Strategy
What we can learn from Apple Maps and Steve Jobs
Fortune recently reported just how bad the Apple iPhone 5 mapping really is. Specifically, the article cited a reader’s analysis of the Apple map...
Leadership
Leadership
Q-and-A: Dr. Vivian Fonseca on what’s in store for physicians next year
Dr. Vivian Fonseca has served as editor of the journal Diabetes Care and is the 2012 president, Medicine & Science, of the American Diabetes...
Strategy
Re-energizing remote employees to nurture innovation
If you’ve ever seen the 1999 comedy film “Office Space,” you know you don’t want to be that boss — power hungry and despised...
Leadership
Map highlights 50 largest malls for holiday shopping
Aerial view of the Mall of America. Click on image to launch interactive map. Just in time for the holidays, the story map Fifty...
Strategy
21st-century leadership learnings from 2,500 years ago
Diversity is finally getting beyond discussions of race and gender to include experiences, talents, and ways of thinking. I’d like to add another type...
Leadership
10 ways to fail as a CEO
The year 2013 has begun, and with it a new year of scrutinizing CEO performance. It’s worth taking one last look at 2012’s poor...
Strategy
How does work get done without managers?
Getting rid of managers seems like a drastic — and to some, very unwise — idea, but innovative companies like Valve and W.L. Gore...
Leadership
Esri will offer data to Intellimed for hospital planning and forecasting
Esri and health care data analytics company Intellimed International announced a partnership last month in which Esri will provide Intellimed with data for hospital...
Strategy
How Ray Kroc’s values inspired success
#2696721 / gettyimages.com This post is part of the series “Workplace Morale,” a weeklong effort co-hosted by SmartBrief’s SmartBlog on Leadership and the folks...
Leadership
Baker Hughes’ Gary Cresswell on aligning personal genius and company goals
Gap International’s Leveraging Genius Conference began Feb. 25 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Nearly 200 global executives and their teams from multiple industries and cultures came...
Leadership
Geotrigger set to help developers hit the mark
Mobile phone battery life is a precious commodity. Consumers crave more and more cool applications for their phones, but those apps can drain the...
Leadership
Live from #2013GC: The missions of Salesforce.com, Disney, Foot Locker and Whole Foods
What do Salesforce.com, Foot Locker, Disney, Whole Foods and Knowledge Universe U.S. have in common? A commitment to success through corporate philosophies that emphasize...
Leadership
What to know before you design organizational structure
Leading early organizational theorists such as Max Weber, Frederick Winslow Taylor and Henri Fayol all argued, to some degree, that organizations can and should...
Leadership
How prepared are you to lead at the next level of responsibility (e.g., manager to director)?
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 190,000 business leaders. We run the poll...
Leadership
Risky business: Strategies to encourage employee risk-taking
Failure is getting considerable attention in leadership and management circles these days. Articles, books, and keynote speeches preach the value of mistakes and learning...
Leadership
How solid is the succession plan in your organization?
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 190,000 business leaders. We run the poll...
Leadership
As Q4 approaches, which of the following is most challenging for you as a leader?
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 190,000 business leaders. We run the poll...
Leadership
Sal Khan on revolutionary changes coming to education
Sal Khan For those who don’t know the story of Sal Khan and the Khan Academy, a look at the back story and growth...
Leadership
What’s the most challenging aspect of leading your peers?
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 190,000 business leaders. We run the poll...
Leadership
Closing the equal-pay gap, one woman at a time
Happy Equal Pay Day! Seriously, there is such a thing as equal pay day, and it’s today, April 8. What’s going on with equal...
Leadership
How do you feel about your current level of responsibilities?
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 190,000 business leaders. We run the poll...
Leadership
How prevalent is the use of buzzwords in your organization?
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 190,000 business leaders. We run the poll...
Leadership
Risk Management Increases in Importance
Todd VanderVen, President of BSI Group Todd VanderVen is President of BSI Group America Inc. Todd joined BSI in 2008 from SGS where he...
HR
Not buying an increase in HR jobs
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and human resources practitioners. We run the poll...
Leadership
Craft a roadmap for leader effectiveness
There were 25 managers in a recent leadership program I facilitated. Part of the program included a pre-work assessment where each manager and their...
Leadership
Don’t settle for a less-than-engaging work environment
Is your workplace dull and frustrating, or is it engaging and inspiring? This is a question I pose to leaders frequently. Most leaders pay...
Productivity
How to boost your productivity
This guest post is by Shannon Suetos, who writes about purchasing and outsourcing decisions for small business owners and entrepreneurs at Resource Nation. We...
Leadership
Injecting a new culture — and quickly
When I took over ACAM Advisors in early 2003, investment returns had been below average for several years, and two important clients had recently...
Careers
3 questions for Alexandra Levit
One of my favorite career writers, Alexandra Levit, has a new column in the Wall Street Journal for people looking to reinvent themselves professionally....
Careers
5 ways to manage your boss better
This guest post is by Joe Takash, a behavior strategist and author of “Results Through Relationships: Building Trust, Performance and Profit Through People.” As...
Careers
Brooke blogs “The Office”: Why you should always under-promise
Watching “The Office” is often a cringe-inducing experience, but I think last night’s episode caused me more pain than any other I’ve seen. Turns...
Careers
Create a CEO blog that works
Trust within organizations is difficult to capture, especially these days. So, when a new CEO comes on board, the challenge to connect with employees...
Careers
Betty Otter-Nickerson on what it takes to get and stay ahead
As president of Sage North America’s Healthcare Division, Betty Otter-Nickerson is responsible for strategic vision and operations, building on the company’s more than 25...
Careers
How to find a job over the holidays
It’s a myth that no one finds a job over the holidays, but you may have to change your approach, says HR expert Laurie...
Careers
3 steps to eliminate (leadership) stress
One of the biggest challenges you may face as a leader at any level is the stress that comes from one or more sources:...
Careers
Career development begins with care
Have you ever noticed that the first four letters of the phrase “career development” spell “care”? Coincidence? I think not. Because, more than words...
Careers
When a leadership opportunity knocks, are you ready?
Are you ready to take your leadership game to a higher level? If your answer is, “Yes! I’m in!” congratulations. Taking ownership of your...
Careers
Emerging from a sea of smart leaders
Many of the leaders I work with are considered “high potential” to move to higher levels within their organizations. They are all really smart....
Careers
Is “sponsor” is the new “mentor” for women leaders? 3 tips for attracting a sponsor
For years, mentoring has been how many companies and professional associations have hoped to close the leadership gender gap, in which women barely achieve...
Careers
Leaders must meet their future selves
Recently, social psychologists discovered a problem most of us have in preparing for the future: we think of our future selves as strangers —...
Careers
Former BP CEO John Browne on coming out in business
This post is excerpted from “The Glass Closet” (HarperBusiness, June 2014) by John Browne. Visit The Glass Closet website and follow @glassclosetorg on Twitter....
Careers
Is this the job you signed up for?
My first leadership post was the most unusual and most unexpected management position that I ever held. When I was a high school senior,...