Steve Jobs is a one-of-a-kind business icon and the company he cofounded has come to symbolize American innovation. What happens to Apple if Jobs doesn't return from his medical leave in June?...

Business is all about customers and selling. That’s why every manager and executive should be a salesperson once in his career. The skills and lessons are indispensible and difficult to learn any other way.

How is a company supposed to reduce its risk when one customer can devastate its business? Some throw around "diversification" like it's an antidote to risk, but as a risk aversion strategy, diversification is no panacea. It carries its own risks,...

What constitutes executive presence, that indefinable quality that great leaders possess? Is it about poise and sophistication, use of body language or gestures? Can it be learned, does it develop on its own, or do you have to be born with it? And how...

When hotelier Chip Conley posted pictures from his Burning Man trip on his Facebook page, some of his employees complained that they were inappropriate for a CEO. We’ve covered the fracas in A CEO’s Dilemma: Should I Take My Burning Man Pics off...

Hector Ruiz, former CEO of AMD and president of Motorola, and Bob Moffat, Sr. VP at IBM, were among top executives caught up in the largest insider trading scandal in decades. The question is why would top executives risk their careers by committing...

It's a hot trend and it's here to stay. Marketers at Starbucks, Kraft, and Campbell have discovered that "simple" sells. But retail marketing aside, is "simple" a megatrend all businesses should be watching and considering in our marketing, branding,...