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Building a World-Class Organization Through Values Based Leadership

Leadership is clearly a big topic for the future of work, which is why a few weeks ago I interviewed Herminia Ibarra, author of Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. Recently I had the privilege of speaking with Harry Kraemer, the former CEO of Baxter and now professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, read

Boardroom Bound? Ten Steps To Get You There

Women have been pushing up against a granite ceiling to gain corporate board seats in the US for decades. I served on my first board, General Re, in 1990, when just 11% of the public corporate board seats were filled by women. It’s disappointing that the number of board seats held by women over the following two decades only progressed to 16% by read

The New CMO: Leading Change From The Outside In And Inside Out

This article is by Gregory S. Carpenter, co-author of Resurgence: The Four Stages of Market-Focused Reinvention (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). He is the James Farley/Booz Allen Hamilton Professor of Marketing Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and Academic Director of Kellogg’s Chief Marketing read

Are Things Finally Looking Up For McDonald's?

Maybe consumers are ready to show the 60-year-old brand the love again: The appointment last week of a new CEO appears to have temporarily soothed investor fears about the fast food brand as the stock saw a quick 3% bump. Then there was the touchdown the company scored in the annual Super Bowl advertising throw down: Northwestern read

The Biggest Trend In Sales Today: This Thing Called Sales Development

“You’re messing with the magic!”

That’s a cleaned-up version of one of the greatest lines in American business history. Uttered by Viacom CEO Mel Karmazin in the presence of Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 2003 – using a saltier word than “messing” – it crystalized a fear salespeople then felt: that online advertising might read

The No. 1 Predictor Of Career Success According To Network Science

It has been over three years since Steve Jobs died.

Since then, books have been written and movies have been made.

Student Loan Debt Is Not Just For The Young

Technopolis: Moscow Is Building An Entrepreneurial Culture Despite It All

This Is What Today's Online Learning Content Tells Us About The Future Of School

Hire A Pro For Your College Tour

Last week I wrote about taking my daughter on a college tour, knowing that not all parents have the workplace and family latitude for such travel. If your child needs to see campuses and you can’t go, the best option is to hire a professional. I know no better option than College Visits (www.college-visits.com), founded and run out of read

'India Needs Design Thinkers' Says Sushant School Dean, Mike Knowles

Professor Mike Knowles, FRSA, has 40 years’ experience in professional practice and education. He has an interesting take on design in India and how it can help different rungs of society. He is passionate about the theme of change by design and the importance of craft folk.

Socially Competent Kindergarteners Have Better Outcomes Later In Life

What Does The PAYE Expansion Proposal Really Mean?