Influencers Articles

  • The Top Skills You Need to Succeed at Work — and at Home

    January 14, 2016

    " There are career skills, and then there are life skills. At a certain point, you’ll need to develop both to succeed. But how? In our latest series on LinkedIn, “Mind the Skills Gap,” we asked some of the world’s most successful business leaders to reveal the skills they’re honing in 2016. In addition to mastering hard skills such as public speaking and coding,...

  • What big ideas will disrupt 2016? Top minds share their predictions

    December 16, 2015

    The end of the year is a time for quiet reflection — and bold predictions about the year ahead. In our latest LinkedIn series, “Big Ideas 2016,” we asked Influencers to predict the top trends that will shape the coming year. From Arianna Huffington and GM’s Mary Barra to Pandora’s Tim Westergren and Kaiser Permanente’s Bernard Tyson, here’s what 80+ Influencers...

  • Manage your day like Tony Robbins, Richard Branson, and other productive people

    October 6, 2015

    Whether you swear by Post-It notes or the latest tech tools, attempts to boost your productivity can be never-ending — and a recipe for burnout. How do you cope with the pressure to optimize everything? In our latest series on LinkedIn, “Productivity Hacks,” we asked some of the world’s top business leaders to share their systems and strategies for getting more...

  • The Hiring Secrets of Richard Branson, Apple’s Angela...

    September 1, 2015

    You’ve finally scored an interview for your dream job. How will you land a job offer? And how can you really tell if it's a perfect...

  • We Asked LinkedIn’s Influencers -- and Our Own Executives -...

    August 19, 2015

    One in three young people in the U.S. have never had a mentor, yet 55% of young people are more likely to enroll in college when they...

  • It’s Time to #ThankYourMentor for Shaping Your Career

    August 5, 2015

    Think about the people who have made a meaningful difference in your career. Was it a professor who encouraged you to dream big? Or a...