SOURCE: Forbes
The leadership development industry has many novel ideas for aspiring managers, and it's easy to get distracted from the day-to-day work of being a good leader. Secret sauces aside, here are five core principles for building great leadership.

SOURCE: GES Blog
Mass-exposure visuals get your audience out of the aisle and talking to you. Making an impactful presence and capturing the audience's attention is key, and the formula for doing so is one that blends business requirements and brand values with a healthy dose of creativity.

SOURCE: Inc.com
Strong company culture and engaged employees go hand-in-hand with a healthy company profit. Yet, our balance sheets often don't reflect the human capital investment we make to ensure those strong ROIs. Here are several items to ensure your bottom line reflects your true investments.

SOURCE: Trade Show Executive
After a disappointing September, exhibit space numbers rose 2.4 percent for October, according to December's Trade Show Executive Dashboard of Monthly Trade Show Metrics. One event in particular, The Landscape Show garnered a 57 percent increase in exhibitor space over its 2017 showing. Overall exhibitor numbers were also up by 2 percent, with a slight dip of 0.6 percent in attendance.

SOURCE: Harvard Business Review
Research confirms that perfectionists tend to show higher levels of engagement and motivation, but also a greater propensity toward stress, burnout and anxiety. With perfectionism on the rise in the United States, managers are tasked with channeling the positive aspects of perfectionism while encouraging non-work recovery to mitigate the detrimental effects.

SOURCE: BizReport
As email continues to be an integral part of business, new trends in email communications come into play for marketing strategists. The GDPR law of the land has led to better data with consent, greater email authentication practices and a more interactive email experience for users worldwide.

SOURCE: Fast Company
While setting goals for the coming year, be sure to reflect on the habits and mindsets you should probably leave by the wayside to become more productive – and possibly happier – in your personal and professional lives.

SOURCE: Inc.com
Few could argue that Walt Disney was not an influential leader, but his take on criticism and negative feedback may not be what most would think from such a successful entrepreneur.

SOURCE: TSNN News
Leveraging the power of social influence, keynote speaker Erin Gargan King shares her formula for using "digital persuasion" to open the doors of attraction, retention and maintaining a competitive edge.

SOURCE: CEIR Blog
Growing quietly in the shadow of its big sister Facebook, Instagram reached 1 billion active users in June 2018 and has become a powerful tool for marketers. Here are five ways to use Instagram before, during and after your show.

SOURCE: CEIR Blog
In the wake of Nike's decision to support Colin Kaepernick and align itself with the NFL players taking a knee during the U.S. national anthem, the question arises as to when, and if, events are the right place to take a mission-led marketing stance.