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Here's What Happened When Two CEOs Switched Companies For A Week
A couple of years ago, two CEOs spent a week running one another’s companies. Their experiences make for a great yarn. I’m itching to write it—or channel it really, because this kind of story tells...
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Google's Secret To Attracting The Best Talent In The World
Google is always near the top of every "Best Employers" list, including Business Insider's exclusive list with Payscale that was announced today (where it was ranked No. 2).The tech company has figured...
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5 Tricks To Finishing Your To-Do List
LinkedIn released a survey last year revealing that our professional to-do lists are in dire need of a makeover.Turns out, we’re not so good at “doing” the things we tell ourselves we need to do. In...
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You're Not As Busy As You Think You Are
I certainly think I’m busy.I work a demanding (although fulfilling!) job, have an additional side gig–and even take on freelance stories regularly.Because my various forms of work take up so much time,...
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6 Things The Smartest Brands Do To Win People Over
Recently, the Internet was equally delighted and horrified by two very distinct marketing campaigns, one by a prominent technology company Qualcomm and the second by the US Government in response to a...
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BURBERRY CEO: Anything Our Customers See Anywhere In The World Goes Through...
Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts took the helm of the fashion brand in 2006, and back then, the company had lost its focus.Now, the brand has come back strong, but it was quite a trip. Burberry was about...
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LinkedIn Engineer: Here's How We Built A $13.25 Billion Company With 200...
As the Senior Director of Design & Web Development at LinkedIn, Steve Johnson is directly instrumental in LinkedIn's huge $13.25 billion market cap and user base of 200 million.He recently shared...
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P&G's Legendary Ex-CEO Explains Why Everyone Gets Strategy Wrong
Former P&G CEO A.G. Lafley was one of the most successful executives in the history of the 176-year-old company. Under Lafley, the company's value increased by more than $100 billion, and more than...
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Chevron Is The Best Employer In A Red Hot Industry
Oil companies don't always get the best press.BP is still paying for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, which killed 11 workers and released millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico....
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Tory Burch's Ex Is Quickly Gaining Momentum With His Rival Brand
Tory Burch's ex-husband Christopher just proved his new brand, C. Wonder, is here to stay. Burch sold his 10 percent stake in C. Wonder to Fidelity for $35 million, according to a report by Evan Clark...
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How To Unplug Your Brain And Focus
In the great epic poem The Odyssey, our hero Odysseus must find a way “to evade the voices of the marvelous Sirens in their flowering meadow.” He commands the sailors on his ship: “You are to tie me...
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This American Banjo Maker Is Brilliantly Fighting Off Chinese Competitors
Some may view banjo music as an acquired taste, but that doesn’t mean the banjo market is not interesting. The LA Times recently published a profile of Deering Banjo, a San Diego based banjo maker...
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Don't Blink When You Face Fear
You don’t have to blink when your biggest customer tells you that “they need to make a change.”You don’t have to blink when one of your top executives unexpectedly decides to move on to another...
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Social Media Has Changed What It Means To Be A Leader
Despite its increasing popularity with employees, consumers, and as a source of competitive advantage, many leaders still shy away from social media. They fear making a mistake, the lack of control,...
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There Is A Simple Reason Investors Just Showered Taxi App Hailo With $30.6...
Last year, Union Square Ventures was upset by the performance of some of its portfolio companies.In a post titled "Advice for 2013: Deliver On Your Promises" Fred Wilson said:"I see delays in getting...
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Better Tools Can't Make You More Creative
What are the connections between these three things?First: Comics – the magic happens in the gaps between panelsIn his terrific book Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud explains that comics are special...
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51 Companies That Are Changing The Way We Shop
With the advent of e-commerce, retail is changing more than nearly any other industry. In this evolving environment, a few trailblazers have set themselves apart, and are revolutionizing the way we...
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Fighting Other People's Battles Leads To Failure
Don’t waste your emotion and intellect fighting for someone else’s highly-emotional, semi-logical ego conquest.Whether it’s business or politics or religion (or family nonsense) there are endless...
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Startup 15Five Built A Simple Way For Companies To Dramatically Increase...
People at the top of companies generally have no idea what's going on with most of their employees, and it's incredibly difficult for them to find out.Even at smaller companies, it's impossible for a...
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How To Run A Law Firm Like A Startup
Most law firms bill clients by the hour. It's been this way for decades. But the system is fundamentally flawed: It rewards employees for being unproductive.Social enterprise attorney Kyle Westaway is...
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