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The Biggest Leadership Myth…

You can’t motivate other people! In Daniel Pink’s newest book Drive the underlying message is that a leader can provide a motivating environment but can’t motivate their employees; motivation comes from within an individual. This… Read more »

Best Practices for New Employee Training

By David Notte, an EO Vancouver member and the CEO of Wolfgang Commercial Painters. You have spent months sifting through resumes, checked references, conducted countless interviews, and you finally have your new hire. Let the… Read more »

The Entrepreneurial Aptitude Test

By Matthew E. May, special to Overdrive. Do you have what it takes to become the next Howard Schultz or Mark Zuckerberg? A new book may not only help you answer that question, but also surprise you… Read more »

Does Your Strategic Planning Really Work?

By Scott Span, the president of Tolero Solutions, an organizational development and change management firm. According to our marketing partner – Preactive Marketing – the phrase “strategy is…” generates roughly 13.6 million global hits. This indicates it is… Read more »

Timeless Success Recipes From Stephen Covey

By Lisa Nirell, a strategic growth and marketing expert, and the Chief Energy Officer of EnergizeGrowth®. “Here, have an oatmeal cookie.” That is the disarming way in which my first interview with Stephen Covey began in… Read more »

Turn Your Innovations into Realities

Innovation is easy to talk about, but often difficult to implement. Check out this excerpt from Jeffrey Fox and Robert Reiss’ book, The Transformative CEO; Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changers, which features quick steps for innovation and the CEO… Read more »

The Talent War

By Allen Law, an EO Singapore member and  the CEO of Park Hotel Group. We are in a Talent War. As entrepreneurs, a lot of our success relies on our ability to attract and retain talent. I… Read more »

How to Be a Lousy CEO

By Marissa Levin, an EO DC member and CEO of Information Experts. If there’s one thing I learned as an entrepreneur, it’s this: Leadership isn’t just about knowing how to do the right things. It’s also… Read more »