Perspective

Despite the energy and effort you and your team pour into trying to innovate, it often feels like there’s no real progress. It’s no one’s fault; it’s neuroscience.

Leadership is the linchpin for success. Key challenges for scaling businesses include leadership gaps, as the initial leadership team may lack the expertise.

As 2025 begins, now is the perfect time to explore the key predictions shaping the meetings and events industry.

It’s crucial to approach strategic planning with intentionality, foresight and a willingness to embrace change.

The C-suite must have a hefty dose of “Builder spirit” — a passion for driving organic growth by delivering differentiated value to customers, a focus on innovation, and an insistence on thinking in years rather than quarters — to stay competitive in a fierce marketplace.

Here are a few things individuals and companies should do right now to protect their reputations — before and after a scandal breaks.

Unpaid consulting is one way to build your brand and attract new business. But too much of a good thing can leave you frustrated and burned out.

Following, you’ll find a number of expert hints, tips and insights that can help you prepare your speakers to more effectively connect with and engage with attendees or connected viewers — and (regardless of whatever subject matter or format you’re working with), more effectively stand out.

Trade shows have been an essential part of the business world for thousands of years, with companies and customers buying and selling products and trading ideas in exhibitions around the globe.

Dialing back is one of the hardest things for entrepreneurs to do, because for many of us, it feels like failure. I feel the opposite is true. An intentional pause can save your business. In other words, say no … for now.