This year the epic film, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, celebrates 75 years since its premiere. Early in the film the powerful nature of the ruby slippers was messaged to Dorothy. Soon after arriving in Munchkinland, Glinda the Good Witch of the North teases the Wicked Witch of the West,...

Some CEOs and business leaders light up a room just by walking in, instantly make us feel special and important. Of course we can't explain, so why: They're naturally charismatic than others. These "charismatics" are better able to convince and persuade other organization's board of directors and staff to have...

Carol Meyrowitz, the Chief Executive Officer of TJX Companies is the "highest-paid female CEO," according to an analysis of executive pay by the Wall Street Journal, with a compensation package valued at $20.6 million. General Dynamics CEO, Phebe Novakovic ranked second, closely followed by Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo, Meg Whitman...

The New York Times – perhaps the world’s most iconic newspaper – is good at a great many things. Leadership, it appears, just isn’t one of them. The Times continues to suffer from the fallout of a decision on May 9th by publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. to fire outspoken executive...

After months of patience, hard-work, preparation, and persistence, you've been offered the "Chief product officer" position. Congratulations! In today's economic climate, it can be tempting to accept the offer, but should you take it? So how do you decide? 1. Are you passionate about the product - To be a...

In business, as in sports, as in life, we are constantly faced with change. Change in the economic and financial environment, a change in momentum, a change in personnel. To paraphrase an old cliché, change is as certain as death and taxes. All of us deal with change differently, yet...

Ironically, beneath all the debauchery there are a number of lessons investors should take from Martin Scorsese film, The Wolf of Wall Street? The first is that movie was an incredibly funny, entertaining, tons of sex,  drugs, cars, yachts, money -  really enjoyable!!! The most valuable lesson: How people who lack...

One lesson I learned while working in Washington was that in spite of how much politicians talk about the importance of developing small businesses, there is a big gap between rhetoric and reality. Small businesses (defined as businesses with fewer than 500 employees) were hurt more than anyone else by...

As a business owner or manager, there will come a time when you have to decide: Hire someone or outsource? Outsourcing no longer has the same stigma attached to it as it used to. In fact, in an era where technology niches are becoming more demanding in higher in numbers,...