An excerpt from the book “Gypsy Soul” by David Hughes

Develop trust in yourself  by having confidence in your own wisdom and instincts. Let me share the story of the Three Samurai. This story has been told many times with many different variations, for our purpose here I will use the version with the three Samurai.

One day a young Samurai was quietly eating his lunch in a tavern of ill repute. This young Samurai was very good with his sword, and decided to ‘clean up the place’. He arose, drew his sword and began cutting down the thieves and murderers who frequented this tavern and led to its reputation. He battled valiantly, but was overcome by the sheer numbers of the riffraff.

By Beth Armknecht Miller, a leadership advisor, coach and Vistage chair for Executive Velocity, Inc.

So after several years of proving yourself, your company finally recognizes your potential as a future leader. The opportunity for promotion, however, comes with a risk.  You have made a number of friends at work during the past few years and now you will have to manage them. I was recently reminded of this dilemma when working with a leader who had recently been promoted from an individual contributor as a lead programmer to a manager of a team of eight technicians. She was struggling with her transition from friend to manager since three of her employees were friends.

By Russell Lundstrom, President of GlobalSiteSecrets.com and EO Colorado member

Success in foreign markets depends on many factors. Your website translation is one of the most crucial of these factors. The following 5 steps are crucial to your success. Repeatedly, companies have sought success overseas and jumped at the opportunity without taking the small amount of time it requires to plan out the strategy and tactics to fully maximize the opportunity and minimize the risk. Each of the following 5 steps are fairly simple to execute and, unfortunately, very simple to overlook.