Category Archives: Leadership
Case Studies: Management skills for international entrepreneurs and executives in Silicon Valley
We work with international clients – executives and entrepreneurs – from a variety of countries. Here are a few, short business communications case studies showing what solutions we find when working on their particular communication skills. Go to our coaching … Continue reading
Vivek Wadhwa’s fireside chat at Stanford with Angelika Blendstrup, April 5, 2011
Vivek Wadhwa gave his advice and ideas to international entrepreneurs who came to Bishop Auditorium at Stanford to listen to him being interviewed about entrepreneurship around the world by Angelika Blendstrup. Continue reading
13 Great and Proven Ways to Moderate a Panel with 100% Success Rate
Image via Wikipedia Research your panel subject and find out and define the latest trends. Prepare more questions than you think you will need, it isn’t good [and pretty stressful] to run out. However, with a smart panel, that is … Continue reading
Jack Welsh’s “Lebensweisheit” : The 10 Leadership Principles
Image by Getty Images via Daylife I read an interesting, short article that Peter Isackson wrote for the Intercultural Insights Group, he brought up the simple yet profound leadership principles that Jack Welsh developed in his time as CEO at … Continue reading
Even though we need foreign-born professionals here in the US, the H-1B visa hounds are after them again.
Image via Wikipedia As Vivek Wadhwa said in Business Week, “For the third year running, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have taken aim at immigrant labor.” It seems that both of these senators want to “reduce the … Continue reading
Seesmic, CoolIris, Ubergizmo, l’Atelier Speak at Internationally Cool & Plugged In Event
Eliane Fiolet, Hubert, Nguyen, Loic le Meur, Dominique Piotet, Soujanya Bumkhar and Angelika Blendstrup/Daniel Zimmerman, co-moderators, at last week’s event, “Internationally Cool and Plugged in.” Photos from Karsten Lemm 130 people attended the event held at Cooley Godward, Palo Alto … Continue reading
CNN Money Reveals 21 Dumbest Business Moments in 2008
Image via Wikipedia 21 Dumbest Moments in Business 2008 (CNN Money) This post was just too good to pass on. CNN. Money discusses the dumbest business moments – and probably some of the most difficult -in 2008. Will we … Continue reading
Conversation with the CEO of Silicon Valley’s coolest little plug-in – CoolIris
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Soujanya Bhumkar, CEO and Co-founder of the coolest browser add-on around – CoolIris! On February 25, 2009, at the law offices of Cooley Godward … Continue reading
Obama’s World Election
Image via Wikipedia The recent election was remarkable and historic and one that will be remembered for many years to come; not only because of the incredible turn-out of young people, with 23 million young Americans under the age of … Continue reading
Communicating the American Way – An Excerpt (pdf file)
Communicating The American Way