Reading List: Roadside MBA
When three friends—all of them business professors with Ph.D.s—stepped out of their educational enclaves and hit the road, they learned valuable lessons about how small companies are faring. Michael Mazzeo of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Paul Oyer of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Scott Schaefer of the University of Utah’s David […]
Reading List: Console Wars
Blake J. Harris has penned an exhaustively researched account of the vicious fight between Sega and Nintendo for video console world domination. Console Wars tells the tale of this battle—or, as it’s described, this corporate war—that put families, friends, and countries up against each other. So who won the rivalry? Sonic or Mario? In 1990, […]
How to Retain Talented Employees
In 1997 I decided to move my organizations from San Diego to Atlanta. I knew the relocation would mean saying goodbye to some great friends and colleagues on these teams. I wondered: How many would stay in a city they loved and how many would pick up their lives to make the move with the […]
3 Solutions to Serious Savings on Your Energy Bill
Highs of 87 degrees in Chicago. Ninety-eight in Atlanta. In Phoenix it’s 109! If it’s hot and humid where you live this summer, chances are you’re sweating your next air conditioning bill as much as the heat itself. The good news is making your home more energy-efficient is a great way to discover new savings. […]
Community in Co-Working (and Other Perks of the Business Trend)
Parker Whitney graduated from college in 2008 with a degree in psychology and a large question looming: Now what? “There was no work anywhere,” he says. A year later, he learned that Indy Hall, a co-working site a five-minute walk from Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, had an internship available. Whitney got the position and soon became […]
Jimmy Kimmel: The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business
It’s a little before 9 on a scorching Los Angeles morning, and I wonder if ABC’s prince of late- night TV might have thought our interview was scheduled for 9 at night. After all, what nightlife denizen thinks there is a 9 in the morning? But before the hour strikes, Jimmy Kimmel’s assistant escorts me […]
Reading List: Executive Presence
Executive presence (EP) goes beyond charisma, reports Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a respected economist and CEO of the Manhattan-based Center for Talent Innovation. After conducting a nationwide survey of nearly 4,000 college-educated professionals in a wide range of fields, center researchers concluded that EP is a blend of gravitas, communication and appearance. While the specifics vary […]
Evernote: An Indispensable App
Able to sync content from the cloud to your desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone, Evernote seems to do it all. When you make an update in Evernote on one device, you’ll see it reflected everywhere else. Here are a few of the best ways to use the program. 1. Organizing. Treat Evernote like the Library […]
John C. Maxwell: A Guide for Making Tough Decisions
Good leadership is not a popularity contest. One of the most important days in my career was the day I realized that leading well was more important than being well-liked. Anyone who has had this epiphany know it’s a tough moment: We’ve all wanted to be the “cool kid” since our grade school days. Now we […]
Building a Blissful Business
Abby Larson’s idea of a perfect wedding is “intimacy, unabashed style, a sense of timelessness and grace built into every detail.” And if she could turn back time, she’d host her own in her backyard with chandeliers decorating trees and a Spanish guitar entertaining guests. But when she said “I do,” the wedding resources seemed […]
