Best Practices Series

SmartBrief for CFOs

Financial news and best practices

SmartBrief for CFOs

4 ways to expand IT workers' business skills

5/20/2013

  • CFO.com

Employers, if they could, would wave a magic wand and grant business-savvy skills to their technologists, writes Martha Heller, president of Heller Search Associates. "Their people, they worry, are so… Read More

SmartBrief on ExecTech

Tech news and insights and why they matter to business

SmartBrief on ExecTech

NASA on track to land spacecraft on an asteroid

5/20/2013

  • Popular Science

The U.S. government has put its stamp of approval on a planned mission to scoop up soil samples from an asteroid that orbits so close to Earth that it has a 1 in 2,000 chance of hitting it sometime in… Read More

SmartBrief on Leadership

Innovative ideas about leadership and management

SmartBrief on Leadership

Colo.'s next big retail opportunity is marijuana

5/20/2013

  • Guardian (London), The

Colorado is prepared for retail cannabis, and producing and selling the drug could prove to be a big business opportunity. Owners of the state's 500 medical cannabis dispensaries will be the first to … Read More

SmartBrief on Business & Politics

Public policy news from a business perspective

SmartBrief on Business & Politics

White House covered up IRS scandal, says Rep. Camp

5/17/2013

  • Washington Times, The
  • Politico (Washington, D.C.)
  • Washington Post, The

The White House was involved in a "cover-up" of the IRS' targeting of conservative groups, said Rep. David Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, during his panel's first hearing regard… Read More

SmartBrief on Sales

Insights and advice to help sales leaders

SmartBrief on Sales

A theatrical pickpocket's advice for sales success

5/20/2013

  • Sales & Marketing Management

Apollo Robbins, a theatrical pickpocket based in Las Vegas, uses aspects of Japanese martial arts, Latin ballroom dancing and even sales in his performances. In this Q-and-A, he discusses how he incor… Read More

SmartBrief on Sustainability

News about the future of sustainable business

SmartBrief on Sustainability

What should we call sustainability?

5/17/2013

  • GreenBiz.com

All of the terms for eco-friendly business practices -- including "CSR," "sustainability," "corporate citizenship" and "triple bottom line" -- are jargon and confusing, Steve Voien writes. It's time f… Read More

SmartBrief on Workforce

Essential reading for HR professionals

SmartBrief on Workforce

How to minimize costs tied to hiring mistakes

5/20/2013

  • Ryan Estis & Associates

If you realize you've made a bad hire, don't hesitate to pull the plug in the first 90 days, writes Ryan Estis, who shares a story about how he flubbed his first two hires after being promoted to vice… Read More

SmartBrief on Your Career

Career tips for young professionals

SmartBrief on Your Career

Start itemizing your soft skills

5/20/2013

  • Wall Street Journal, The

Create a list of soft skills that you do well and another that itemizes the skills you lack, executive coach Gabriela Cora suggests. Some items to consider for inclusion include your ability to tactfu… Read More

PLI SmartBrief

The latest stories on corporate and business legal issues

PLI SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Practising Law Institute

Bair says Dodd-Frank will prevent future rescues

5/20/2013

  • Washington Post, The

Sheila Bair, former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., says that language in the Dodd-Frank Act effectively eliminates government rescues of financial companies and has implemented a clear p… Read More