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,...

A new survey by the Pew Research has revealed that at least 44 percent of employed moms say part-time work would be their ideal situation. A majority of Working Mothers, report they would rather not work full-time. This raises the question: Why? Moms with full-time jobs opting out of their...

Particularly in today's competitive job market where employers are sifting through hundreds of cover letters and resumes. Therefore, your cover letter has to be excellent to make a good impression for guaranteed job-hunting success. What tips do you have for writing a job-winning cover letter? A a “wow”-worthy cover letter...