SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS LESSONS FROM ORACLE BOSS

Dheeraj Pandey was an employee at Oracle. After only a few years of working here, Pandey gained useful operating experiences from Ellison.

WAYS TO BE SEEN AS A LEADER IN THE NEXT 30 SECONDS

Connecting with others, making others better as a result of your presence, and making sure the impact lasts are at the heart of leadership. But the problem is that leaders tend not to have a lot of free time on their hands. So how can you engage in meaningful and memorable leadershipwith zero hours in the day to spare?

HOW TO STAY HONEST IN A DISHONEST WORK WORLD

05/2012 has been a bad month for corporate ethics. Alleged proprietary trading by J.P. Morgan Chase that resulted in multibillion-dollar losses came to light. Jamie Dimon, the bank’s CEO, agreed today to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on June 13, and to appear before a House panel later in the month.

BUILDING A BILLION-DOLLAR STARTUP

Ali Tamaseb, a founder turned venture capitalist at Data Collective VC, recently spent 300 hours gathering data on billion-dollar startups. He generated 100 charts exploring their history and outlined dozens of valuable insights--all in a quest to learn what billion-dollar startups look like at inception.

8 ENTREPRENEURIAL MISTAKES YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE

Everyone makes mistakes; it is inevitable. But in business, missteps can be detrimental, putting your livelihood at risk.

THE 5 SKILLS THAT INNOVATIVE LEADERS HAVE IN COMMON

Innovation is critical in a knowledge economy — driving growth, new products, and new methods of delivering value to customers.

TOP 5 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION TRENDS FOR 2019

Over the past few years I have made the commitment to looking forward to the year ahead to predict some of the most significant digital transformation trends.

WANT TO WORK FOR JACK MA? THESE ARE THE TRAITS HE LOOKS FOR IN A CANDIDATE

Growing a company requires hiring the right people. For Jack Ma, the man behind Chinese tech giant Alibaba, that's a process that took him some time to master.

HOW TO BECOME A MORE DECISIVE LEADER

There is a pervasive myth in business that the best leaders are the ones that make the best decisions. However, recent studies have shown that this isn’t necessarily the case.

WHAT ARE KPIs? HOW TO USE KPIs?

For years organizations that have had what they thought were KPIs have not had the focus, adaptability, innovation, and profitability that they were seeking. KPIs themselves were mislabeled and misused. Examine a company with over 20 KPIs and you will find a lack of focus, lack of alignment, and underachievement. Some organizations try to manage with over 40 KPIs, many of which are not actually KPIs.

HOW TO PREDICT YOUR COMPETITOR'S NEXT MOVES

The rumor mill for the iPhone 4S began almost as soon as Apple released its iPhone 4. Better camera, faster processor, bigger screen, fire-proofing, cordless charging…leaps tall buildings in a single bound. The list goes on and on. We now know which of those predictions have come true.