Personal Values: Page 4

Growing a Business

Boost Employees' Engagement by Truly Inviting Their Feedback

Managers are bypassing an important resource if they don't solicit staff opinion. Check out six ways to do so.

Growing a Business

10 Ways You're Already a Success

Be proud of every value you haven't compromised in the entrepreneurial pressure cooker.

Business News

Why You Should Never Work Just For Money

Many people think if they earn enough money to buy expensive cars, clothes, electronics and other things, they will be happy. Nevertheless, they forget this one important thing.

Growing a Business

Lessons From a Family Business 5 Generations Strong

An Idaho banker reflects on the values that have passed, along with the bank, from parent to child for more than a century.

Thought Leaders

How Jamaican Billionaire Michael Lee Chin Inspires This Teen Entrepreneur

Success is tough enough in big, wealthy countries. This teen 'trep from a tiny island nation is studying the example of a local hero.

Leadership

Why Business Leaders Must Set a Personal Mission

Assess what you're trying to accomplish in life beyond making money at your company. Otherwise you might be headed for trouble when life catches up with you.

Business News

20 Surprisingly Beautiful Tiny Homes Around the World

Thanks to problems like rising housing costs, overpopulation, and environmental damage, it seems the solution is to think smaller. Much smaller.

Making a Change

Brace Yourself With a Few Shots of Confidence

When you feel uncertain, put on your good clothes, stand straight and say something nice to somebody. Works like a charm.

Thought Leaders

Semper Fi! How The Marine Corps Prepared Me for Entrepreneurship

Building your idea into a business is an uncertain mission. Core values that don't bend under pressure are indispensable.

Growing a Business

When SMART Goals Don't Work, Here's What to Do Instead

For tackling a lofty aspiration, such as embarking on a business area that's a passion, try a more intrinsic method to set objectives, forging an emotional connection.

Leadership

J.D. Power: How I Stayed True to My Values Over 50 Years

At every stage you'll face expectations to conform to different corporate cultures. You must weigh them against your sense of ethics.

Making a Change

Why 'Don't Take It Personally' Is BS

It's okay to have passion be a driver to start your own business. You just need to make sure it doesn't cloud your judgment.

Leadership

What Does Your Company Stand For?

The road to excellence begins with defining and embracing a positive, effective company culture.

Growing a Business

3 Clever Ways to Say Thanks This Turkey Day

While brownies are always a good idea, here are three potentially longer lasting ways to say thanks to key people in your business life.

Making a Change

From Profit to Purpose: Making the Shift From Me to We

Raj Lahoti on turning obstacles into opportunities.