7 ways strong leaders build to build trust in a team

When it comes to building a team that can work efficiently together, accomplish mutual goals, and still maintain a good morale while doing so, there's no more significant quality than trust. Trust allows you to delegate a task without worrying whether it will get done. It allows for faster, more open...

Mobile Technology will make you rethink your HR strategy

The use of mobile technology is on the rise, with employees using their smartphones on a regular basis. And, if you're an employer, this increase isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Wrike’s 2016 Mobile Productivity Report found, for instance, that 44 percent of the more than 850 professionals surveyed...

4 Etiquette Blunders You Can't Afford To Make at Work

Credit: GettyImages There's no denying the paradigm shift in American corporate culture to more relaxed and unconventional office environments. Google and Facebook have been leading the way through their nap pods, bean bag lounges, and on-site skate parks. Though this easygoing attitude has undoubtedly improved...

13 Unlikely Body language tips to help you land the job

Body languages cannot be underestimated in the search for jobs in this 21st century. Some employers do not overlook these signs as you go through your interview process: Learn more Make the best impression. By the time you're invited for an in-person interview, hiring managers have already reviewed...

4 Interview Questions to Identify Trailblazers and Nonconformists

If you own a widget factory, what you need in employees is punctuality, efficiency, and the ability to withstand the boredom of repeatedly following a set procedure. But you're probably not running a widget factory.  In pretty much any other sort of company, you're going to need some people...

Recruit These 7 Superhero Archetypes to Build the Perfect Team

Credit: gettyimages If you thought superheroes were only a thing of comic books and movies, you were wrong. It turns out that startups need superheroes, too. How else do you think entrepreneurs build billion dollar companies with world-class products? I realized early on that if I wanted to create...

How to Make People, Not Résumés, Your Hiring Priority

When I consider acquiring a company, I try to get inside the heart of the person selling -- and allow him (or her) to get inside my own. I try to avoid being overly technical. When it comes to hiring people, on the other hand, there is no magic formula. Yet it occurs to me that the two tasks are...

What is emotional intelligence? And why does it matter?

Most people are conditioned to believe that knowledge is power, when, in fact, knowledge is only potential power. In my life, I’ve been blessed enough to have many meaningful conversations, yet the one I had this past week on emotional intelligence with a young woman, Ashley Zahabian, who I met at the entrepreneurial incubator that I recently launched, Fownders, really resonated with me.  We...