Building a Business
How To Create A High-Performing Strategic Plan
A high-performing strategic plan is the roadmap for your business and will help guide you through all kinds of decisions you'll be making.
Strategic Management
Thought Leaders
26 Founders Share What Their Worst Boss Taught Them
You can learn from even the most frustrating experiences.
By Nina Zipkin
Thought Leaders
Creating Space for Introverts to Flex Their Superpower
Your managers can potentially impact employee retention for the better by adopting a tailored approach to your introverted staff.
Human Resources
The 5 Touch Points When You Can Boost Retention Through Training
There are opportunities to improve employee engagement and make working for your company a win-win for the long term.
By Sam Bahreini
Human Resources
Why a ‘Living and Breathing’ Company Culture Isn’t Always a Good Thing
It all stems from our arguably temporary obsession with the importance of company culture.
Human Resources
Tell It Like It Is: Radical Candor Is the Feedback Method Your Startup Needs
Growth is critical for startups, and it all starts with feedback. It's time to consider Radical Candor, a revolutionary feedback method that encourages leaders not to fear being blunt.
Human Resources
6 Things You Must Do to Effectively Manage Remote Workers
Early experiences, onboarding and training can really make a difference.
Human Resources
Does Your Company Culture Match Your Brand?
Why you need a culture check today.
By Marty Fukuda
Human Resources
Hiring Brilliant Jerks Can Cost You the Culture That Brought Success
It may take time, but involve everyone, and find the right fit.
Entrepreneurs
5 Reasons Why Workplace Anxiety Is Costing Your Business a Fortune
Over 18 percent of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with anxiety, and a large majority cite their workplace as a major contributor.
Human Resources
3 Ways to Decentralize Management and Boost Productivity
Ever met a company that models its culture on Western ranchers? Now you have.
Thought Leaders
5 Tips for Giving Better Feedback to Creative People
The feedback you give -- and the way you give it -- can be the difference between a project everyone loves, and a project everyone wishes had never started in the first place.
By Will Meier
Thought Leaders
Should You Delegate That? A Comprehensive Guide
Any time you can delegate work for less total cost than you'd spend doing it yourself, pull the trigger.
By Larry Alton
Thought Leaders
7 Warning Signs You’re the Dreaded Micromanager
Diagnose yourself before your employees do it for you with their feet by marching out the door.
By Aaron Haynes
Thought Leaders
3 Unique Paths to Improving Office Productivity
Don't make your employees work longer -- incentivize them to work better.
Human Resources
You Can’t Afford to Fixate on Results at Any Cost
There's an upside to giving employees freedom to reach company goals on their own terms, but it isn't all upside.
Thought Leaders
5 Keys to Promoting Accountability in Your Business
Start by making sure you are a good role model for your employees to follow.
Thought Leaders
5 Generations in the Workplace (and Why We Need Them All)
When the world seems more divided than ever, uniting generations within the workplace can create an advantage for your business.
Building a Business
These Leaders Take Employee Appreciation to the Next Level
From cruises to cars, here are three bosses going above and beyond to motivate their teams.
By Rose Leadem
Thought Leaders
Micromanagement Is Murder: So Stop Killing Your Employees
A new study shows that jobs that are both high-demanding and give employees less control are associated with a 15.4 percent increased chance of death.
Building a Business
Either You Run the Organization or the Organization Will Run You
Chaos is what happens when instead of having a plan, whatever pops up next becomes your priority.
By Jim Joseph
Thought Leaders
How to Increase Accountability Without Breathing Down People’s Necks
One of the toughest balances to achieve within an organization is between building a culture that gives people space while maintaining an environment of accountability.
Building a Business
10 Ways Bosses Who Make Nice Bring Out the Best in Their Employees
Authoritarians often get ahead in business but leave a toxic work environment in their wake.
By Sherry Gray
Building a Business
5 Tips for Dealing Better with Workplace Diversity
Just because you get your own joke doesn't mean your co-workers will.
Building a Business
5 Reasons Your Employees Shouldn’t Fear Making Mistakes
Perfection is overrated. A mistake can actually help improve performance and increase innovation.
By Rehan Ijaz
Building a Business
Forget the ‘Open Workspace.’ Say Hello to the ‘Balanced Workspace.’
Open offices have attracted a bad rap, but they're not a lost cause.
By David Adams