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We’ve reached that time of year.  I make my predictions for small business. I experienced a good run for about 5 years. But this changed the last few years. So this week, I called in an expert. 2020 Megatrends Rohit Bhargava founded the Non-Obvious Company. And for the last 10 years, he published quite accurately […]

A reader wants to know how to get rich in a small business. “I want to start a small business and hope to become wealthy.  Do I need to start a certain type of business? Do I have to give up my personal life? What does it take to get rich?”  – Marcus from Coeur […]

Executive Summary If organizations want their investment in leadership development to more fully pay off, it is essential that they prioritize mindset development — specifically by targeting growth, learning, deliberative, and promotion leader mindsets. As mindsets shift and develop, leaders’ thinking, learning, and behaviors will naturally improve because they are seeing an interpreting their situations […]

Executive Summary Global internet users spend more than two hours each day browsing social media — a double-edged sword for companies who have the opportunity to reach more consumers, but also have more people to engage with and respond to. To develop your social media strategy, the authors recommend you ask yourself the following questions: […]

Guest post from S. Chris Edmonds: Are you a culture change skeptic? Do you have a hard time seeing how your organization’s work culture affects employee behavior, performance, or enthusiasm – so you tend to think it just doesn’t even exist? We consultants – or “culture refinement experts” – deal with skeptics all the time. […]