20 Powerful Leaders Offer Up Inspirational Advice
Chances are, there are days when you wonder if you are up to the challenges life throws at you. Most go through times when they feel that the weight of the world is on their shoulders. Those are the days to reflect on the wisdom the people for whom it actually is–the global leaders, captains of industry, and great minds who face enormous challenges every day.
Below are 20 quotes from great leaders and high achievers, to help inspire you when you feel burdened or just low on mental gas…read more at inc.com
Why Companies Must Align Innovation Strategy With Business Strategy
With the world changing so rapidly virtually every established company feels the imperative to innovate. Executives, managers and employees across the globe are working hard to figure out how to succeed with innovation. For example, research by Strategy& shows that there is no correlation between R&D spending and returns from innovation. The lessons that are emerging from this work are sometimes counter-intuitive and challenge many long held assumptions..read more at forbes.com
Starting a Business After College? Advice for Entrepreneurial Grads
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his Harvard dorm room. Frederick Smith first outlined the idea for the package delivery system that would one day become FedEx in a paper he wrote while a student at Yale. Today, countless new college graduates are considering taking the path less traveled and turning an idea into a full-time entrepreneurial venture. Business News Daily asked business experts and entrepreneurs, many of whom started their first business right out of college, for some entrepreneurial advice for newly minted graduates…read more at businessnewsdaily.com
7 Delivery Skills for Public Speaking
Let’s review some of the main areas of delivery and strategy and provide exercises you can do to practice and improve. If you’re scared of making eye contact, here are some exercises to try until you can get it right.
I don’t know a single person, even a seasoned professional speaker, who doesn’t get at least a few nervous butterflies before they speak. But I’m also aware there’s a big difference between a few excited butterflies and paralyzing fear. Let’s review some of the main areas of delivery and strategy and provide exercises you can do to practice and improve…read more at entrepreneur.com