About the author: Sam Taute
Sam Taute writes multiple SmartBrief newsletters and contributes to SmartBlogs on Restaurants and Social Media. A former intern at SmartBrief, he recently graduated from the Philip Merrill School of Journalism at the University of Maryland in College Park.
This week’s most clicked
The identity of America’s best boss; a successful CEO who drinks beer all day; and what you should do with mediocre employees. Read about all this and more in this week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Leadership: How to drink beer all day and still get things done Online chatter reveals America’s best- [...]
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How many hugs per day people should have; how far Amazon has gotten on its quest for world domination; and the insect that’s invading U.S. industrial complexes. It’s all in this week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Leadership: Amazon burns money to stoke Kindle Fire Leadership lessons from “Dr. Love” How Amazon conquered [...]
Why employees lie (and how to get them to stop)
Almost all businesses are forced to place ethical decisions in the hands of their employees. Whether employees decide to do right or wrong in these situations is less clear-cut than employers think, suggests the results of an experiment done by researchers from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Often, it takes very little to sway [...]
How to effectively lead a sales team
John Treace is head of the sales and marketing consulting firm J.R. Treace & Associates. He focuses on helping publicly traded companies develop sales teams that will produce consistent results. SmartBrief recently asked Treace to offer some thoughts about how to lead a sales team. How is leading a sales team different from managing other [...]
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A major difference between geniuses and the rest of the population; how to shoot down ideas without using the word “no”; and a rendition of Don McClean’s “American Pie” by Grand Rapids, Mich. It’s all in this week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Leadership: Oprah’s 7 lessons for business leaders 5 tips for [...]
5 tips for building a successful rewards program
The fifth post in SmartBrief’s Spotlight on Customer Service series is brought to you by First Data, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing. Read First Data’s case study on how the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is using online payment to create a more seamless user experience. Rewards programs can be more [...]
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How to tell when you should start hiring, the reason great leaders know how to accept help from others and a peek into the life of a Somali pirate. It’s all in this past week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Leadership: 3 leadership lessons from “The King’s Speech” 3 ways to tell if [...]
This week’s most clicked
The story behind Zynga; the reason humor is overrated in graduation speeches; and another hurdle for people who might not test well. It’s all on this past week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Leadership: 7 of the world’s most-clichéd tourist photos Want the keys to the corner office? First, pass these tests 6 [...]
