Forbes Coaches Council member G. Riley Mills shares tips you can use from professional actors and global leaders to be a more influential communicator.

Sharon Weinstein missed her son’s engagement party because an airplane was held for carrying contraband: butter and sausage. Since then, she’s mastered how to keep life in balance and shares some of the best tips from her book, B is for Balance.

Forbes Coaches Council member Samantha Tassone, president of Growth Fuel, explains how increasing gender intelligence and having an understanding of gender power differentials may help women stay in the conversation space.

As remote work becomes more commonplace, the right tools are needed to ensure that company culture is preserved among employees, wherever they are seated. Forbes Councils members Dr. Timothy J. Giardino and Jody Grunden share their thoughts on maintaining culture as companies become distributed.

Are your company’s core values boring? Do you use them to strategically choose vendors and clients? Forbes Councils members John Hittler of Evoking Genius and Gyi Tsakalakis of AttorneySync and EPL Digital share their perspectives on how to define your values and then actually use them as part of your business strategy.

Stacey Francis, president and CEO of Francis Financial, illustrates why it is crucial for women to prioritize financial knowledge and independence. She shares the personal story of her grandmother and the inspiration that lead her to start a charity, Savvy Ladies, to promote the financial education of women.

Engaging past customers in an advisory capacity or making it really easy for them to publicly endorse your business may be more cost-effective than lead-gen or an advertising campaign. Eyal Danon of Ignite Advisory Group and Danielle Roberts of Boomer Benefits discuss why you should engage your customers and let them speak for you.

How does an organization balance the goals of investing for social impact and investing for profit? How can the excitement around emerging technologies be channeled into create real and lasting change? Forbes Nonprofit Council members Rupert Scofield and Pamela Hawley discusses accountability and innovation in social impact investing.

A strong sales team without a productive operations team won’t get your business very far. Forbes Councils members Greg Herlean and Alexander Rinke discuss how companies can improve productivity with digital transformation to align every department to business development goals.

Digital marketing agencies need to create an experience, both online and offline. Forbes Councils members Darian Kovacs and Allen Yesilevich will discuss everything from digital tricks around PageRank and SEO to in-person pop-up stores and Instagram museums.