by Lewis Schiff | Apr 17, 2016 | Company Culture
New companies aren’t built by tinkerers in garages. Instead, startups emerge from big established companies. Amar Bhide, author of The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses, interviewed 100 founders from the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private U.S....
by Lewis Schiff | Apr 10, 2016 | Negotiating
If you’ve ever spoken with a highly-successful entrepreneur and felt like you were being interrogated, it probably wasn’t your imagination. Based on survey research I’ve done for my newest book, The First Habit: The One Technique That Can Change Your...
by Lewis Schiff | Apr 3, 2016 | Company Culture, Entrepreneurship
Gallup research says that the number of engaged employees–those who are involved and enthusiastic contributors in the workplace–is trending upward somewhat from 2009, which should be good news for businesses. Gallup surveys have long shown that companies...
by Lewis Schiff | Mar 27, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Productivity
What would you do today if you didn’t have to work? That’s not a trick question. It’s a question that trainers with the Strategic Coach program ask in order to help break their entrepreneur clients of work addiction. Dan Sullivan, the Toronto-based...
by Lewis Schiff | Mar 20, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Negotiating
Everybody loves a win-win answer to a problem. It’s great when a potentially-contentious situation ends up with everybody coming out ahead. And isn’t that the way most business deals should go, too? Let’s all sit down and find a way for everyone to...
