What does it take to get in touch with your inner rebel and run a business on your terms? According to the book The Rebel Rules: Daring to be Yourself in Businesstoday's Information Age has spawned a number of rebel business leaders, from Virgin's Richard Branson to The Body Shop's Anita Roddick and to Joie de Vivre Hospitality's boy wonder the author himself, people who have … [Read more...] about Rebel Entrepreneurs: Rewriting the Rules of Business
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How to Become a Millionaire
We love to read books and articles about millionaires. We also love to read articles about how they did it. Definitely, we are dying to read articles on how to become one. Dr. Thomas J. Stanley, author of the best-selling book, "The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy," presents in his next book, "The Millionaire Mind," eight true-to-life … [Read more...] about How to Become a Millionaire
What You Can Learn About Management from Baseball
If you think baseball is just the national pastime, think again. According to management consultant and ex-baseball reporter Jeff Angus in his book Management by Baseball: The Official Rules for Winning Management in Any Field baseball can teach you everything you need to know about management. From the managers' strategies to the players' batting averages, baseball can impart … [Read more...] about What You Can Learn About Management from Baseball
How to Turn Small Ideas into Big Results
Several years ago, we gave a talk about managing ideas to a group of business leaders. As we began to discuss the importance of small ideas, the CEO of a well-known computer equipment maker bluntly interrupted us: "I think I speak for all of us when I ask you to talk about what we can do to get big ideas-- the kind of blockbuster innovations that transform the terms of … [Read more...] about How to Turn Small Ideas into Big Results
How to Build a Winning Team: 17 Laws of Teamwork
To achieve great things, you need a team. Building a winning team requires understanding of these principles. Whatever your goal or project, you need to add value and invest in your team so the end product benefits from more ideas, energy, resources, and perspectives. From the book The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team here are 17 … [Read more...] about How to Build a Winning Team: 17 Laws of Teamwork