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Steve Tobak is a management consultant, executive coach, and former senior executive of the technology industry. He's managing partner of Invisor Consulting, a Silicon Valley-based strategy consulting firm. Contact Tobak; follow him on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn@SteveTobak


How to Cure Office Politics

In many ways, office politics is like a Bureaucratic Disease. Here's the cure. (It also works against workplace bullies and bad bosses, too).  Read story

10 Ways You're Killing Your Credibility

Credibility is everything in the business world. It's hard to build but easy to destroy. And your success depends on it.  Read story

What Distinguishes Successful People? Less Than You Think

Robert Browning said, "a man's reach should exceed his grasp." That, more than anything, separates successful people from the pack.  Read story

Your Success Is Always In Somebody Else's Hands

Whether you're starting a company, developing a product, or selling yourself, your success is always dependent on the needs and wants of whoever you're tryin...  Read story

7 Things Your Day Job Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship

Not only is climbing the corporate ladder underrated, it's the best way to learn how to be a successful entrepreneur and business owner.  Read story

The Secret to Sustainable Business Growth

Every company needs three things to succeed over the long haul. Without them, you don't have a snowball's chance in hell.  Read story

7 Employees You Should Promote Now

What if the next Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Page came to work at your company? Would you know what to do with them?  Read story

The Cult-Like Cultures of Amazing Start-ups

Indoctrination, vision, mission--you'll almost always find a little bit of cult-like mentality at the most successful start-ups.  Read story

Work Life Balance: How to Take Control

Five factors that make the difference between a life of fulfillment and a life filled with regret.  Read story

How Real People Make It Big

Forget shiny objects and distractions. How people who grew up with nothing, people like you and me, build big-time success.  Read story

Enough Strategic Thinking. Just Do What Works.

Most problems aren't solved by silver bullets, brilliant strategy, or high technology. They're solved by simple common sense.  Read story

7 Employees You Should Fire Now

It's a crazy competitive world out there--you can't afford to have employees who aren't cutting it.  Read story

The Next Big Thing in Business: Food

If you're looking for a business, industry, or career to sink your teeth into, look no further than your next meal. 10 reasons the food industry is booming.  Read story

7 Rules of Brilliant Marketing

These marketing strategies and concepts can determine the ultimate success of your products, your company, even your career.  Read story

6 Unique Ways to Be Successful and Happy

Tired of searching for the secret to a fulfilling career and a happy life? Look no further.  Read story

How to Improve Employee-Boss Relationships

Everyone talks about employee engagement and emotional intelligence, but if you want a high-performance organization, you've got to walk the talk.  Read story

9 Ways to Create an Amazing Blog

The competition for clicks in the blogosphere is enormous. Here's how to capture an audience and create a following.  Read story

What Great Entrepreneurs Believe

If you want to be somebody in this world, you've got to believe in something bigger than you. Here's how to figure out what that is.  Read story

How to Be the Best Version of You

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." --Steve Jobs  Read story

5 Things to Consider When Opportunity Comes Knocking

When opportunity knocks, you want to shine like a star, not flame out -- like Ron Johnson did at JCPenney.  Read story

Why Entrepreneurs Make Terrible CEOs

Some entrepreneurs make great CEOs. But getting a company off the ground and successfully running it over the long haul are completely different jobs.  Read story

Can You Really Make Money Via Social Media?

Social media may give the illusion of spreading the wealth around, but for the vast majority of entrepreneurs, it's hard to justify the time.  Read story

7 Simple Ways to Make a Lagging Business Succeed

Day-to-day inertia is the enemy of business. If you want anything good to happen, you have to make it happen, starting here.  Read story

7 Signs You're Not as Self-Aware as You Think

Self-awareness is a really big deal for everyone, especially executives and business leaders. Failure to face reality can destroy your career and your company.  Read story

David vs. Goliath: How Small Companies Make It Big

The world is full of entrepreneurial upstarts that took down industry giants. It happens all the time. Here are five winning strategies.  Read story

Forget Self-Help Books: Find a Source of True Inspiration

There are tons of sources for self-help. But to really get yourself motivated to succeed, you have to find a source of real inspiration.  Read story

Why You Need to Be Nice to People

Being nice to employees and co-workers isn't just good karma, it's good for business. Here's why.  Read story

7 Ways to Get Someone's Attention With Social Media

Everyone's reaching out to everyone else on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you want a response, you've got to follow these rules.  Read story

7 Things That Set Real Entrepreneurs Apart

Just because you wear a black turtleneck, jeans, and sneakers doesn't make you Steve Jobs. This is what makes an entrepreneur.  Read story

How to Recover From Your Worst Mistakes

Leaders sometimes make big mistakes that threaten their careers and companies. Here's how they recover and survive to lead again.  Read story

How to Be a Fair Leader

Fair business practices are not about political correctness and mediocrity -- they're about competing and winning on your merits.  Read story

When Work Becomes Too Personal, It's a Real Problem

When you're emotionally invested in your work, that creates energy and excitement. But you have to learn when to step back.  Read story

It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint: The Real Reason Start-ups Fail

Ask 10 entrepreneurs why startups fail and you'll get 10 different answers. But there's just one simple cause underlying all of them.  Read story

Change Your Life in 30 Minutes

We're all overworked, overstressed, and constantly pressed for time. This (incredibly obvious and simple thing) will keep your mind and body in shape.  Read story

10 Skills You Need to Be the Next Great Entrepreneur

Every successful entrepreneur had to learn how to be a great manager along the line. These are the attributes that will earn you the chance to become managem...  Read story

Maybe a Work-From-Home Ban Isn't Such a Bad Idea

Did Yahoo do the right thing? Will it kill employee morale? Is it right for your company? If you put aside all the moral outrage, the answers are relatively ...  Read story

4 Things That Make a Career Worth It

When you look back over your career, how will you know if you chose the right path--and if it was all worth it?  Read story

How to Drive Consensus: 7 Secrets

One of the hardest and most important things a leader does is bringing a team of highly intelligent and highly opinionated people to consensus.  Read story

7 Things Confident Leaders Don't Do

In a world full of wannabe entrepreneurs and leaders, don't try to be what you're not.  Read story

5 Ways to Tell If You're Getting Great Advice

When you hear it, advice is just that, advice. You only know if it's great after the fact. Wouldn't it be great if you knew in advance?  Read story