Inspiring Your Team

Leadership

How to Motivate an Employee After a Poor Performance Review

Use it as an opportunity to inspire a professional turnaround for your employee.

Growing a Business

4 Unique Ways to Inspire Workers

A free shirt with the company logo isn't going to cut it anymore.

Culture

From Cupcakes to a Musical Instrument Room, Step Inside the Dropbox Office

At its San Francisco-based headquarters, the Dropbox culture is all about collaboration and a playful work culture.

Growing a Business

Through Thick and Thin: How to Find a Co-Founder Who Will Last

You need to create criteria, be patient, thorough and know your weaknesses.

Leadership

4 Lessons Every Executive Can Learn from Hourly Workers

This tech exec returned to hourly shift work, as a waitress and bartender. En route, she rediscovered the right way to pour a beer.

Leadership

A Data-driven Case for Understanding the Impact of Employee Engagement on Retention

How can you keep your own employees from jumping ship to your competitor? The answer may be as simple as engaging them.

Leadership

I Took an Improv Training Course -- and It Changed How I Brainstorm

Stop saying 'Yes, but.' Start getting to 'Yes, and.'

Leadership

5 Ways Insightful Leaders Keep Their Teams Working Calmly During Tumultuous Change

When a company is roiled by big changes, the people working there need to be taken into consideration.

Leadership

White Lies Are Hurting Your Business. How to Stop Them.

Your organization and in fact all organizations need to establish a culture of "constructive candor," encouraging honest communication.