Category Archives: Become a Better Leader

Instead of learning from your own foul-ups, why not make it your goal just to learn from the mistakes of these fired CEOs? Read More »

OnlineMBA.com will host a Twitter chat delving into the question “is an MBA right for working moms?” on Thursday, March 7 at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT. Please join us and featured guest Liesl Riddle Read More »

Creativity is the name of the game. At least this is the case for Ashia Sims, the founding curator for Atlanta’s Women Interactive Creative Technology Festival, chief content manager for Girl Genius Read More »

Jennifer Mackin, president and CEO of The Oliver Group, a business consulting firm and Vanderbilt University MBA, offers this advice for budding leaders. My Advice Mackin: “The best advice I received Read More »

The world is full of people with advice, but it’s safe to say not all advice should be taken. It’s best to take advice from someone certified to offer it. The life coaching industry is full Read More »

Negotiations take place every day, in the business world and beyond, but they don't always work out, as seen in history's biggest negotiation failures. Read More »

Dr. John Shufeldt has done a little bit of everything, or at least it seems this way. He earned his BA in Sociology and Criminology from Drake University in 1982, his MD in Medicine from the Rosalind Read More »

Yes, the Twitter handle is in Spanish, but translated into English it means “I am Ebon.” Ebon Glenn is the founder and president of Aimhigh ESG, a brand awareness product and service provider Read More »

We analyze the pros and cons of likability and provide some guidance for managers and leaders of all kinds. Read More »

Take on these resolutions for your business, and make 2013 your best year yet. Read More »

Growing up, most people had life coaches – they were called parents. Giving you advice, teaching you from right and wrong, and lending a helping hand at every turn. As adults, the “life coaches Read More »

Many companies brew up creative, innovative approaches to supporting a plethora of important causes, like animal shelters and busting up human trafficking rings, like these. Read More »

Knowledge is power. For David Liu, the Chief Operating Officer of the online learning platform, Knewton, this couldn’t be more true. He has worked himself up through the ranks of AOL’s vice Read More »

Matt Wilson and co-founder Jared O’Toole have taken an undergraduate passion into a thriving dot-com business. Upon graduation from Bryant University in Rhode Island, Wilson and co-founder Jared Read More »

Marcos Cordero is the co-founder and CEO of Gradsave and is also the founder of Green Business Bureau. Cordero has always found himself working for the future – not just his own, but everyone’ Read More »

Guy Friedman is a guy who gets things done. And with his newly found business, HigherNext, he is hoping others are able to get things done more efficiently. His company helps users of his system hone Read More »

Erin Walter started her marketing business, nuphoriq, after earning her MBA in Entrepreneurship and Marketing Planning and Strategy from DePaul University in 2011. Before pursuing her MBA, she spent six Read More »

Here we've gathered a dozen management books that combine the best of two worlds: targeted directly at managers, yet eclectic in their unconventional approaches to the field. Read More »

The Internet is filled with entrepreneur success stories. But the reality is that the average start-up only has a 50% chance of making it over four years and even less of a chance of making it six to Read More »

Entrepreneurs are always in need of something – capital, space, advice – so it should be no surprise that there are plenty of people and organizations looking to lend a helping hand. As the economy Read More »

Felena Hanson is the founder of Hera Hub, a unique business accelerator that caters to the needs of female entrepreneurs. The company, which is in the process of expanding to its third location, is based Read More »

Avoid a few common mistakes and misconceptions about that first year of business by reading what a few folks who have been there before have to say. Read More »

The jig is up. The news is out. They finally found that women are perceived to be superior managers to their male counterparts. Read More »

There's a fair amount of research out there on the subject that can give you a better picture of just what your investments are doing to your brain. Read More »

Beverly Flaxington is a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA), hypnotherapist, and career and business adviser who helps managers and employees deal with workplace behavioral issues. She’ Read More »

Here we'll explore 15 things that great leaders know, and how important they are to success, not just as a leader, but as a human being. Read More »

In every office, there’s always at least one employee – the underperformer, the one who falls behind, bends the rules, needs more direction, the one who takes up the managers’ time. A recent study Read More »

These are some of the most successful and popular crowd funding projects we've seen to date. Read More »

Entrepreneurs are a unique bunch with unique needs. Their ability to tackle problems and their tangible creativity separates them from the common individual. Felena Hanson, founder of the Hera Hub, has Read More »

We've gathered more than 70 different PowerPoint tips from the people who know it best: Microsoft, professional speakers, and geeks who make PowerPoint their business. Read More »