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Written by Jim Tierney Famous Dave’s of America plans to focus on a new brand strategy to drive increased customer engagement and customer loyalty. During Wednesday’s...

Top achievers in every field understand that words have the power to condition the mind to succeed or to fail.  Whenever you say something, your mind tries to build a case for...

We, the anti-consumerists, are losing the battle to curtail the consumerism that drives America, especially during the holiday season. Again this year, major retailers are...

Few things create a more vivid perception of an executive than his speaking ability. The higher execs rise in an organization, the more frequently they are called upon to...

Former New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein on how to raise the quality and performance of teachers Lots of research in the past decade underscores the importance of...

The bad news is that more and more managers tell us that employees are becoming so accustomed to communicating with people electronically, some are losing the ability to...

  Some people are interested in reaching their dreams and others are committed to reaching their dreams. The key to success in life is going from being interested to being...

  There’s probably no tougher—and no more important—question on the plates of leaders today than: are you capable of changing as fast as the world is changing? In a world where...

Keynote speakers are an odd lot. Most of us have egos the size of Texas and quirky requirements that can drive a meeting planner absolutely nuts. Our superstitions about how to...

Written by: Will Yacowicz Are your employees averse to taking risks to create your company's next new product or service? The problem may be misguided leadership. Every...

“Focus on the positive, not the negative.” That’s pretty good advice…most of the time. There are times when it pays to focus on the negative and when doing so is necessary....

Someone said to me that I make too big a deal of student loan debt. I heard similar comments before the housing crisis. We now know how that turned out. Next month, thousands...