
The 4 Traits You Need to Be a Great Leader on OPEN Forum
“Great leadership doesn’t happen overnight. There’s no 6-week course that will suddenly turn you into George Washington or Jack Welch. Great leadership is built brick by brick over many years with each decision and every mistake you make. Done correctly, great leadership stands on a rock solid foundation.” Brian Moran, Publisher, At Home with Century 21 Magazine
What type of person and leader do you aspire to be? The words you choose to describe your leadership style are your leadership cornerstones. Read more on how to choose four cornerstones that define you as a leader.(via The 4 Traits You Need to Be a Great Leader | | The New OPEN ForumThe New OPEN Forum)
I turn 30 next week [gulps audibly]. Now that I’m an old man, I thought this would be a good time for me to share some of the financial things I did right, plus a few of the things I did very wrong during my twenties. [Note: I wrote this with my 5 day old daughter sleeping on my lap. It would have…
Stay Hungry: 3 Ways to Reawaken Your Entrepreneurial Drive on OPEN Forum
The tedium of owning a business can get to even the most die-hard entrepreneur. Use these tricks to get your passion back and be re-inspired.
1. Value Trivial Motivations
2. You, Here and Now
3. “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish!”
Click here to read more on these suggestions to help re-start your business drive and invest your heart and soul into every project and task.(via Stay Hungry: 3 Ways to Reawaken Your Entrepreneurial Drive | | The New OPEN ForumThe New OPEN Forum)
It can be daunting to make conversation with a fellow CEO or high powered executive that you respect when you are caught off guard, especially when you are stuck riding the elevator 30 floors down.
Mashable created these 3 conversation types to help you next time you are at a loss for words with a CEO:
1. The Trader Joe - think Hawaiian shirts and a laid back vibe for an easy going chat.
2. The Tactful Admirer - a compliment to a senior executive on an accomplishment will never fail to kick off conversation.
3. The Travel Talker - all business leaders travel, so use that to your advantage in your opening line.
Read more on Mashable for some more executive elevator-talk.(via Caught in an Elevator With the CEO? 3 Conversation Starters)
It can be daunting to make conversation with a fellow CEO or high powered executive that you respect when you are caught off guard, especially when you are stuck riding the elevator 30 floors down.
Mashable created these 3 conversation types to help you next time you are at a loss for words with a CEO:
1. The Trader Joe - think Hawaiian shirts and a laid back vibe for an easy going chat.
2. The Tactful Admirer - a compliment to a senior executive on an accomplishment will never fail to kick off conversation.
3. The Travel Talker - all business leaders travel, so use that to your advantage in your opening line.
Read more on Mashable for some more executive elevator-talk.(via Caught in an Elevator With the CEO? 3 Conversation Starters)
Chapters of literary game unlocked with micropayments
In such a tough industry – and with extra competition from digital alternatives – it’s no wonder that even larger publishing institutions are looking for new business models for their output. We recently wrote about Random House Australia’s Mailbooks For Good scheme, and now it seems the UK branch of the company is also innovating. Black Crown is a web-based story-game that will use micropayments to unlock extra narratives and social elements. READ MORE…
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Is email marketing still relevant and useful for small businesses? According to this infographic it is; 67.8 billion dollars in sales will come from emails. Use this infographic to motivate and double check that your email marketing strategy is on point.
(Via Visual.ly)
Never Hire a Dud Again on OPEN Forum
Don’t get fooled by fast-talkers—take these four steps to make sure your new hires are top notch:
1. Make them show, not tell
2. Be painfully thorough
3. Be consistent
4. Resist optimism
Read more on OPEN Forum on the key things to do when hiring that’ll guarantee you never have buyer’s remorse for a hire again,(via Never Hire a Dud Again | | The New OPEN ForumThe New OPEN Forum)