Jobs are Over: The Future is Income Generation- Part 1

Author: Heather McGowan - Academic Entrepreneur + Innovation Strategist, June 20, 2014 This is part one of a three part series on the changing shape of employment, the emergence of the collaborative economy, and the potential impacts on higher education. The era of using education to get a job, to build a pension, to then retire is over. Not only is average is over and the world flat, but this is the end of employment, as we once knew it. The future is one of life-long learning, ser...
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How to Build a Content Calendar (Plus a Free Template for 2014)

By: Jamie Griffiths,  Manifesto blog  Creating a content calendar for your company from scratch is one of those tasks that seems ridiculously complicated at the outset but which, with a systematic approach and no scruples about stealing other people’s methods, can actually be fairly straightforward. We have no problems with other people borrowing our methods we wanted to offer a content marketer’s guide to building a content calendar along with a free template for the 2014 calendar y...
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The Small Business Struggle: Simple Ways to Start Improving your Online Presence

By: Lance Brown, Published June 8, 2014 Seven in 10 of today’s micro small businesses (those with fewer than 10 employees) say time and cost restraints prohibit them from improving their online presence, according to a new study from Huzzah Media. In today’s mobile world, it is critical that Main Street businesses engage with their customers on a more frequent basis since many of their big box counterparts are already doing so.  But small business owners are struggling to take the n...
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Reinvent Your Company by Taking a Fresh Look at the Strengths in Its DNA

Strategic consistency is the hallmark of many great companies. Southwest Airlines’ decades-long strategy of “short-haul, high-frequency, point-to-point, low-fare service” produced what was not only one of the best-performing airlines in the U.S. over the last half-century, but also one of the best-performing companies in any industry. For over 50 years, Wal-Mart has pursued essentially the same strategy of “offering the lowest price so its customer can live better.” Wells Fargo has become the mo...
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Free White Paper: Social Media Marketing for Small Business

How Small Businesses Use Social Media Social media is revolutionizing the world of small business marketing, creating new avenues for merchants to promote their companies at a low cost. By creating free profiles on popular social-networking websites, small businesses are able to forge deeper connections with potential customers in their target demographics. Submit the brief form below to download your free copy of Going Global: Social Media Marketing for Small B...
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Strategic Leadership

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Leadership development refers to any activity that enhances the quality of leadership within an individual or organization. These activities have ranged from MBA style programs offered at university business schools to action learning, high-ropes courses and executive retreats. Developing Individual Leaders Traditionally, leadership development has focused on developing the leadership abilities and attitudes of individuals. Just as people are not all born with the ability or desire ...
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"Dialogue issues we that we had been tolerating for years have disappeared as a result of becoming a more accountability oriented culture and learning how to conduct crucial conversations." – George Baily,  President & CEO    
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