3 Ways To Be A Better Negotiator Today

3 Ways To Be A Better Negotiator Today: Suck at negotiation? Here are some tips that will make you a better negotiator right now.

The Power of Why: 5 Keys to Getting Business Right

The Power of Why: 5 Keys to Getting Business Right: The mission of Truliant Federal Credit Union is to enhance the quality of life of our members and become their preferred financial institution.

How To Get More Done

How To Get More Done: Spend more time on what really deserves your attention and boost your productivity

Take These Four Steps if You Want to Lead Big Change

Take These Four Steps if You Want to Lead Big Change: This article is by Christine M. Riordan, the dean and a professor of management at the Daniels College of Business.

How to Find Work with Purpose

How to Find Work with Purpose:

Many people today have not been given vocabularies to talk about what virtue is, what character consists of, and in which way excellence lies, so they just talk about community service, figuring that if you are doing the sort of work that Bono celebrates than you must be a good person. --  David Brooks, The New York Times,  from an op-ed column titled The Service Patch.

Brooks? piece made me think about how social purpose looks through the lens of recent graduates. The new wave of social entrepreneurs believes work needs to be meaningful. What kinds of people are drawn to careers devoted to social change? Where should they work, given the changing roles of governments, philanthropic organizations, and corporations? How can young people who want to make a difference find jobs that matter?

Techie Networking for Women (Video)

Techie Networking for Women (Video): From Silicon Valley to New York, the tech world is disruptive, innovative and mostly male. Startup entrepreneur Amy Yazdian of I'm In The Kitchen tells how she fit in.

Refine Your Pitch Over and Over Again

Refine Your Pitch Over and Over Again: We recently went live with the public beta version of my site, Taste Savant and have been starting to get some pretty great coverage in the press.  We are a highly curated restaurant discovery site designed to help the savvy diner decide where to eat out.  What makes us different is that we curate and aggregate restaurants and reviews only from trusted sources including friends, critics, chefs, bloggers, and other people who know about food.  We are basically the opposite of Yelp. Taste Savant provides you with a select group of restaurants that are worth your time with reviews aggregated from sources you can trust. Yelp, on the other hand, provides their users with tens of thousands of restaurants in a geographic area and thousands of reviews for each restaurant from users you don't know.

5 Steps To Crafting An Inspiring Presentation That's A Breeze to Deliver

5 Steps To Crafting An Inspiring Presentation That's A Breeze to Deliver: In my coaching and career development work with executives, leaders and entrepreneurs, we often get the chance to build inspiring and informative talks, seminars and presentations for a wide array of audiences, ranging from 50 to 500 in number.  The story goes like this: my client is invited to present at a national or regional conference or event, offering her take on her specific area of expertise.  She’s thrilled and honored, but while she’s at the top of her game in her field, she feels less than secure about delivering a powerful talk that will come across as effortless, natural and unscripted, and leave the attendees inspired and motivated.

How to Avoid Letting Your Emotions Blow The Deal

How to Avoid Letting Your Emotions Blow The Deal: Even the most levelheaded business owner can be unreasonable when it comes to selling their own company. Five keys to deal success

The Best Kept Secret of Super Negotiators

The Best Kept Secret of Super Negotiators: When we see correlation, we believe in causation. Don't rail against this common human tendency. Use it!

Updating Your Resume? Try This Quick Diagnostic First

Updating Your Resume? Try This Quick Diagnostic First: A condensed version of this article appeared as a chart in the July 16 issue of Forbes

How to Argue with the Boss---and Win

How to Argue with the Boss---and Win: Butting heads with the boss can help your career advance—provided you know how to disagree agreeably, career coaches and recruiters say.

Man Down: What to do When Your Boss Gets Fired

Man Down: What to do When Your Boss Gets Fired: I can?t recall exactly how many managers I?ve had over the years, but it?s been quite a few. And as you can imagine, some were fantastic mentors and helped shape my career, while others?well, let?s just say that voodoo doll-making class was totally worth it.

3 Simple Ways to Discover Your Passion

3 Simple Ways to Discover Your Passion: Just read a really useful and thought-provoking article on Amex Open Forum, The 3 Biggest Things Entrepreneurs Mistake for Their Passion.  The author notes that entrepreneurs often mistake the enjoyment of a hobby, the idea of a 'hot trend,' or the possibility of a quick financial gain for 'passion.' It's true - but it's not just true for entrepreneurs; I've seen lots of employees do the same thing.

How to Know If a Business Partner is Right for You (Video)

How to Know If a Business Partner is Right for You (Video): Attorney Nina Kaufman on making sure you and your partners have what it takes to start a successful business together.

How Successful People Focus On What Matters

How Successful People Focus On What Matters: Earlier this year, Raphael Vitón and I wrote Free the Idea Monkey…to focus on what matters most!

Effective Managers Earn Trust Quickly By Doing 5 Things Well

Effective Managers Earn Trust Quickly By Doing 5 Things Well: Managers in the workplace have a unique role to play with multiple and continuously evolving responsibilities. They must instill a high-performance mindset while creating a culture whose foundation promotes teamwork and competitiveness for the betterment of a healthier whole. Additionally, managers must touch the business and stay active. More than ever managers must have just as strong of a pulse on the business (internally and externally) as those who are managing it on the front lines. Most importantly, managers must quickly earn trust from their colleagues to inspire team unity and collaboration that is centered on the fundamental principles of loyalty, communication and transparency.

How to Cope When Boss Is a Screamer

How to Cope When Boss Is a Screamer: Yelling is less tolerated in the workplace. But new ways of fighting, such as sharp emails, aren't always healthy.

5 Tips To Take Charge Of Your Career Learned From Startups

5 Tips To Take Charge Of Your Career Learned From Startups: Know what you want and start doing it with an infectious leadership style.

How To Stop Being Too Complicated (Or Too Simple)

How To Stop Being Too Complicated (Or Too Simple): Simple is good; simplistic isn't. Here's how to tell the difference...