Kickstarter has been a successful crowdfunding option for potential entrepreneurs to garner cash. However it has not been without some issues. According to The Wall Street Journal article The Trouble With Kickstarter, “The only thing worse than having to...
Facebook has made it so much easier to follow just about anything. RSS feeds and Twitter are still an option for many people. However, with Facebook, once someone “likes” a page, it shows up in their feed on their homepage whenever anything from that page is...
One of the hardest things I had to do when I moved was to get rid of some of my books. My house was starting to look like a Barnes & Noble. I kept the textbooks I use for my courses and a few others that I found especially useful or interesting. The...
HR professionals within organizations have given personality assessments to potential employees for many years. I was asked to take a personality assessment for a pharmaceutical sales job in 1987. The changes I have noticed since that time include the type and...
The PayPal Mafia refers to a group of individuals who created multiple companies that created a frenzy of growth in the Silicon Valley. The entrepreneurs created PayPal before they set out to develop other multiple successful technology-based companies. These men...
Leaders often have to deal with the effects of creative disruption. According to CreativeDisruption.net, “Creative disruption intentionally brings the challenge or change right to the organization to force it to change and adapt in advance of a random, unpredictable...
Uber is an app (iPhone and Android) that allows you to request a black Towncar or SUV rather than a typical cab in the U.S. and Canada. When you use the app, it finds your location and allows you to order an “Uber”. You can see all of the black cars in your area on...
If you are like me, you may want to use your laptop when you travel. One way to gain access to the Internet is by using an iPhone’s Personal Hotspot feature. The cellular data connection on the phone will allow you to connect your laptop or desktop to the Internet....
I am currently reviewing a text about marketing. Schools hire me to do this on occasion. One thing that disappointed me was there was nothing in it about QR codes and some of the other newest marketing techniques. QR codes have been around for a while. If you...
One of the hardest parts of getting a new business off of the ground is to have enough funding. Many entrepreneurs use family members as personnel in order to avoid paying wages. It may be quite expensive to hire people to take orders or process requests. ...
Our guest today is Ola Snow, Chief Human Resources Officer at Cardinal Health. Ola oversees the company’s Human Resources, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Community Relations, Communications, Environmental health and Safety, Security, Real Estate, Facilities and...
You can’t avoid negotiations in any line of work, especially in business. Whether it’s negotiating a business deal or negotiating your salary, you need to know how it works. You need to know how many questions you need to ask, how to get in their head, and more. Join...
Tom Peters illuminates this episode with his wisdom by sharing his new book, which was inspired by Excellence Now: Extreme Humanism. Tom, the co-author of Compact Guide to Excellence, shares the guidebook for leaders in the workplace to urge them on what truly matters...
Our guest today is MetLife EVP and Chief HR Officer Susan Podlogar. In this episode, our discussion focuses on MetLife’s wellness programs and initiatives. Susan provides actionable steps you can take to start building your own company’s wellness culture, which is...
Our guest today is DocuSign’s Chief People Officer, Joan Burke. In this episode, we discuss DocuSign’s unique core company values: Trusted, Loved, and Responsible. Joan tells us how and why these values are kept top-of-mind for every decision around how they treat...