An 18 Minute Plan for Managing Your Day

An 18 Minute Plan for Managing Your Day: Yesterday started with the best of intentions. I walked into my office in the morning with a vague sense of what I wanted to accomplish. Then I sat down, turned on my computer, and checked my email. Two hours later, after fighting several fires, solving other people's problems, and dealing with whatever happened to be thrown at me through my computer and phone, I could hardly remember what I had set out to accomplish when I first turned on my computer. I'd been ambushed. And I know better.

5 Ways To Make a Killer First Impression

5 Ways To Make a Killer First Impression: Most people will judge you within the first second of meeting you and their opinion will most likely never change. Making a good first impression is incredibly important, because you only get one shot at it.

Do You Know How To Mix Happiness And Business?

Do You Know How To Mix Happiness And Business?: Stop Believing These 3 Myths

The 3 Things That Steve Jobs Taught Us About Creative Leadership

The 3 Things That Steve Jobs Taught Us About Creative Leadership: For Jobs creativity was about knowing what you want, applying intuition, and keeping it simple. And maybe his genius is in how deceptively uncomplicated it seems. Yet at the end his approach to creative leadership required raising the bar remarkably high, inspiring others to do the impossible, and an almost unwavering ability to focus.

Mentoring and Movements: How Leaders Are Made

Mentoring and Movements: How Leaders Are Made: When it comes to movements -- when it comes to life -- being a mentor is just as important and being mentored

How To Turn Down A Promotion (Without Losing Your Job)

How To Turn Down A Promotion (Without Losing Your Job): “From one organization to another, passing on a promotion might go perfectly well or you could find yourself put to pasture.”

Great Ideas: 4 ways to thrill your customers

Great Ideas: 4 ways to thrill your customers: The standard steps that entrepreneurs take to launch or fortify a business—such as lining up financing and writing a marketing plan—are crucial.

How to Negotiate a Year-End Raise

How to Negotiate a Year-End Raise: When Stuart Diamond worked as a reporter at The New York Times in the 1980s, he used to approach his boss toward the end of every year and pose a general query about how the boss thought he had been doing. Then after getting a favorable response, he would ask ...

Alternative financing: How to get big bucks for your startup

Alternative financing: How to get big bucks for your startup: Just got denied a bank loan? Don't get mad. Get creative. Our panel of entrepreneurs gives seven alternative financing tips to bootstrap your business.

Learn From The Pros: 10 Tricks To Project Authority

Learn From The Pros: 10 Tricks To Project Authority

Seven Ways to Tame An Office Tyrant

Seven Ways to Tame An Office Tyrant: This is a guest post by Lynn Taylor, a career coach and author of the book Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant (John Wiley & Sons).

One Simple Step to Higher Earnings

One Simple Step to Higher Earnings: A few months ago, I was flipping through the Wall Street Journal, when 5 words practically slapped  me in the face.  I can’t remember what the article was about. But the phrase super-glued itself to my brain.

10 questions to ask before taking a promotion

10 questions to ask before taking a promotion

The Impact of Eye Contact

The Impact of Eye Contact: You’re at a business event and the colleague you’ve been having an intense conversation with begins to shift her gaze from your face to look around the room. Ever wonder why that makes you feel as if she has stopped listening? You know it’s not logical. A person doesn’t have to look at you to hear you. People don’t listen with their eyes.

Zappos' Success Secrets

Zappos' Success Secrets: Author Carmine Gallo offers five principles for delivering customers and profits.

4 Ways To Improve Your Resume... (From a Recruiter)

4 Ways To Improve Your Resume... (From a Recruiter): Let’s face it: Your resume is the most valuable document of your professional life. Everyone from recent college graduates to experienced professionals will judged on this one piece of paper.

Does your marketing need some space?

Does your marketing need some space?: Step back and see what makes sense from the market’s perspective.

Do You Have Clutter Mentality?

Do You Have Clutter Mentality?: One thing I've noticed about happiness: for me, and for most people, outer order contributes to inner calm. More than it should. In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find -- and I hear from other people that they agree -- that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.

9 Ways to Boost Your Confidence at Work

9 Ways to Boost Your Confidence at Work: I recently started my own freelance writing business, so, in fact, I no longer answer to a “boss.”

Before You Hire Your First Employee

Before You Hire Your First Employee: First assess the implications of putting workers on payroll. Then limit future legal headaches by creating an employment policy