10 Aspects of Executive Presence

On November 4, 2009

10 Aspects of Executive Presence

What constitutes executive presence, that undefinable quality that great leaders possess? Is it about poise and sophistication, use of body language or gestures? Can it be learned, does it develop on its own, or do you have to be born with it? And how do you know if you've got it?


On November 4, 2009

GM’s U-Turn: Gutsy or Myopic?

GM's decision to hang onto Vauxhall has naturally made the marque's 5,500 UK workers happy. But has GM made the right decision? Tony Woodley, joint leader of Unite (the union), said there was logic in selling off the two marques and GM's CEO, Fritz Hendrseon, said GM's health had improved since the initial negotiations, giving the business the confidence to restructure, rather than sell off its European business. Breaking up GM's business and selling its Opel operations to Russian-financed Canadian car-parts company Magna might well have cannibalised GM's own car sales. By retaining Opel and Vauxhall, GM gets to keep a toe-hold in Europe, and the Continent's emerging markets, an important source of new business as UK car sales rely...


On November 4, 2009

How to Disrupt Microsoft

Microsoft has been the notorious personal computing powerhouse for decades and often the target of Those Who Would Dethrone the King. Speculation on how has become a popular sport over the years, but the plans have never been successful, except in niche areas. Yet it would be possible -- if companies could achieve a certain number of objectives, because coming up with an equivalent mouse trap ain't gonna do it.


On November 4, 2009

Gresham’s Law of the Web: Crap Content Quashes Quality

Last week, Daniel Roth at Wired wrote about Demand Media, a company that has created what is essentially the first content factory. There is a large issue at hand. Demand, and other companies that want to emulate it, are creating the Internet's implementation of the economic theory that bad money drives out good. And the ones who will pay the price are most who depend on the Internet as a source of information and marketing.


On November 4, 2009

Finding Your Ideal Networking Group

I recently caught up with Suzy Jacobs from The Athena Network in this short video interview. Suzy shares some good tips for those new to face-to-face networking and has some fine ideas when considering the best event to attend. Clearly networking is more than just thrusting cards into people's hands and as Suzy explains it can be the perfect place to create new friendships and sow seeds for future business opportunities. Watch the interview here.


On November 3, 2009

101 Ways to Promote a New Blog

This is a guest post by David Turnbull. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Promoting a new blog can be quite daunting, but it doesn't have to be. As you might expect, breaking down blog promotion into small, actionable tasks eliminates the mental road block you've probably experienced when trying to wrap you head around how to get people's attention. You don't have to do everything in this list, and some items will have a greater effect then others, but every tactic will at least drive some traffic, and any traffic is better than no traffic.

Original Post: 101 Ways to Promote a New Blog


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