Episodes
Dec. 12, 2017
How to use Twitter to Boost Your Image and Your Business
Years ago, if someone had told us that a social media site would be limited to 140 characters and still be successful, none of us would have believed them. But Twitter has accomplished this. With only 140 characters, they hav...
Dec. 5, 2017
Business Growth through Presence and Reputation Management
It is critical to diligently watch and manage your online reputation in order to ensure business success and growth. It is also important to have a have a well-thought-out reputation development strategy in place for your bus...
Nov. 28, 2017
Helping Women Earn a Seat in the Boardroom
Women make up approximately 50% of the today’s workforce in many countries and 40% worldwide, although most of these positions are in not in management. When they are in management, they are normally below the middle manageme...
Nov. 21, 2017
Core Values,The Basis of True Leadership
It is important for companies to form collective values that can be shared and communicated to their employees and customers. Many companies do this, they have core values, but many companies fall short. Many companies identi...
Nov. 14, 2017
The Changing Face of Leadership Development
Years ago, leadership development was made up of lectures and presentations, then came, the era of new development programs focused on “horizontal” development (competencies), but with very little time spent on “vertical” dev...
Oct. 31, 2017
Why Leaders need Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem
Great leaders have a solid understanding of how their emotions and actions affect the people around them, and this is called emotional intelligence. When leaders have emotional intelligence, they can discern the emotions of o...
Oct. 17, 2017
Cyber Security Tips from the Mind of a Hacker
The world was shocked when Equifax announced that 143 million people's Social Security numbers were compromised, and everyone asked how did this happen? But they are not the only ones to suffer a comprise in data security. Ma...
Oct. 10, 2017
A look at Leadership in a Local Family Business
Family-owned or -controlled businesses account for an estimated 80% of companies worldwide and are the largest source of long-term employment in most countries. In the United States, they employ 60% of workers and create 78% ...
Oct. 3, 2017
How to become a First-Rate Communicator
br Good and clear communication is a leadership fundamental. Leaders need good communication in order to manage all aspects of their positions and their businesses. br Good communication impacts all management transactions an...
Sept. 26, 2017
What Leaders Can Learn From the Film Industry!
Business leaders can learn quite a bit from creative industries. When we sit down and watch a film we generally do not think about how it all came together. We may look at the special effects, be in awe with the setting, fall...
Sept. 19, 2017
Data Regulations and Compliances, Is your company ready?
Data is valuable. Cloud computing and user-generated platforms based on data sharing is on the rise. The Internet of things is growing. New technical possibilities are emerging and all this means that the expectations on data...
Sept. 12, 2017
Managing the Millennials
The Millennials are now full force in the workforce. As Generation X begins to move into the Board Rooms and Baby Boomers begin to find new interests, the Millennials are emerging in management positions. They are setting new...
Sept. 5, 2017
How Artificial Intelligence will Change the Future of Business
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing everything. It is not only changing the way we go about our personal lives but it is also it is changing the future of business. It’s predictive behaviors are forcasting trends for man...
Aug. 29, 2017
Women at the Helm, Setting New International Leadership Standards
As today’s global economy becomes stronger, international executive positions are becoming more abundant, but not everyone has the leadership skills to achieve an international position, but among those that do, many are wome...
Aug. 22, 2017
Getting, Keeping and Succeeding in an International Assignment!
Global mobility has increased greatly over the years and the number of international assignment’s is estimated to reach about 56 million in 2017, but even at 56 million this is still only a fraction of all the jobs worldwide....
Aug. 15, 2017
How can I expand my business globally?
How do local businesses begin? Normally, it starts with a good idea that then grows into a business. For most companies, building and maintaining a local customer base is one of the first steps to success, but what happens wh...
Aug. 1, 2017
Move over Millennials,Generation Z is here
Today is the first time we are working with four generations in the same workforce and by 2020 we will have five. We as leaders must address generational differences and most recently the hot topic was “how to manage millenni...
July 25, 2017
Narcissistic Leadership: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The word “narcissistic leader” has become a buzz word, especially since the presidential elections that took place in the United States. The general public has gotten into the habit of labeling many leaders-in both business a...
July 18, 2017
Who Makes a Better Manager: A Man or a Woman
From the cave to the condo, gender communication has been a tenuous art and certainly not a defined science. We know that men and women communicate so differently they may as well be from different planets, says Dr. John Gray...
July 11, 2017
Leadership Stress and Substance Abuse
Today we live in competitive and stressful world. We want to be good employees, good leaders and we want to manage everything, but sometimes the stress gets to us and we all react to stress in different ways. Some of go to th...
July 4, 2017
Encore: The Future of Leadership
Very often great leadership is defined based on the successful examples of the past, but we seldom think about what great leadership will like in the future. A lot of leaders today feel overwhelmed and unprepared for a future...
June 27, 2017
How can I become a trusted leader?
A strong sense of trust in an employee-manager relationship encourages loyalty, increases productivity, maintains retention and contributes to the company’s bottom line. But people are the ones that either decide to extend tr...
June 20, 2017
The Future of Leadership
Very often great leadership is defined based on the successful examples of the past, but we seldom think about what great leadership will like in the future. A lot of leaders today feel overwhelmed and unprepared for a future...
June 13, 2017
The New Generation of Leadership Coaching
Very often it is hard for leaders to ask for their own professional development because they believe it could be interpreted as sign of weakness. But leaders also deserve someone to help them enhance their potential. Addition...