459 Posts found for Source: Fast Company

CEO of HP-Compaq and former executive with Lucent.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Personal Computer

The real meaning of success — and how to find it.

Content: Article | Author: Po Bronson | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

CEO of eBay

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management

Conventional wisdom says to get back to basics.
Conventional wisdom says to cut costs.
Conventional wisdom is doomed.
The winners are the innovators who are making bold thinking an everyday part of doing business.

Editor’s Note: The meat of this article is found in the three systemic beliefs that inhibit innovation and the four dominant innovation lenses toward the middle of the article.

Content: Article | Author: Gary Hamel | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Innovation, Management

It’s now part of every executive’s job description: Be good at TV.
In the past, the big challenge was to give a good speech. Enter corporate speechwriters, who could make sure that the words on paper at least made sense. Keep your head down, stick to the script, and you’re home safe. But now that’s table stakes. Now you have to be fast on your feet, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Alison Overholt | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Personal Development, Public Relations

Marketing is a luxury of progress. It is necessary only in cultures that have largely satisfied basic human needs.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Marketing / Sales

If you want to understand the future of the VC industry, says Ted Dintersmith, you first need to take a short tour of its past.

Content: Article | Author: Linda Tischler | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Venture Capital

Stars [Star performers at work] strip away the visionary and charismatic stuff, and get to the three components of real leadership: People want leaders who are knowledgeable. People want leaders who create momentum – who bring energy to the job and create energy in other people. And people want leaders who pay attention to everyone who’s involved in a project – leaders who can attract … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Leadership

President of Dell Computer

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management | Industry: Personal Computer

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions that move with him like flies on a summer’s day.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Personality / Behavior, Philosophy

Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned and no body to be kicked?

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Ethics

With his potter’s hands, Bill Strickland is reshaping the business of social change. His Pittsburgh-based program offers a national model for education, training – and hope.

Content: Article | Author: Sara Terry | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: People, Social Responsibility (ESG)

People pay for a lot of things that they could get for free; bottled water is doing so well that Coke and Pepsi have rolled out water products. You have to make it easier and more enjoyable to pay a little money than it is to steal.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Miscellaneous

Congratulations, you’ve got the job! But you can forget about a honeymoon. If you’re lucky, you’ve got 60 days to prove you can fit in and perform.

Content: Article | Author: Cheryl Dahle | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Career

In other fields, there’s very little doubt over what it takes to be a star. But do you know what it takes to be one at work? Robert E. Kelley has the answer.

Content: Article | Author: Alan M. Webber | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior

Harvard Business School professor Jerry Zaltman makes pictures that reveal our deepest feelings about your favorite brands. Can he scan your brain and unlock the images that lie within?

Content: Article | Author: Daniel Pink | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Marketing / Sales

A personal guide (12 principles) to listening to, working with, and learning from the most important person in our business – the customer!

Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Customer Related

There are few career moments as exciting — and these days, as perilous — as taking over the top job at a company, business unit, or department. But what exactly do you do once you’re in charge? This online guide provides 18 tactics — and case studies — to help you take the reigns running.

Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management

The faster big business cleans up its ethical mess, the sooner we can address the real crisis of capitalism. Giant companies dominate the landscape — from media to medicine, banking to broadband. But talented people don’t want to work for them, customers hate doing business with them, and Wall Street doesn’t want to invest in them. A candid appraisal of why so many big companies … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Keith H. Hammonds | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Strategy

There’s only one place to start you next job search – on the Web. Here’s the ultimate guide to writing a great online resume, posting it on the best sites, and choosing the right job.

Content: Career Information | Author: Gina Imperato | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Job Search, Resumes