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The Future of Sales is Radically Transparent—Are you Ready?

By Todd Caponi

"Buyers are driven by an innate desire to predict the experience they will have in making a purchase. Combine that with the proliferation of feedback and reviews on everything we buy, watch and experience, along with the feelings of trust created by authenticy, honesty and transparency. Sellers must

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How to Turn Complexity Into Advantage

By David Komlos, David Benjamin

"With all the fuss about unprecedented and accelerating complexity, you'll probably be surprised to hear that today's standout leaders are solving their organization's defining challenges—including the seemingly intractable ones—and achieving their biggest goals at least ten-times faster

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How to Green Your Company

"Traditionally, responsibility means looking out for the bottom line, and reporting financial performance to your shareholders if you are a publicly traded company. In today's world, responsibility is taking on a whole new meaning, including looking out for your employees and the natural environment."

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The Resurrection of the American Dream

By Craig Hall, Linden Gross

"Over the course of the last several decades, the number of new startups in the U.S. has been on a steady decline. In fact, from 2008 to 2011, more U.S. businesses died annually than new ones were started for the first time in recorded history. Add to this that according to the Economic Innovation Group,

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Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration

By Diana Wu David

"The future of work looks bewildering. The perpetual mention of accelerating change gives us motion sickness. … Exponential change means that everyone is perpetually considering how to re-invent themselves to keep up with shifting careers and mores."

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A Leader's Most Powerful Tool: Choosing When to Say No

By Janelle Bruland

"Isn't it funny that one of the most important words to say is also one of the hardest? One simple word: no. Yet, to say it brings up a flood of feelings—guilt, defensiveness, a fear of offending. … Yet, the ability to say 'no,' to set boundaries and build a structure that works for us, is one

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How to Stop Procrastinating

By Sam Horn

"Are you a charter member of the Procrastinator's Club? Their motto is 'We're behind you all the way.' I'm a woman on a mission to help people put procrastination behind them. Why is this so important? Because procrastination is a prescription for regrets. When we get to the end of our life, we won't

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Does Real Leadership Require Spirituality?

"Spirituality is not a religion; it is guided by practices, not beliefs. It shows through in the decisions you make and the actions you take. Successful leaders embrace spirituality, as well as structure and logic, to move the team and vision forward."

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Leading Loyalty: Cracking the Code to Customer Devotion

By Sandy Rogers, Leena Rinne, Shawn Moon

"You build customer loyalty when the people in your organization show empathy for customers, take responsibility for helping them reach their real goals, and treat them generously. Earning loyalty is much more than teaching good service techniques or giving everyone a copy of Customer Service for Dummies

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Reinventing Reinvention: Choosing the Continuous 'Wise Pivot' Over One-Time Transformation

By Omar Abbosh, Paul Nunes, Larry Downes

"The relentless digital disruption of one industry after another has left leaders looking for a new path to the future. In a world of light-speed technological advances and overnight disruption from all directions, the large-scale business 'transformations' of old no longer suffice, if they ever did."