References available on request is the footnote of most CVs written in English, yet all too often the ‘final hurdle’ of the hiring process is either forgotten altogether or given only cursory attention, yet a quality reference checking process is not merely a disaster prevention practice, it can unearth vitally...

Not only are customers now empowered to compare prices, products and brand reputations before they decide to purchase, thanks to smartphones and other mobile devices — but new advances in mobile technology are about to inflict even greater impacts on the retail environment as we know it. This is due...

I know this is the most common challenge in any modern workplace. Distractions and interruptions happen, it's how you deal with them everyday that matters. So today, I’m going to share some simple and effective ways to deal with interruptions at work. Unfortunately, your mobile rings to ask “just a...

Research organizations Gartner and Forrester predict 2014 will be the year corporations that have been holding back on technology spending break out their checkbooks for information technology (IT) purchases. Before they do, however, they should make sure their IT strategy is aligned with their organization’s current and long-term business strategies...

World’s greatest corporate leaders, inventors, businesspeople and reformers say dumb stuff all the time. Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg once said of his customers, "They trust me -- dumb f***s." Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was famously quoted as saying "Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards."  Acknowledge...

In today's talent-focused world of business, it is impossible for companies to succeed without executives who know how to attract, retain, manage, and develop the best. Let's face it, The best talent wants to work with the best talent. Get rid of the obvious time wasters - Capable executives say,...

Like Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn once famously said, "If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late."   We are in a fast-moving world in which perfect products delivered past deadline can be deadly. A solution has to be "a good-enough product"...

When you look around the fashion industry, you will be struck by how many amazing and inspiring fashion designers are leading the charge to embrace the continuous rise of social media. Ultimately, I think that whatever social platforms you use, whether it's LinkedIn or Google+, Facebook or Twitter, Pinterest or...

Since we published the list of top charity CEOs, advertising executives,  influential chief executive officers (CEOs,) venture capitalists, chief marketing officers (CMOs,) and chief information officers (CIOs) the role of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) in developing and implementing security processes that minimize risk in an increasingly unpredictable digital environment has...