Setting Expectations in Your Leadership Team
A leadership team without well-defined expectations can lead to discord and inefficiency. BY DAVID FINKEL, CO-AUTHOR OF 'SCALE: SEVEN PROVEN PRINCIPLES TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS AND GET YOUR LIFE BACK'@DAVIDFINKEL For Inc. Photo: Getty Images Putting together a solid leadership team for your business is a big milestone for any small-business [...]
Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive
by Harvard Business Review Too many companies bet on having a cut-throat, high-pressure, take-no-prisoners culture to drive their financial success. But a large and growing body of research on positive organizational psychology demonstrates that not only is a cut-throat environment harmful to productivity over time, but that a positive environment [...]
Why the Return-to-Office Push From Businesses Is Losing Steam
BY ALI DONALDSON, STAFF REPORTER@ALICDONALDSON For Inc. The return-to-office push is losing steam. The share of U.S. businesses requiring their employees to work in the office five days a week fell to 39 percent in July, down from 42 percent in April and 49 percent in January. That's according to new data [...]
Eight Ways To Make Your ‘Woman-Owned’ Business A Powerful Part Of Your Brand Identity
By Expert Panel Forbes Councils Member YEC Women COUNCIL POST| Membership (Fee-Based) For Forbes Image by Getty When you start a business as a female entrepreneur, one of your greatest assets is the fact that you are a woman-owned business. Statistics have shown that nearly a third of the general population [...]
Emotionally Intelligent People Do This to Make a Great First Impression. Most People Do the Opposite.
BY MINDA ZETLIN, AUTHOR OF 'CAREER SELF-CARE: FIND YOUR HAPPINESS, SUCCESS, AND FULFILLMENT AT WORK'@MINDAZETLIN For Inc. Photo: Getty Images What's the smartest way to make a great first impression when you meet a customer, investor, or anyone else? Ask them for advice. It may be counterintuitive, but asking for advice will make you [...]
Coca-Cola Forms $137 Million Venture Capital Fund to Focus on Sustainability
Congratulations to IWEC Foundation Partner, Coca-Cola! By Nolan Beilstein For Thomas Insights The Coca-Cola Company announced the Greycroft Coca-Cola System Sustainability Fund, a new venture capital fund formed with eight of the beverage giant’s worldwide bottling partners. The $137.7 million investment will be dedicated to sustainability-focused investments. Venture capital firm Greycroft, which [...]
The Best Ways to Use Social Media to Expand Your Network
by Doug Camplejohn For Harvard Business Review. Image: Dmitri Otis/Getty Images Summary: Social media can be a highly effective tool for diversifying and evolving one’s network. That said, it can be challenging to reach out to people you don’t know. Too many people focus on trying to network with senior people. [...]
The Changing Role of Women in Manufacturing
A take on the past and the future from two female manufacturing executives. By Adrienne Selko For Industry Week To understand someone’s journey, you have to walk a mile in their shoes. For two women manufacturing executives, deciding the right shoes to wear is the framework upon which they tell [...]
Almost Anyone Can Be Successful With A.I.
Lessons learned from hiring an army of generative A.I. specialists. BY JOE PROCOPIO, FOUNDER, TEACHINGSTARTUP.COM@JPROCO For Inc. Can almost anyone be successful with A.I.? That depends. Can almost anyone learn to code? Wait. Don't answer that yet. Because I don't want to get into a debate about coding skills. Not yet. [...]
To Improve Your Work Performance, Get Some Exercise
by Bonnie Hayden Cheng and Yolanda Na Li For Harvard Business Review Image: Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Summary. Although the benefits of physical activity on general well-being are widely acknowledged, there has been a lack of research on how it impacts outcomes at work, including job performance and health. Approximately 200 [...]