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The Top Schools For Producing Fortune 100 CEOs
There's an ongoing debate about how useful college is as costs rise, the economy changes, and the job market remains stagnant. But when it comes to the business world and America's largest companies,...
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The Secret To Putting Together An Insanely Successful Team
This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. Follow Sallie on LinkedIn What are 13 of the most common words that keep companies from realizing their full performance potential? (Hint: They are 13 words...
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The Stunning Fall Of Generation X [CHARTS]
For the most part, generations in America have followed a similar storyline: kids grow up to earn more and become more financially secure than their parents and grandparents before them. But that story...
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'Power Posing' Can Also Make You More Dishonest
In a widely popular TED talk, Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy explained that people who take expansive, stretched-out poses feel more confident and powerful, especially compared to those...
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Harvard Is Still Sending A Shockingly Low Number Of Graduates To Wall Street
The Harvard Crimson has released the results of the class of 2013's survey of where the seniors are heading after graduation. According to the student newspaper, 61% of the graduating class already has...
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Student Test Scores Show That 'Grit' Is More Important Than IQ
What's the best predictor of success? IQ, talent, socioeconomic status, luck?Nope. It's 'grit,' more than anything else.Through her research at the University of Pennsylvania — and firsthand experience...
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The 20 Highest-Paid Bank CEOs In North America
Wall Street CEOs receive some of the top pay packages in the corporate world. After all, they do shoulder the responsibility for the entire firm.However, there are some who bring in more cash than...
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Ex-Yahoo Product Boss Blake Irving Talks About Being A CEO Who Wears T-Shirts...
Before Marissa Mayer took over Yahoo last summer, the company's most recent product boss was a guy named Blake Irving.Irving ran Yahoo product for a couple years. Before that, he was known for helping...
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11 Reasons Why It's Better To Get A CFA Than An MBA
Once bankers reach a certain age and want to be true bosses in their own right, they often ask themselves — should I get my CFA or my MBA?It's a great question. While the MBA — the Masters in Business...
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YALE STUDENT TO TOM FRIEDMAN: Actually, We Really Are Better Than Other People
Tom Friedman's latest column in The New York Times argues that employers don't care if you went to Yale:Since jobs are evolving so quickly, with so many new tools, a bachelor’s degree is no longer...
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More Women Are Breadwinners Than Ever Before
Women make up nearly half the workforce in America today, and it's beginning to show at home.For the first time, a record 40% of U.S. households with children under the age of 18 are headed by...
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An Irrefutable Data-Based Argument For Going To College
Many recent studies and reports have lamented the relatively meager job market open to graduates, especially those outside of rapidly growing fields.In an exhaustive research review of the return on...
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The Idea That HR Can Become As Rigorous As Science Is A Fantasy
Metrics. Big data. Analytics. If you work in HR and haven’t heard these words over and over again in the last few years then you probably work for ‘Underground Bunkers R Us’. The rest of us have heard...
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McDONALD's CEO: 'We Don't Sell Junk Food'
McDonald's CEO Don Thompson recently denied that the fast-food chain sells junk food.At the company's annual shareholders meeting last week, a 9-year-old girl named Hannah asked Thompson why he didn't...
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Why No One Cares That You Went To Yale
How much weight does an Ivy League degree hold?Tom Friedman argued in a New York Times column that in this economy, it doesn't matter whether you went to Yale or not. Employers don't care what you know...
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13 Schools Where It's Almost Impossible To Fail
While flunking out of college is common, some institutions have lax grading policies that make it remarkably difficult for students to fail.Whether its college, law school, or business school, we found...
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How To Handle Criticism The Right Way
It’s hard to feel warm and fuzzy inside when our karaoke rendition of “Call Me Maybe” receives 100 mean YouTube comments.But it’s important to take criticism in stride. Being able to hear people’s...
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10 Entrepreneurship Lessons Colleges Fail To Teach Students
College is a step toward adulthood for many, but the transition from bachelor's degree to entrepreneur can feel a bit jarring. Keeping your chin up, a stiff upper-lip and other empty clichés everyone...
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Why Colleges Have A Rich Kid Problem, In One Chart
The American Dream revolves around the ability to go from poverty all the way to the top. College, with abundant financial aid and connections to alumni networks, is supposed to be a great equalizer....
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15 Essential Life Skills The Class Of 2013 Should Master
There is no shortage of graduation advice this month, but when push comes to shove, what are some actual skills college graduates should acquire?Dave Kerpen, CEO of social media software platform...
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