Female Venture Capitalists: Understanding and Expanding the Current Climate

According to the US Small Business Administration, over 36 percent of all businesses in the United States are majority-owned by female entrepreneurs. No one with any credibility will pretend there are not still significant challenges for professionally minded and career-dedicated women in today’s business world, but facts and figures like those above are, in a
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8 Tips for Preparing a Successful Yearly Business Review

Business owners are typically quite adept at forecasting the future needs of their companies. In fact, for entrepreneurs, planning ahead is an indispensable skill. Yet, by the same token, looking forward in a practical way is often next to impossible without accurately evaluating the past. Of course, each year presents its set of highs and
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Qualities Shared By Successful Teams According to Google™

For those unfamiliar, Project Aristotle was a recent research initiative launched by Google with the purpose of understanding why certain working groups flourish and others do not quite make the grade. Leading the endeavor, was Google’s Director of People Analytics (HR), Abeer Dubey, who was quite motivated to discern the exact blend of backgrounds, traits,
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8 Possible Signs Your Employee Is Planning To Quit Their Job

Research shows that, in 2015, 88 percent of U.S. employees reported overall satisfaction with their present job. At the time, this marked the highest level of satisfaction over the last decade. Another report, however, states that the average employee tenure is eight years, and the average annual turnover rate is 19 percent. Despite statistical discrepancies, employers still must
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Leadership Advice: Five Practices To Avoid

Even the most successful and highly qualified leaders in business know that attaining ultimate perfection within your role is highly difficult, simply due the pure unpredictability of the position. Though most still strive – as they should — there are still certain reminders that would benefit corporate leaders of all levels and industries. Executive coach,
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Mindfulness at Work: Ensuring Attentiveness in Employees

Mindfulness is simply a profound awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, and surroundings. It involves accepting these thoughts and feelings without second-guessing or believing that your internal responses are incongruous with a particular situation. Why is mindfulness important in the workplace? Through the years, many studies have indicated that one of the most significant sources of
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An Inclusive Look at Human Resource Trends for 2017

When considering the present-day status of most Human Resource departments, it can be lamented that “the more things change, the more they remain the same”.  There are some brand new ideas, and there are some old ideas which have simply evolved.  Here, we take a look at some of the most significant changes, thus far:
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The Key to Managing CEO Succession

Among the most serious topics that can arise during the lifecycle of a business is the successful management of your C-Level personnel transitions. It should well go without much elaboration that changing the head of a company (or any of its necessary departments) can lay the ground for turbulence. Naturally, we all seek a smooth
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The Best Way for Execs to Identify and Handle Mistakes

When given a choice between that of fault and perfection; it goes without dispute that we all – despite our professional role or status – would choose the latter.  After all, perfection is often synonymous with excellence, which inevitably leads to success; and past performance has shown this to be especially true among business leaders
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The Power of “Yes”: How Does an Agreeable Approach Help CEOs?

Naturally, it’s unrealistic to assume that, within any aspect of our lives, we will be able to say “yes” all of the time.  In fact, agreeing to anything and everything on a regular basis can obviously be downright disastrous. However, there has been a quote circulating within recent years from Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt,
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