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3 Fast Tips From A Master Networker To Quickly Go From Zero To Super-Connector
The bank can take your car. They can take your house. They can take whatever other measly assets you have, but they can never take your relationships. That’s the philosophy of Jayson Gaignard, bestselling author of Mastermind Dinners and one of the “25 Professional Networkers to Watch” according to Forbes contributor John Corcoran. I recently connected with Jayson to learn 3 fast networking tips and was fascinated by his personal story.

TheSkimm, Oprah’s Favorite Email Newsletter, Bets On Paid Calendar App For Growth
Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg left their jobs in TV four years ago to found their wildly popular email newsletter TheSkimm, but the vestiges of their respective careers at MSNBC and NBC News remain in the way they describe their readership.

The Rise Of The Outsider CEO
by DeAnne Aguirre, Per-Ola Karlsson and Gary Neilson

Political Cartoons

The ‘Formation’ Of Condiments In Hillary Clinton’s Purse
Just like Beyonce, Hillary Clinton confirms that she keeps hot sauce in her bag (swag). Which other condiments does Clinton carry to kowtow to various demographic groups of voters?

10 Survival Steps for CIOs
CIOs are under constant fire.

United States Artists Announces $20 Million Endowment Campaign
In 2006, in response to the decline in unrestricted funding to artists, the Ford, Rockefeller, Rasmuson and Prudential Foundations started an organization called United States Artists with $22 million in seed funding to help fund creative projects across the country. Over the past decade, the organization has distributed $21 million to nearly 450 artists — who include visual artists Theaster Gates, Kara Walker and Catherine Opie, jazz composer Jason Moran, writer Annie Proulx and choreographer Bill T. Jones through its USA Fellows program.

China Prepares To Widen Global Campaign Against Taiwanese Fraudsters
Taiwan had just gotten over the first sting when a new one came. First time around, its old political enemy China persuaded Kenya to deport 45 Taiwanese citizens but not home. The group went instead to China in two planeloads April 8 and 12. Taiwan officials called it abduction while China says the 45 were suspected of defrauding mainland Chinese people by phone. China cajoled Kenya into deporting them to its turf and they eventually wound up in Beijing, masked and escorted by Chinese police as they walked off the plane.

Simplicity Is Everything: Customer Experience Done Well With Brand Expert Margaret Molloy
You don’t hear the word simplicity very much when it comes to customer experience. But according to Siegel+Gale CMO Margaret Molloy simplicity is the key to running a strong customer experience operation.

Justifying Unethical Behavior: A Revealing Global Survey
The 2016 OECD Integrity Forum starts today in Paris, France. Next week, China holds its own B20 anti-corruption forum. But in a world in which there has recently been “an unprecedented level of cross-border cooperation in enforcement” to counter fraud and corruption, there is also stark evidence that pressure continues to bring out the worst in executives. A survey just out states that 42% of those surveyed justify unethical behavior to get the right results.

5 Ways To Improve Your Company’s Search For Talent

‘Dear Job Applicant: Thanks Anyway, But No Thanks’
Gretchen is a new Recruiting Manager. She wants to come up with a new process for telling job applicants when they didn’t get the job. What would you recommend Gretchen do?

12 Great Colleges For Veterans In 2016

The Best 4-Year Colleges For Veterans In 2016
Going back to school after a stint in the military is not easy. Oftentimes, for vets, returning to academia must be a part-time affair amidst a slew of other professional and sometimes familial obligations. Some schools have better success receiving former military personnel than others and it’s a good idea for school-seekers to know which ones those are.

The Companies With The Biggest Jumps In Employee Happiness

The Customer Isn’t Always Right
The idea of the customer-focused business is so deeply ingrained in most people’s minds that anything else would seem like madness. However a growing number of corporate leaders (as well as extensive research is showing that the best way to serve customers is to focus on employees first.

15 Surprising Things Productive People Do Differently

Dealing With The Unexpected At Work
Stay focused on the big picture. Keep fighting to protect those time blocks, and eventually, with persistence and patience, you’ll spend more and more time on your MIT and learn the normal flow of your work week.

Use These 4 ‘C’s’ To Create Viral Posts
Can you develop a viral article on purpose? Sometimes, with care, the answer is yes.

10 Things To Do When You Hate Your Job

The Five Worst Reasons To Stay In A Lousy Job
Are you sticking with a job you hate for all the wrong reasons?

Hate Shoelaces? Hickies Founder Does, Too, And Is Building A $10 Million Business Replacing Them
Lots of people hate shoelaces. Hickies is building a $10 million business catering to them.

How To Deal With 10 Common Workplace Distractions

4 Signs You’re Dealing With A Toxic Workplace
Now that we’re all paying attention to workplace culture, here’s the unfortunate news: it’s not always pretty. A workplace can be just as broken and dysfunctional as a rotten relationship. Like the couple in counseling, you don’t really know how bad it is until you’re focusing on it.

10 Notorious Tax Cheats

Panama Papers: Tech Companies Could Be Up Next
Once the Panama Papers crisis moves stateside ? and even if it never does ? expect high-tech companies to land at the center of the storm.

The Myth Of Selling To The CMO
This article is by Rob Reed, founder of MomentFeed.

2015 Most Effective Marketers In North America

The Top Four Hurdles Tripping Up Marketing Technology Investments
The marketing technology landscape continues to grow at a mind-blowing pace. Just last month, Scott Brinker unveiled his annual Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic, highlighting more than 3,500 suppliers now taking up residence in this burgeoning field. That means the field has grown by 87% over last year, according to Scott.

What It Takes To Retain Your Top Talent

From HR Professionals To Trust Agents
The goal of HR professionals is not to manage resources. Instead, the purpose of HR is to grow trust between the organization, managers, workers, and the government.

Haas On Track For $100 Million Annual Boost From Formula One
Haas Automation, the machine tool manufacturer owned by American tycoon Gene Haas, is on track to get an estimated $100 million of exposure from Formula One auto racing this year write Christian Sylt and Sam Hall.

The College Graduate’s Future: Looking Ahead With The Bureau Of Labor Statistics
Consulting the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook can help rationalize the approach to college selection and majors.

Tax As The Next CSR Risk: The Subject No One Is Talking About
The media, NGOs and commentariat is protesting angrily about the Panama Papers tax scandal. But for most businesses, they are putting their head in the sand in the hope that the storm will pass. For now, taxes are not part of the conversation on corporate social responsibility.

5 Ways To Improve Your Company’s Search For Talent

If You Need An Interview Script, You Shouldn’t Be Interviewing
Interview scripts are a horrible holdover from the Machine Age. Throw out the script and have a human conversation in your job interviews, instead!