Engaged employees can remain focused and productive for longer periods, which improves business performance and helps boost your bottom line. Yet many businesses struggle to achieve a high level of employee engagement. In recent years, advances in neuroscience—the study of the nervous system including the brain—have been shedding more light onto how biology influences emotions and behaviour. Here, Cath Everett shares how to leverage these insights to gain a better understanding of what makes you...

Graduation and commencement speeches often provide the best examples of what makes a powerful, inspirational speech that moves the audience. Introducing personal stories into speeches gets listeners on side and keeps them engaged. Yet, while they love hearing such speeches, few executives are comfortable delivering them, says Nancy Duarte. To help you connect with your audience by telling powerful stories, Duarte shares here some of the techniques her company uses to help "executives craft talks...

Being a female entrepreneur in a male-dominated industry can be challenging and "the trick to breaking the mould is to know what you are doing, have a good track record within the industry and maintain a good relationship with your clients," says Lucy Agwunobi, co-founder of Arredo by TRT. To help you become successful in less time, Agwunobi shares here the key lessons she learned during the early years of running her own business, how to speed up your learning curve and the best way to avoid fa...

There are many challenges to becoming a small business owner for the first time and effective cash management is one of them. Maintaining a healthy cash flow is crucial for every small business. Yet, among the numerous routine tasks demanding your attention, bookkeeping often gets less than it deserves. Saving costs by doing your own bookkeeping instead of hiring a professional is generally regarded as a false economy unless you have the necessary skills and time to keep accu...