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Some leaders appear to get things done effortlessly where others struggle to make progress. Often the secret is the strong relationships the leader has built.

Although women make up half of the nation’s workforce, only 5.1 percent of Fortune 1000 companies have female chief executives. Those rare female CEOs endure much more shareholder activism than their male counterparts, but they can fight the trend with proactive PR.

The Huffington Post reports on research by Professors Naomi Mandel and Andrea Morales which found that negative messages about food did not help dieters make better choices.

Glamour magazine online reports on Assistant Professor of Marketing Monika Lisjak’s research that showed shopping can make you feel better, depending on what you buy.

The Arizona Republic reports on an L. William Seidman Research Institute report concerning the impact of non-profits to the state's economy.

Let’s admit it; most of you consider your competitors as an inconvenience that you have to manage. However, the truth is that you will always have competition, and as entrepreneurs you have to live with this reality.

The numbers are in, and the real estate market finished 2015 on a high point, especially for new home sales. December was the strongest month for new home sales since 2008, with nearly 1,500 newly built homes recorded. That’s up 45 percent from November and 58 percent from December 2014.

With improperly licensed software costing producers some $63 billion a year what can companies do to get paid for their products? W. P. Carey researchers found strong interplay between piracy controls, product extensions and consumer willingness to pay — for software and piracy.

Turnover in key positions is disruptive to the business, costly and consumes time. Sometimes these valued employees want “a piece of the pie,” but some owners are not wiling give up any ownership.

Optimism prevails in the Phoenix real estate market, according to expert Mike Orr, speaking at the Economic Club of Phoenix. Overall supply, which has been low, is now 77 percent of normal and rising fast, he said. But demand is 99 percent normal, which means prices are rising.