When business conditions are tough, you need your employees to unite to develop strategies that give your firm a competitive edge. Yet if people are anxious about their job security, they are more likely to adopt an independent, preservation mind-set. It can take extra time and effort to overcome this roadblock with your staff and…
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Nominations Open for CEO Vision Awards
Vision: The art of seeing things invisible, as Jonathan Swift once wrote. Visionary executives, we submit, are those who not only see possibilities in plain sight, but who also possess a unique mixture of skills, abilities and leadership that can make the impossible happen. They are individuals who can marshal the resources and people around…
Social Networking and the Business: Friend or Foe?
Anyone who has teenagers is well aware that social networking sites are becoming a primary communications vehicle. EMarketer.com reports that 37% of adult and 70% of teen Internet users access a social networking site at least once a month. Meanwhile, advertising on such sites is growing as well, with worldwide spending in 2008 estimated at…