Leadership
Have you ever taken bold risks in your career and succeeded despite the odds? Overcome professional challenges that once seemed impossible? Stepped outside your comfort zone to build skills, contacts and opportunities that proved invaluable in business? HELP OTHERS BE BRAVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SHARE YOUR STORY [...]
Creating a reputation as a subject matter expert in a specific area is both simple and difficult. On the one hand, some say it takes 10,000 hours of study and hands-on experience to become an authority in any given field. On the other, others would argue that all [...]
Crowd funding and crowdsourcing are among today’s most popular topics with finance, corporate and consumer audiences looking to raise funds for new businesses, startups and projects, whether as non-profits or for-profit ventures. As one of today’s best-known crowdfunding speakers and experts, and the author of The Crowdfunding Bible, [...]
Having satisfied customers is an admirable goal. However, having customers who love your brand so much they not only keep coming back, but feel so passionate about it that they feel compelled to share its promise with others, is a more fulfilling and potentially rewarding one. As Ken [...]
There’s little doubt that technology is changing the way kids are learning in school classrooms and college campuses around the world. Not only do today’s teachers need to learn new skills and decipher new ways of interacting to accommodate the growing use of smartphones, tablets, apps, online distance [...]
Businesses juggling change management efforts and strategic initiatives as they work to adapt or reposition their organization to cost-efficiently and effectively operate in the new market reality often face a number of challenges from a corporate leadership standpoint. As even the most successful executives and best keynote speakers [...]
Personal branding is one of the most important actions a businessperson can perform. These days, you’re either essential or you’re ordinary, and ordinary people tend to fade away—or out. If you don’t want to crumble into irrelevancy, make sure to invest in yourself and brand yourself. Stand out, [...]
Are you thinking about hiring a professional speaker for your next business meeting, conference, or event, and curious about what motivational speaking experts actually do? Several factors are involved in selecting an effective and engaging presenter, and understanding these individuals’ craft is important when deciding whether or not [...]
Every entrepreneur worth his or weight in bestselling business books is familiar with the philosophy of the lean start-up—a stratagem which advocates learning, analytics and iteration, and offers a more measured approach to organizational progress and expansion. But equally important to note for modern executives is minimum viable [...]
With age comes wisdom, or so we’re told. The truth is, all of us can learn a lot from children—and that goes double for CEOs. Experience counts for a lot, but so does a simple way of thinking, uncluttered problem-solving, and even basic, sensible kindness. And as any [...]
