It’s a truism, that we all have our strengths and weaknesses. They make us complete. But it’s the former that make us successful.

Meetings, after all, are where important announcements are made, and smart employees and board members network, get to know each other and maybe meld together a little better as a team.

There is only one thing more humiliating than failing in your new position. Failing because you were too embarrassed to ask for help! There is a simple way to avoid both.

A majority of the 6,300 top executives surveyed feel that a candidate with a better understanding of global markets is given serious consideration for appoints to higher level positions.

You’ve probably experienced the frustration of seeing someone promoted who is not necessarily the most talented candidate available. Unfortunately the most frequent reaction is to conclude that top leaders are clueless. But the real reason is that the candidate who was promoted is the one who does have a clue. He knows that it takes more than talent to get noticed and be pulled to the top.

You know that networking is necessary for career advancement. You’ve heard more than once that it’s not only what you know it’s who knows you. Relationships are vital to success and the key to developing relationships critical to career success is to hone your networking skills and expand your network.

Failure and success are cohorts. You can never have one without the other. Just look at some of history’s greats. And there are several contemporary examples as well.

by Stephanie Barnes Taylor You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. —Zig Ziglar More than ever in today’s corporate environment, there is a demand for a return on investment.  This demand not only applies to financial performance, but also to human capital.  In [...]

Get your good work and ideas noticed to accelerate your career advancement. There are at least six ideas you can make work for your career advancement this week.  Get Heard You have an idea or comment you would like to make during a meeting. You have reason to be apprehensive about speaking up. Take the [...]

by Tom Phelps Charles Darwin said that it is not the most intelligent or the strongest that survive, but that those most adaptive to change who survive.  This holds true especially in the business world. What was effective and revolutionary last may be outdated today. Change is constant and whether the catalyst is the economy, [...]