Recent Entries

  • Time to talk about settlement risk

    New rules on the margining of non-cleared over-the-counter derivatives trades, which started to be implemented in phases from September 1 last year, require market participants to post both initial and variation margin on covered trades, applying specific requirements laid out by regulator...
  • 6 Talent Management Trends for 2018

    We are currently in the golden age of HR. Modern technology has enabled HR leaders to provide their workforce with a better employee experience. Emerging technologies such as data automation, predictive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) have now added a level of sophistication in how busine...
  • How to Help Employees Remember What They Learned in Training

    Training employees can be crucial to a company’s success. However, determining and providing the right training can be difficult. Corporate learning platform Bridge recently surveyed more than 1,000 U.S. employees to measure employee retention and forgetfulness from t...
  • The Ingredients of a Marketing Plan

    Every how-to book on the market has a different take on the essential elements of a marketing plan. Those geared toward the big corporate crowd communicate in a language few human beings understand. However, the words you use are much less important than how seriously you approach the task. Th...
  • Six mistakes people make when they go from idea to reality

    In a blog, I argued that everyone must embrace the entrepreneurial spirit as an essential strategy for cultivating growth and opportunity. I then focused on six things you must actively do in order to convert ideas into reality and as an essential step to developing an innovative mindset or wha...
  • 5 Tactics That Haven't Worked For Digital Marketers Until Now

    In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, new trends quickly overshadow proven methods of connecting and interacting with consumers. Often, users determine these trends -- and it's up to digital marketers to keep pace. As user preferences continue to evolve, tactics that didn't work in the...
  • How to Tell Your Boss 'No' When Asked to Run a Personal Errand

    “That isn’t in my job description” can be job-killing words, especially when you've just started a new position. Experts advise young professionals to work hard to demonstrate that they’re willing to do whatever it takes to make their bosses’ lives easier. Unfortun...
  • Want to Be a Great CEO? Start With the Man in the Mirror.

    The role of a CEO in a company cannot be overstated. A good CEO is the best sales person, a marketing expert, a savant of financial tracking and a politician. If you are considering founding your own company or aspire to hit the top C-level job in a major corporation, then you better start developin...
  • Empathy is the engine that powers creativity,innovation

    In 2005, LEGO, the Danish toy maker, took the technology community by surprise when they cheered the hacking of its 3D modelling platform called LEGO Factory. Executives initially fancied the idea of legal action as an archetypal corporate reaction especially since the company still struggled...
  • Here is Why Customer Service is Ground Zero For Success

    “The only right way to run a company -- and the most profitable way -- is to saturate your company with the voice of the customer,” wrote Richard C. Whiteley, in his groundbreaking business classic The Customer Driven Company. As one of the most sought after speakers in th...