Wife of America's lowest paid governor takes up job as a waitress

The wife of America’s lowest paid governor, Ann LePage, has taken up a job as a waitress in a restaurant. She is now saving up to buy a Toyota car. She took up a job at McSeagull's restaurant, Thursday, June 23, 2016, in Boothbay Harbor. The restaurant is near her and husband's Boothbay home.Read more

Steve Jobs last words: Non-stop pursuit of wealth turns a person into twisted being!

I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success.

However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to. At this moment, lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death. Read more

LinkedIn will pay $13 million to compensate users in a class action lawsuit

Under a proposed settlement, LinkedIn will pay $13 million as part of a deal to compensate users who signed up for its “Add Connections” feature between September, 2011 and October of 2014. This means you could be eligible for payment. The feature in question gives permission to LinkedIn to scrape your email address book, and sent out multiple messages reminding recipients you want them to be part of your “personal network.” Read more

10 Habits of Remarkably Polite People

Occasionally, we meet a person who stands out in the best possible way. He might beremarkably charismatic. She might think remarkable thoughts. And remarkably giving people--they are impossible to ignore.

If you develop those traits, you won't just be likable; those traits will make people want to work with you and do business with you.That's also why we love being around genuinely polite people. (Not fake polite--sincere polite.) They make us feel comfortable. They make us feel respected and valuable. We would love to be more like them. Read more

Steve Job's 10 principles to success in business

Steve Jobs once quoted Wayne Gretzky, saying:

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”

Steve Jobs has been a living proof of this quote all of his life. Apple has reaped the benefits from Steve’s ability to anticipate future trends. They dominated the digital music sales (shrinking the market of CD music sales), while the iPhone has also revolutionized the phone industry by introducing a very sophisticated touch screen based phone. Read more

12 Habits Of Exceptional Leaders

One of the most popular Dilbert comic strips in the cartoon’s history begins with Dilbert’s boss relaying senior leadership’s explanation for the company’s low profits. In response to his boss, Dilbert asks incredulously, “So they’re saying that profits went up because of great leadership and down because of a weak economy?” To which Dilbert’s boss replies, “These meetings will go faster if you stop putting things in context.” Read more

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Making Relationships Work

By Diane Coutu

It has become common to extol the value of human relationships in the workplace. We all agree that managers need to connect deeply with followers to ensure outstanding performance, and we celebrate leaders who have the emotional intelligence to engage and inspire their people by creating bonds that are authentic and reliable. There’s a large and fast-growing support industry to help us develop our “softer” relationship skills; many CEOs hire executive coaches, and libraries of self-help books detail how best to build and manage relationships on the way to the top. Read more

You Don't Have to Be a CEO to Develop Leadership Qualities..

Whether you are the CEO of a large and prosperous company or an employee whom others depend on, the qualities of true leadership are identical.More

Humility: The Lost Art in Leadership

Use humility to be more a more effective leader in these five ways.

1) Opinions: input is critical to success 7 Habits of the World's Richest People

Humble leaders seek input from others to ensure they have all the facts and are making decisions that are in the best interest of the team. No one person has all the answers. If you think you do, then it’s probably time to reassess. People want to work for people who value their opinions rather than ignore or dismiss them. Effectively humble leaders are comfortable asking for input and can just as easily be decisive when the situation calls for it.More

“A leader is a Dealer in Hope” —Napoleon Bonaparte

Of the many thousands and thousands of quotes on leadership, the above quote may well be the most under considered and lost in the day-to-day conflict that is the art of leading in complex and ever-changing organizations...More

5 Things Successful People Do Before They Go To Bed

The time before going to bed is critical to ensure that one closes out the day that has passed, plans for the day ahead, but it is also critical that the mind is calmed so that one has a restful sleep. Too many successful executives get this wrong. One can only burn the candle at both ends for so long before it will mean that they are not as productive as they should be at work, and not as happy as they should be overall. Based on research and conversation with successful executives on the topic, here are the five things that successful people do before they go to sleep:More See also: Making a life, or making a living?

Use Body Language to Instantly Influence Others

Do you realize that you have at your disposal the power to change the state of those around you in an instant? I am not just talking about people that you know, but also people you have only seen once and that you have never even talked to. Yes, you can change the state of a complete stranger in...More

Intellectual Capacity as a Key Leadership Characteristic

Through my 20+ years of study and practice, I have developed a leadership model - my personal leadership philosophy - that attempts to talk about effective leadership using two frameworks: Who Leaders Are (characteristics), and What Leaders Do (behaviors). Read more