by Matt Palmquist for Strategy + Business Magazine: Bottom Line: Regardless of size, firms that make an effort to be responsible are rewarded more than those that seek only to make money. Which organizational values guide the strategies and philosophies of the most admired firms in the world? Financial growth ranks surprisingly low and is

from Nathalie at mentorless.com: “I regularly receive emails from readers who want to know how to reach powerful people. By powerful people, they mean people who have the power to change their career, because if they could just reach them, then hardest part would be behind (wrong). It’s one thing to get someone’s contact. It’s

Interviewed by Lewis Howes from The School of Greatness: If you’ve never seen a Chicken Soup for the Soul book, I don’t know where you’ve been. Did you know that the same original author of that wildly successful series (7 New York Times best-sellers at the same time!) is also one of the experts interviewed

by Art Koff (this article appeared previously on MarketWatch) Many boomers, as well as retirees, looking for work are hitting the pavement with outdated résumés. Of course, you don’t wear out shoe leather anymore. Now you’re sending your resumé through email or applying online — and the resumé that you submit today is substantially different

On the businessinsider.com LinkedIn Influencer Jeff Haden published this post, originally on LinkedIn: Interview questions: Everyone has them. And everyone wishes they had better ones. So I asked smart people from a variety of fields for their favorite interview question and what it tells them about the candidate. See the questions here  

by Amy Gallo – contributing editor, Harvard Business Review These are useful tips and principles to remember: “If you want to become a leader, don’t wait for the fancy title or the corner office. You can begin to act, think, and communicate like a leader long before that promotion. Even if you’re still several levels