To help you to discover (or re-discover) the Soloist within you, here are eight secrets that will help you to kick loose from the daily grind for a little while.
Marc Hershon | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business
Five online sources you can depend on to give you the straight scoop, which you can then use to straighten out your local Know-It-None.
Jonathan Littman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business
What may have made Raymond Clark lethal in the workplace was the fact that his supervisors failed to check his obsession for absolute control.
Marc Hershon | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business
Find a few ways to misdirect management from other misstepping officemates from time to time, and you'll be hip-deep in favors owed to you.
Jonathan Littman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
Pictures are hard to ignore. Draw some image, however crude, of your idea. It's more likely to make it up on the board.
Jonathan Littman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business
The East Coast brand has the punch of one of the world's most famous advertising firms touting their products. But no tour to speak of, and the executives and managers I met with confessed that few at the company partake of their products.
Marc Hershon | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
Just because you're back from that summer sojourn doesn't mean that the party has to be over.
Jonathan Littman | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
Summer vacation is the ideal period during the year to take chances and have new experiences, the time and place to venture outside your regular life.
Jonathan Littman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business
Judge Jed S. Rakoff of New York is my idea of a true American hero. This week he had the guts to ridicule the sham $33 million settlement put forth by the SEC and Bank of America execs.
Marc Hershon | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business
Your key to getting more of your time back is to focus on those passive meetings...then start finding ways to skip them.
Marc Hershon | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living
There's something different about Twitter. And it's more than just the poetic brevity of 140 character messages, it can actually be useful!
Jonathan Littman | Posted 09.02.2009 | Living
Don't you know that making the most of your fabulous Summer Vacation is the secret to getting ahead in your career?
Jonathan Littman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
Companies want you to treat your interview as being the most important thing in the world. In reality, it's all a big game. Your challenge: Get the job.
Marc Hershon | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business
You have to act as a Soloist to be one. We've put together five steps to jumpstart the Soloist in you.
Jonathan Littman | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business
Ringelmann showed that three men only pull as hard as two and a half men, and eight only pull as hard as four. Far from synergy, group effort creates an inverse productivity ratio.
Marc Hershon | Posted 08.16.2009 | Business
Teamwork only takes you so far. Learning how to tackle certain tasks and challenges independently will quickly put you on the path to becoming more successful.
Jonathan Littman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business
Jobs and pay are being cut and slashed like the Brazilian rainforest, opportunities for advancement vanishing like the Polar ice cap. What's a smart worker to do? Dig a Cave.
Marc Hershon | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business
There's pride and a new sense of self in becoming a Soloist. The Soloist is keenly aware of the difference between creative, innovative effort and mind-numbing groupthink. By cutting loose form the pack whenever possible, the Soloist reaches new levels of performance.
Marc Hershon | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business