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Navigate Your Path to Success

Women on Business

Gretchen Glasscock said: Navigate Your Path to Success: I have always traveled quite a bit for business, and before every trip I would d… [link] [.] Often this meant trying to read Mapquest directions while driving on a highway or in the dark. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gretchen Glasscock and others. Thanks for the post!

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The Power of Presence

Lead Change Blog

In this era of working remotely, having “commuting executives” who travel from city to city, and leadership that takes on added locations and broader areas, a growing trend has developed where employees don’t see their leaders as much, or hardly at all. Use technology. Don’t discount off-hours contact.

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Living Without the “K” On Your “_eyboard” :: Women on Business

Women on Business

My other option is to use the small lightweight laptop I use for travel. I can then choose the correct word from a list of possible word options, but I have to hope it’s on the list. Otherwise, I have to revert to Ctrl V. But because it’s for convenience, it’s really not ideal for lengthy projects, marathon typing, and other assignments.

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Checklist for HR Department: A Step by Step Guide

HR Digest

Get department heads involved on what all benefits can be offered to the new recruits—work from home, flexible schedules, discounted equipment offers, etc. Travel and expense policies. Allowances need to be worked out according to the hierarchy or have a flat structure for travel. Leave and office calendar.

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How Smart Speakers Are Poised to Reinvent the Travel Industry

Harvard Business Review

Travelers with an Alexa device at home can book a car rental or hotel through Expedia and Kayak. On many fronts, artificial intelligence-powered smart speakers and apps seem poised to become the world’s virtual travel agents. People can even book flights through voice-enabled Google Search. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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A Friendly Life

CEO Blog

I negotiated paint discounts. And I am sure the success I had at that gave me the confidence to start my technology distribution company as I was finishing my engineering degree. In addition to the business story, it intersperses stories of his travel and the people he met. That business grew over the years I did it.

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Advocacy to Shift Culture

Women on Business

Human beings are unconsciously driven to support the individuals that remind us of ourselves- those we can identify with -those who are traveling on a journey we feel we have taken- a journey we understand. Advocacy is what makes the “world go round&# so to speak as we observe how individuals rise through their careers.