Dress for the Job You Want?

Dress for the Job You Want?

10 Ways to Cut Overhead without Decreasing Morale

10 Ways to Cut Overhead without Decreasing Morale

Do your leaders practice what they preach?

Do your leaders practice what they preach?: "It isn?t enough anymore for companies to ?say? they support an issue. To be publicly perceived as really making a difference, companies ? and their employees ? must fully engage their support. Successful leaders, in particular, must be engaged in thoughtful public dialogue regarding the key issues and challenges facing their organizations."

10 Decisions Not to Make Alone

10 Decisions Not to Make Alone: "We all make financial decisions every single day, some small, some large. Do I cook at home or go out to eat? Do I change banks? Do I clean my own home or hire a housecleaner? Do I buy a used car, a new car or lease a car? Do I start my own business or buy a franchise?"

Too Creative To Be A Leader? Really?

Too Creative To Be A Leader? Really?: "In his insightful post entitled ?Are the People in Your Organization Too Smart to be Creative?? Forbes contributor, Chunka Mui, co-author of Billion-Dollar Lessons previews a study to be published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (summary here) by Jennifer Mueller, Jack Goncalo, and Dishan Kamdar to the effect that in traditional organizations open expression of creative ideas is negatively correlated with perceptions of leadership potential."

Is Your Network Helping Your Career Goals?

Is Your Network Helping Your Career Goals?: "Networking is the best way to find your next job. Make sure your network is the right one for your career with these 3 networking strategies."

How to Avoid Simple Career Mistakes

How to Avoid Simple Career Mistakes: "In an interview that my Be Your Own Best Publicist co-author and I did with personal branding expert Dan Schawbel for our blog, he said that he'd recently 'received the worst PR pitch...ever seen. Instead of saying 'Dan, would you be interested in interviewing the CEO of XYZ,' they made it very impersonal and said 'Hi .' What this does is notify me that I?m on their list without permission, that they didn?t take the time to speak to me personally and that they are careless.'"

The Best Exercises To Do At Your Desk

The Best Exercises To Do At Your Desk: "The word exercise comes from the Latin exercere, meaning to keep busy or at work."

How to Succeed With Today's Empowered Customers

How to Succeed With Today's Empowered Customers: "You can’t succeed in your new startup if you can’t win customers, and the new Internet-empowered customers are tough. They are in control, and they no longer care where or from whom they buy. They do have a specific purchase progression with key milestone moments that determine your win or loss outcome in every transaction."

Why Marketing Is Critical For Start-Ups

Why Marketing Is Critical For Start-Ups: "Former Wal-Mart CMO on one of the top reasons why companies fail."

Pitch Your Idea in 140 Characters

Pitch Your Idea in 140 Characters: "Sell your ideas more effectively by creating a Twitter-friendly summary.  I once talked to an early investor in Google who said the Google guys—Sergey Brin and Larry Page—were able to explain their new service to investors in one sentence:  "Google allows you to access the world’s information in one click."   Today if you walk into this investors office to pitch your company, you’d better be able to give him the big picture in one sentence because that is what he expects."

Why Multitasking Gets You Nowhere, Fast

Why Multitasking Gets You Nowhere, Fast: "Have you ever watched someone attempting to do several things at once in the workplace?"

How To Negotiate Your Salary

How To Negotiate Your Salary: "I mentioned to an advertising honcho friend of mine that I was thinking of writing a story on how to negotiate salary in job interviews. My friend, who is in his 50s--we'll call him Don--was inspired to write me a 10-point memo on how he's done it. Don likes to play hardball."

5 Ways To Show Thank You, Not Just Say It

5 Ways To Show Thank You, Not Just Say It: "Yes it’s cliche, but sometimes saying thank you is not enough."

Serve Your Customer. It Pays Off. Big Time.

Serve Your Customer. It Pays Off. Big Time.: "I was visiting my friend Lindy the other day, and she asked for some help with her computer. Specifically with some e-mail problems. I'm no super-geek, but I tend to know my way around a PC, and I volunteered to help. Did I succeed? Nope. Not even close."

Thinking Like a Student Can Impede Your Path to a Successful Career

Thinking Like a Student Can Impede Your Path to a Successful Career: "Much has recently been made of the fact that there are now more women college graduates than men who earn their Bachelors degrees from four-year institutions. At the Claremont Colleges here in Southern California last night, Gloria Feldt (No Excuses, 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power) fielded the following question from one of the young men in the audience."

Is Your Head On The Chopping Block?

Is Your Head On The Chopping Block?: "Warren Buffett is fond of filleting the "helper" class--those various intermediaries who come between investors' money and the things that ultimately generate a return on it."

In Pictures: 12 Fool-Proof Ways To Shake A Bad Mood

In Pictures: 12 Fool-Proof Ways To Shake A Bad Mood: "Proven tricks from experts and real people who've been there, done that--and seen results."

How Setting Career Goals Can Backfire

How Setting Career Goals Can Backfire: "According to Adam Galinsky, a social psychologist who teaches courses in ethics and decision-making at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, a slew of studies have shown that people perform best when they set tough and precise goals for themselves--what he calls "specific stretch goals." They do much better than people with "non-stretch," or easy-to-achieve goals, or vague aims like "do your best." Strive for concrete, ambitious ends and you'll exhibit greater motivation, higher performance and more creativity, he says. But you can also get in real trouble that way, he adds."

Sales Are Good--Strategic Customers Are Better

Sales Are Good--Strategic Customers Are Better: "Tyson Toussant and Tim Coombs invented a clothing fabric made from recycled plastic. Now to brand it."