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How to Network - Smart Business Revolution. 8 Amazing Life Lessons From Gordon Ramsay's AMA. 3 Tips To Becoming More Productive Instantly. Have you ever felt guilty for delaying on a project?

3 Tips To Becoming More Productive Instantly

Maybe it’s putting together a slide deck for that presentation you need to make. Maybe it’s making phone calls to new clients. The Best Career Advice You'll Ever Get. Listen up – this is going to be the best career advice you’ll ever get.

The Best Career Advice You'll Ever Get

6 Common Traits That Hold Entrepreneurs Back. Entrepreneurs are a rare breed.

6 Common Traits That Hold Entrepreneurs Back

While everyone else is content with playing it safe, we have an undying urge to forge our own path in life. I’m a firm believer that the entrepreneurial calling is in our DNA. It’s something we’re born with. That doesn’t mean that anyone can’t take the necessary steps to create a successful business. But it clearly comes more naturally to some of us than others. The 67 Steps by Tai Lopez (REVIEW) - Basic Growth. What is The “67 Steps” Program?

The 67 Steps by Tai Lopez (REVIEW) - Basic Growth

The last couple of months I’ve stumbled upon something I’ve never come across before on the internet.. Strategy and business Digital Summer 2015. EY Unlocking value with an effective operating model. Industry perspectives Clustering markets by stage of development Companies should consider clustering markets according to their stage of development.

EY Unlocking value with an effective operating model

Markets such as Japan, Australia and South Korea can be grouped together due to similar dynamics in terms of the maturity of modern trade. Another cluster could comprise Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos, where traditional trade still dominates. This clustering approach enables companies to stay close and relevant to the market, while still realizing some scale benefits by bringing similar markets together within the same regional structure. Taking constraints into consideration. Why you must reinvent your company every 3.5 years. Ask any manager on planet Earth, “What is your key challenge?”

Why you must reinvent your company every 3.5 years

And among many different responses one will strike you with remarkable consistency: Staying afloat. The fast-moving roller-coaster economy we live in today makes this task increasingly difficult. Youtube. Why Most People Dream and Only Some Do: The Go-Getter Theory. I remember it like it was yesterday.

Why Most People Dream and Only Some Do: The Go-Getter Theory

I just won the biggest marble from a boy three years younger than me, and my “best buddy” back then was talking to me on how much he liked his new moped. (He wasn’t legally old enough to drive it on the street, yet he did). 10 Things I Learned From Failure : Lifestyle. Every entrepreneur has made a series of mistakes or been subject to failures along his or her entrepreneurial journey.

10 Things I Learned From Failure : Lifestyle

These setbacks, t May 04, 2011 Every entrepreneur has made a series of mistakes or been subject to failures along his or her entrepreneurial journey. These setbacks, though painful, will teach you more about business than any textbook, lecture, or mentor ever could. Plus, they are great fodder for conversations at cocktail receptions and on panel discussions.

I am proud to have learned such a great deal from my failures, and the fact that I get to share them—and, more important, the hard-knocks lessons learned—with a worldwide audience is a real thrill. Welcome to Forbes. 5 priorities that should dominate corporate directors’ to-do lists. Key challenges threatening companies’ reputations are expected to crowd agendas of corporate boards, including their audit committees, this year, according to research by the EY Center for Board Matters and Deloitte.

5 priorities that should dominate corporate directors’ to-do lists

“With the rapid rise of transformational technologies, digital risks, and human capital challenges, boards need to effectively manage reputational risk on a global scale,” Ruby Sharma, a principal with EY and the EY Center for Board Matters, said in a statement. “As a result, board members’ time commitment might increase in 2015,” Sharma said. Reputational risk is driven by a host of business risks. At the top of the list are fraud, bribery, and corruption; cyber-breaches; product and service risks related to safety, health, and the environment; and risks related to actions taken by suppliers and vendors. What Would Steve Do? 10 Lessons from the World's Most Captivating P...

Want to be Really Happy? Hack Your Inner BS. Sign Up. AMA Playbook How Competition Hurts Your Company. The Crimes We Commit in the Name of Team Building… How Competition Hurts Your Company Competition is the way to keep your edge and maintain your position in your industry.

AMA Playbook How Competition Hurts Your Company

It’s the lifeblood of business, right? Not so much! Certainly not when you direct your competition internally—between departments and teams. Unfortunately, the idea of internal competition has become rampant in many industries. A University of Minnesota study recognized this way back in the 1990s. There are a couple of reasons why internal competition hurts your company. First, a lot of competitive exercises disguised as team building create meaningless competitions that pit departments and individuals against each other. Second, having different parts of your company compete with one another is a bit like having your hands try to compete with your feet. The way to do this is by creating a common purpose. So why do men and women sign up for the job?

Purpose. About The Author.