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Marketers spend a billion dollars a year targeting influentials. Duncan Watts says they’re wasting their money.

While there are many factors that affect team performance, these are some that guide my work with teams.

Every so often the guys in the C-suite get something right. Here are 10 of the year’s most exceptionally wise choices by corporate chiefs.

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Experts say job satisfaction begins with respect and appreciation, not salary and perks.

How much should a company’s culture reflect its chief executive, especially one who prides himself on being blunt and innovative — and, some might say, abrasive?

Now that you know what can scare off investors, make sure you don’t make it easy for investors to give you the fast "no." Be flexible and creative. You can do it.

It looks as if knowing a chief executive disrupts the ability to judge his performance.