I think the best way to sum up this week’s collection of curated content is with the word “practical.” Experts from around the Internet give us practical tips and insights that we can act on now, and now is the best time to make improvements. Leadership, management, and productivity In David Nour’s conversation with Molly […]
Here’s a shocking fact of U.S. businesses: Leadership training doesn’t typically happen until managers have been on the job for some 10 years. I think it’s easy to understand why this is so. Very often individuals sort of “morph” or evolve into management positions. It can happen several different ways: The organization grows and a […]
Question: When can losing weight and increasing your level of fitness lead to identity theft? Answer: When you use one of the super popular apps to track your diet and exercise. About 150 million MyFitnessPal users had their email addresses and login information hacked back in February. The breach put user names, email addresses, and […]
Oblivious. Out to lunch. Insensitive. Preoccupied. Unobservant. We’ve all suffered from these lapses at one time or another. They are worse for some people yet others seem to be able to avoid these pitfalls almost all of the time. You know when you’re dealing with someone who is oblivious to your condition. You could be […]
I think Wells Fargo and Gallup could have used a Magic Eight Ball to summarize the findings of their most recent Small Business Index Scores: Outlook good. The 2018 Q1 index came in at 106, down merely one point from its decade-high level of 107 notched in the final quarter of 2017. Some highlights of […]