What Is Business Development?

That term came up yesterday in a discussion with a professor of management I recently met. She was describing how executives seem to only be interested in business development (i.e. the tactics of getting more customers), and have no time for creativity. Do you agree?

Handling Discouragement In Hard Times

Have you ever been discouraged? It's uncomfortable, you feel hopeless, and there's a lot of fear involved. It's natural to run desperately to the first plausible idea for relief that you encounter. It's so natural, in fact, that we often run with rose-colored glasses to ideas that are actually not plausible at all.