About the author With over 20 years» experience in senior management with a major educational tour operator, Ian Pearson is now the General Manager of the School Travel Forum, an independent not - for - profit organisation dedicated to promoting good practice in school travel, and a trustee of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom.
Good point
about authors with 5 * - reviewing friends!
It is common, behind the scenes, to hear editors talk
about authors with undisguised loathing — not just individual ones who may be difficult, but all of them, authors as a breed.
Employees of the publishing company sign an agreement saying they will not talk negatively - in or out of the office -
about an author with whom they are working.
About the Author With a Bachelor of Arts in technical communications from Colorado State University, Gayle Rodcay has spent over 18 years editing and writing for various technical publications.
About the Author With features published by media such as Business Week and Fox News, Stephanie Dube Dwilson is an accomplished writer with a law degree and a master's in science and technology journalism.
Not exact matches
David Meerman Scott,
author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR,
with now three editions of updated rules of marketing speaks
about his newest version of his best - selling book.
The COO and Lean In
author has emerged as a vocal proponent of federal paid leave and I spoke
with her
about how to get the rest of corporate America to follow Facebook's lead.
In an interview at the 2017 Inc. 5000 conference in Palm Springs, California, on Thursday, the entrepreneur, investor, and
author talked
about what it really takes be successful, his recent brush
with cancer, and of course, the inside scoop on Shark Tank.
He is a seasoned software entrepreneur, project and product manager
with 10 + years of experience in the IT arena, advisor to several fast - growing ventures, popular blogger and contributing
author in tech and business media (Inc., Wired, Pando Daily) Also, Andrew frequently speaks
about project management, business and innovation at such events as E2 Innovate, PMI Global Congresses, Enterprise Connect, IBM Connect and more.
«By asking this question, you can uncover exactly what issues the hiring organization has identified and is currently dealing
with,» says Heather McNab,
author of What Top Professionals Need to Know
About Answering Job Interview Questions.
Inc. editor - at - large Kimberly Weisul spoke
with author and Duarte Design CEO Nancy Duarte
about presentation mistakes, investor pitches, and why speakers should think of themselves as Yoda.
Bill Carmody, CEO of innovative marketing firm Trepoint and acclaimed
author of the how - to guide Online Promotions: Winning Strategies and Tactics sat down
with Lewis Schiff, executive director of The Business Owners Council, to talk
about Bill's approach as an entrepreneur and the breakthroughs he has unlocked through his Tony Robbins experience.
Authors under contract
with Hachette publicly complained
about a drop in their book sales, causing them to worry
about a loss of royalties.
Fortune spoke
with Jeetendr Sehdev, a celebrity branding authority and
author of the new book The Kim Kardashian Principle: Why Shameless Sells (and How to Do It Right),
about what the Kardashian clan can teach business
about reaching millennial consumers (without having them laugh your ad off the air).
It was there that
author F. Scott Fitzgerald spent some time
with his friend Rumsey, learning
about «the lifestyle of the moneyed aristocracy of Old Westport, Long Island, and their involvement in the movement of eugenics,» according to a 2015 article in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review.
Business Insider UK spoke
with Philip Gooden, language expert and
author of «May We Borrow Your Language,» who talked
about the almost 2,000 - year - old history of the iconic» @» symbol.
I got to thinking
about the topic again during a conversation
with Tor Nørretranders, an
author and former journalist in Denmark, when I visited him a few weeks ago.
As an
author, I know that
with every book I write I learn more
about myself, both my strengths and my weaknesses.
Author Jill Schiefelbein chats
with the senior brand ambassador for Martell Cognac, who talks
about his journey into the role, and what makes a good brand ambassador for your company.
Author, self - made millionaire and personal finance expert, and David Bach breaks down when and how you should talk
about money
with your partner.
Robbins, an
author, entrepreneur, life coach, and business strategist, spoke
with Diamandis
about some of the technological advancements that may ease people's fears
about the future.
«All of us grow up
with a set of expectations
about what we're supposed to do,» the study's lead
author, Harvard Business School professor Kathleen L. McGinn, tells Business Insider.
Gretchen Rubin, the bestselling
author of The Happiness Project, Better Than Before and The Four Tendencies, offers advice
about how to be happy in her popular podcast which she co-hosts
with her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft.
Host Brian Clark chats
with self - starters ranging from Gary Vaynerchuk to Pivot
author Jenny Blake
about everything from playing the long game to «designing your life,» as well as shares his own stories as an eight - time entrepreneur.
Scott Duffy and Alan Taylor chat
with author Greg Reid
about stickability, the power to persevere and keep your eye on the prize.
«Willpower gives you the energy and endurance to deal
with challenges, the ability to persevere in the face of setbacks, and the strength to tolerate conflict or stress that might otherwise make us run away from goals or projects we care
about,» says Kelly McGonigal, a Stanford psychologist and
author of The Willpower Instinct (Avery, 2011).
The young Sulzberger was one of the
authors of the Innovation Report digital manifesto that the Times came out
with in 2014, which talked
about the potential threats from competitors like BuzzFeed.
At larger companies, the study's
authors explain, engagement is largely a matter of an employee's relationship
with his or her direct supervisor, and how the employee feels
about the company's leadership.
Author Jill Schiefelbein chats
with sales expert Lisa Sasevich
about the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to sales.
Author Jill Schiefelbein chats
with entrepreneur Grant Cardone
about how to craft the perfect sales pitch.
Business Insider spoke
with Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the
author of «Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job»
about the major mistakes professionals make while on break.
In 2014 I interviewed Bill Treasurer,
author of Courage Goes to Work,
about how to hire courageous people, and he suggested asking a job candidate, «Describe a time when you had to disagree
with someone in authority and stand your ground.
I became obsessed
with radical science, the future of technology, the future of biotech... I was reading very interesting scientists and
authors that were speaking
about ideas of singularity, and life extension, and science fiction.
The «Perfect Is Boring»
author recently opened up to Business Insider
about the difficulties she has faced
with body image and unrealistic weight expectations.
«The retailers need to know how much of the beacons they want to use and figure out whether they should crawl, walk or run (
with the technology),» said Schafer, who is a director at the National Retail Federation in the U.S. and
author of Branded, a book
about retailers and social media.
Anne Rice,
author of Interview
With the Vampire, said
about writing, «It's always a search for the uninterrupted three - or four - hour stretch.»
Author Jill Schiefelbein chats
with Adam Elsesser, CEO of Penumbra,
about relaying the customer experience to your employees.
The
authors of the study — professors Jorge Walter (George Washington University School of Business), Daniel Z. Levin (Rutgers Business School), and J. Keith Murnighan (Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management)-- studied what happened when more than 150 executives interacted
with old ties
about an important work project.
In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Peter Voogd speaks
with 14 - year - old entrepreneur,
author and public speaker Caleb Maddix
about the keys to success.
(Szalavitz has also written extensively
about her own experiences
with addiction and recently
authored a book on the topic, called «Unbroken Brain».)
And that's why the
authors believe executives don't always make the best choices
about which ties to reconnect
with.
The NYT piece — along
with other reporting
about Amazon by people like
author Brad Stone, in his book «The Everything Store,» — describes people sleeping in their cars in the company parking lot, or not sleeping at all for days.
First up is serial entrepreneur and
author of Careercation: Trading Briefcase for Suitcase to Find Entrepreneurial Happiness David Niu, who recently spoke
with Knowledge@Wharton
about his radical, new approach to the family holiday.
Giving Watson a pretty grim selection of text it comes back
with a statement
about how empathetic the
author is, and emotionally aware.
«Oil industry companies would do well to be cautious and stop assuming that good relations
with PDVSA can last forever due to a common interest in pumping oil,» Raul Gallegos, associate director
with the consultancy Control Risks, and
author of Crude Nation, a book
about how oil ruined the Venezuelan economy, said in an interview
with Reuters.
The only content that gets effectively communicated these days is authentically shared material (often user -
authored) and SquareOffs encourages and accelerates that behavior by helping publishers and
authors provide current and compelling bite - size choices and content (suitable for sharing) that triggers our natural (water cooler) inclinations and behaviors to share something new, something timely, something political, something we're concerned or passionate
about, etc.
with those around and closest to us.
«Relative deprivation is an idea that says that when we make judgments
about ourselves, we judge ourselves next to our immediate peers — people like us in the same room as us — not to the world at large,» Gladwell said in a recent interview
with author Daniel H. Pink.
In an updated story by the Telegraph, the owners of the IT help forum, Stack Overflow, said, «The moderators on Server Fault have been in contact
with the
author about this, and as you can imagine, they're not particularly amused by it.»
The document's
author also wrote that employees
with conservative political beliefs are discriminated against at Google and lamented
about how «leftist» ideology is harmful.