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Inclusive Leadership Style
How inclusive of a leader are you? Take this quiz to find out. A member of your team asks you how to tackle a project. You say: Do it Just. Like. This. There are lots of possible approaches, but I’d do it like this. Hm. What were some of your…
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How to Convert Text to Number in Excel: 2 Ways
Excel is the go-to program when you need to organize data, create formulas and share information with the team. That being said, working with data in numerous places and applications can make the data import not as seamless as one would hope. Let’s say you transferred data from an external source into Excel and…
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Share Data with an Excel Chart Secondary Axis
Placing two data sets in an Excel chart is an effective way to quickly understand data and make important business decisions. However, when the values in your data sets widely vary, your chart may be difficult to comprehend. A great way to mitigate this problem and make your data clear…
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Financial Fitness Quiz
How financially fit are you? Most of us, when asked that question, probably answer that we’re in pretty good shape, while knowing we have a few things to work on. But where to start? There are a number of ways to get into great financial shape, from quick fixes to…
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Financial Fitness: The Five Minute Workout
Getting in really good financial shape takes time and effort, but there are a few things you can do quickly and easily to shape up. Here they are, in no particular order. If you have great financial quick tips of your own, share them in the comments below. Stay Positive!…
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App Your Financial Game
Every day a new feature or function is added to phones, tablets and wearable tech gadgets that bring those devices closer to replacing everything else we carry – wallets, credit cards, even IDs. Over half of all US states allow you to show electronic proof of insurance1 in the event…
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Harnessing the Power of an Excel Macro to Delete Rows in a Spreadsheet
In our fast-paced, technology-driven world, it doesn't make sense to spend time clicking through rows and rows on a spreadsheet just to delete them. By using the power of Excel Macros, you can automate the process so that Excel will eliminate any and all flagged rows instantaneously. Let's take a…
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Create an Excel Control Chart to Analyze Data
In this article, we'll show you how to construct an Excel control chart to analyze data and improve efficiency. Control charts are useful for monitoring any process that has a level of variation - for example, filling containers with a certain number of items. They can easily illustrate whether your…
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What’s Holding You Back?
The popularity of Raphael Cushnir’s book, The One Thing Holding You Back[1] is built on an interesting premise: fix this “one thing” about you and the rest of your life will fall into place. It’s an appealing notion. In Cushnir’s book, that “one thing” is Emotional Connection. Whether you agree…
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Don’t Make Goals, Make Resolutions
Every New Year’s Day, nearly half of Americans participate in the tradition of promising to better themselves in the upcoming year. Most of these improvements will be personal: lose weight, spend less and get organized were the top three resolutions of 2014.[1] Career-related ambitions follow a similar pattern with popular…
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