Corporate Rebels United

“There was a time when the only types of people who took risks and voluntarily stepped out of their comfort zone were the high rollers who could afford to take a chance.

The “law of replication” says that like begets like. This applies especially to leadership. Like it or not, you will replicate yourself. Your followers will adopt your behaviors, habits, and mannerisms.

Innovation is vital for the growth, success, and wealth of firms.

Editor’s note: Andy Rachleff is President and CEO of Wealthfront, an SEC-registered online financial advisor.

Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley love to talk about disruption, though few know what it really means.

My colleague Ian from South Africa recently wrote me a private mail in reaction to my “Help, I failed” blog post. Below some edited extracts (Ian was happy to let me share from his mail on my blog)...

Luis Suarez writes on knowledge management, collaboration and thinking outside of the inbox

I am writing to you as a newly minted rebel.  My main purpose in life is to take your best, your brightest, most creative, hard-working and passionate

How do you know when it's time to let an idea go, or stop pushing to try to get an initiative approved or funded? Foghound's Lois Kelly shares some questions and techniques to consider.

Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the willingness to act in spite of my fear. Here’s how I learned this invaluable lesson.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?

Change makers are willing to do more than wear the tight pants. We stay in the bullfight, and know that change requires paradox, and can be exhausting.

Today it was announced that Groupon will move to replace Andrew Mason as its CEO. The decision comes the day following the reporting of its painful fourth quarter financial performance, ...

Innovation is vital for the growth, success, and wealth of firms.

Innovation is a paradox for management. On the one hand you are well aware that you have to take new roads before you reach the end of the present dead end street. On the other hand it is risky.

Taking action no matter what.

How optimism helps us achieve more, and seven practices to cultivate optimism.

I often meet people who are stuck in one area of their life or another. It’s almost always a result of encountering a barrier inside their own head. Here’s how to move past it.

Yesterday morning, archeologists announced that they had unearthed the bones of England’s King Richard III — a fantastic historical find. Those amongst us, who read history or know Shakespeare, wer...

Virgin's visionary founder opens up about taking chances, making mistakes and why stumbling is an essential part of entrepreneurship.

Don't let this one get away.

Don’t get played. Cowards, manipulators, and backstabbers encourage you to take risks so they don’t have to. They posture in shadows. Let others get dirty. They step into the light when it’s safe. ...