If you've never had a credit card before, you might be surprised to hear that they can be used as an effective budgeting tool. There are several ways in which cardholders can utilize credit cards to their advantage. It’s important to understand best practices for using a credit card to keep your spending on track and set yourself up for success....

The business analytics market continues to surge, with global revenues reaching USD 96.6 billion in 2024 and projections estimating growth to USD 196.5 billion by 2033. As organizations increasingly embrace data-driven decision-making, understanding the strategies and insights of leading professionals in the field becomes ever more relevant. In this context, Inna Simonova’s...

Most people do not expect a facial fitness expert to challenge an entire industry. But Sadie Nardini has built a career doing exactly that. She is the founder of the Face HIIT® Method, a system that focuses on natural face and neck training instead of cosmetic procedures. Today, she reaches...

The Erase.com CEO discusses trust, AI misinformation, and why companies can no longer separate reputation from growth. Most business leaders still think of reputation as something handled after a problem appears… Cenk Uzunkaya sees it differently. As the CEO of Erase.com, Cenk has spent years analyzing how online perception impacts...

Project management is becoming all about speed, data, and tech. But a new kind of leader is showing up, one who knows people are more important than software. Tomiris Kushkarbaeva, a project manager with a master’s in Social-Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, is one of these leaders. Her work brings together how people act, how to get things done in an Agile way, and using data to make choices. It all comes down to this: projects only keep doing well if you carefully build the human side of things that makes it happen. From Psychology to Leading Projects   Kushkarbaeva's move from studying how organizations work to leading projects wasn't a sudden change. It was a natural step that shaped how she leads. She started out managing textbook projects, getting good at organizing information clearly. Then, she studied Social-Organizational Psychology, which changed how she saw teams. She learned to see them as groups that change based on what motivates people, how they see themselves, and how things are set up. She says psychology showed her the human algorithm that drives how well people perform. When she went back to project management in IT, she used both her skills. She didn't just keep track of tasks, she worked to create a good environment for her teams. Seeing a project manager as someone who shapes how people act has become a key part of how she leads. Solving Communication Issues in Teamwork  Kushkarbaeva has led projects with over 80 people from different departments and places. She thinks the biggest problem isn't usually technical, but how people talk and think. Different departments often use the same words but mean different things. This is because people in those departments see themselves as part of a group. To deal with this, she changed project kickoffs into Common Language Workshops. She used pictures and charts to show how things connected, all using words everyone could agree on. By creating a dictionary just for the project, her teams made fewer assumptions, knew who was responsible for what, and made decisions about 30% faster. Leading in Different Fields  Kushkarbaeva has worked in both education and IT, which are very different. Her way of dealing with this is to tune the empathy dial. In education projects like making textbooks, the focus was on quality and getting everyone to agree. She had to work with experts to meet strict standards. In IT, she focused more on speed and getting value quickly, while still being clear. But in both cases, she made sure information was easy to understand, so that complicated stuff didn't get in the way of getting things done. Kushkarbaeva's way of leading, which changes based on the situation and uses psychology, is part of a bigger change in project management. It's about seeing people not as things to manage, but as something to carefully design. Have you read? Better Sleep on the Road Starts with These Habits. Why Wisconsin Became a Hub for Peer Advantage. AI Makes Dysfunction More Expensive Than Ever. Great Leaders Don’t Avoid Difficult...

In many companies, the people behind the scenes often shape the success everyone else sees. Aileen P. Charland is one of those people. As Executive Assistant to the CEO and CFO at TRUMPF Inc., Aileen works at the center of a major global manufacturing and technology company. Her role requires...

From Louisiana Roots to a Career in Healthcare Erin Waid’s path into dentistry did not start in a dental chair. It started with a mindset. She grew up in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans. Her father was an attorney. Her mother worked in early childhood education. That mix...

AI Panic and the MBA Fire Sale For the first time in a generation, the MBA is on sale—and not just at marginal schools, but at respected U.S. institutions cutting prices by as much as half to fill classrooms. Behind the discounts sits a more fundamental shift: professionals are no...

The fastest-growing segment of the U.S. tattoo industry today is microrealism and Fine Line tattooing — and Eastern European artists are becoming some of its most influential figures. American clients are increasingly searching for what many describe as the “Eastern European school” of tattooing, valuing its strong academic foundation in...

How Alexia Poe Built a Career Leading Through Strategy and Clarity Some careers are built around one skill. Alexia Poe built hers around making complicated situations easier to understand. Over the last 30 years, Poe has worked in journalism, state government, the White House, corporate leadership, and consulting. Across every...