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The Inflation Threat: What You Need to Know About Inflation and the U.S. Dollar

Despite high unemployment and low consumer spending that both get worse in the next six months, we are at the beginning of an economic up-cycle, says Vistage Speaker and economist Alan Beaulieu. Additionally, look for the dollar to weaken in the next year and for inflation to rise over the next three years.

Short Term Economic Trends and Forecasts

David Houle, futurist, and author of the book "The Shift Age," presents six compelling short-term trends and forecasts in this excerpt from his “Shift Age Trend Report.”

Ten Do's and Don'ts of Social Media

Here are ten basic rules for what to do and not to do when using twitter, blogs, online reviews and other social media sites to build your brand.

Unleash Your Leadership Greatness: 12-Steps to Breakthrough Initiatives

This article presents 12 steps for developing and implementing successful initiatives.

Managing the Hidden Side of Change

At first glance, change and transition might seem to mean the same thing. In reality, they represent two different and critical components of the overall change process. Both must be managed well in order for any change initiative to succeed.

How to Improve Corporate Culture

In a challenging economy, companies seek to increase productivity and reduce risks. Often overlooked is the opportunity to improve company culture.

Plan Now to Expand? You Bet! Economist Alan Beaulieu Projects 2010 Recovery

Here’s the tough news: the next six months (March-August) will be worse than the previous six months. And the good news, we should see the economic recovery begin around March 2010 based on the monthly trend in the U.S. Industrial Production Index.

What's In It for My Business? The Economic Stimulus Plan Explained

The U.S. government's new stimulus plan, known formally as American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is lengthy and involved.

R U Bothered by 2 Much Texting @ Work?

I suspect many CEOs, like me, grapple with incoming employees that have been connected their entire lives. Between text messaging, instant messaging, Facebook, YouTube, etc., they have always had instant access to their network of friends.

10 Reasons Strategies Fail

Why do so many business strategies fail? From IT implementations and acquisitions to process management initiatives and customer focus projects, the outcomes are distressingly similar. If you want to play the odds, bet on failure.

12 Ways to Gain Ground in a Slowing Economy

Vistage speakers Alan and Brian Beaulieu and Jeff Dietrich, all economists at Institute for Trend Research (ITR), see the economy as diversified and resilient enough to fend off, for another year

Ninety Ideas to Cut Costs and Increase Cash Flow

When cash gets tight and you need to cut costs or find ways to increase cash flow always remember that your fellow Vistage group members offer a wealth of good ideas to get your company back on track.

CEO Mistakes: 'My worst decision was...'

Everyone makes mistakes. In our personal lives, mistakes tend to have a narrow impact.

How to Green Your Business

If you think your business is too small or too service-based to benefit from going green, or you’re waiting for the hype about green and sustainability to die down, then you’re missing an opportunity to chart an upward course for your company.

Eight Ways to Grow your Business with a Blog

Despite the staggering number of blogs being written today, few companies have figured out how to use blogs to best serve their goals.

Search Engine Ranking: Everything You Need to Know to Drive More Traffic to Your Web Site

Getting your Web site well-ranked in search engines can have a dramatic impact on your sales efforts. Search engines are constantly fine-tuning their indexing methods to make sure the most relevant results for search terms are at the top.

The Ten Most Common Pricing Mistakes

Here is a list of ten of the most common mistakes companies make when pricing their products and services.

Leading Your Organization So Others Can Manage It

As the owner or CEO of a small to mid-size business, your job is to lead the company and let others manage it.