we’ve not known how to navigate a conversation – or regretted that we failed to motivate an employee to achieve their best work. In fact, communication is a...

Ever wondered which aerospace and defense companies make the most money?  It's no surprise that the Chicago-based Boeing topped the list of the world’s 20 largest aerospace and defense companies as measured by 2015 revenue, according to a recent study by Deloitte, followed by other industry behemoths such as Airbus...

When we try to observe our business performance by walking around, our observation is limited by how far our eye can see, the snapshot of time we are there, what our eye happens to notice, what our ear happens to listen to, what is in plain sight. We miss what...

Stanford University ranks No. 1 on the list of 100 most and least diverse colleges in the United States, 2016, according to the Priceonomics Data Studio report. The second-most-diverse college in America is the University of California, Los Angeles, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, No. 3; Columbia University in...