Sunshine? Not Always as It Appears Have you noticed, people tend to gravitate to those with vibrant personalities and sunny dispositions? Kate Spade’s recent passing is a reminder that people, or things, are not always as they appear. There was no summer solstice sunshine in Kansas City. In fact, it was
What Can Mark Zuckerberg & Leaders Learn from the Royal Wedding? Mark, Mark, what were you trying to project during those congressional hearings? It looked like more of the same posturing with your apology to the European Union for not taking more responsibility to protect Facebook's users information, although it's
The Heat is on for Uber CEO Can an abrasive personality become smooth and likable? Yes, though the difference between success and failure is the desire to want to make changes and do the work. Reports of Uber's CEO, Travis Kalanick's brash behavior with Uber employees and drivers has been
If you think superior communication is a soft skill, think again. According to "The Cost of Poor Communications” report a survey of 400 companies, with 100,000 employees, each stated an average loss per company of $62.4 million each year. Those results focused on internal communication between employees, not clients or customers. LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner is a CEO who gets the value of communication. His philosophy is broken down into three functions:
