Building a Business
5 Ways to Foster a Brighter Workplace Amid Summer’s Glow
Here's a roundup of fun ways to keep the startup team -- and entrepreneur types -- inspired.
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Building a Business
The Survival Guide to Co-Founders Living Far Apart
In this tale of two cities, the principals built a startup while living hundreds of miles away. Here are their insights.
Building a Business
Study Your Team Now to Make the Best Hire Later
The hiring process will always have too much guesswork if it is all about the candidate. You can't be certain the new hire is a good fit until you've methodically evaluate the strengths and talents of your staff.
By Mary Kaiser
Building a Business
A Company Really Clicks When Mission, Brand and Culture Converge
For an organization to enjoy long-term, sustained growth, all three elements need to work in harmony.
Building a Business
5 Characteristics Shared by the Most Successful Organizations
Companies, like individuals, make mistakes to learn from and have successes to replicate. Applying knowledge across an organization is the key to success for people and businesses.
Human Resources
The Company Kitchen as a Mirror of Corporate Culture
An open and well-planned café invites more than coffee pours. It can be a nexus of spontaneous and meaningful employee interaction.
By Mitch Kroll
Building a Business
What Leaders Can Learn From the NFL’s Draft of the First Openly Gay Player
This moment can provide lessons and insight for businesses about how they should address matters of workplace diversity.
Human Resources
With GM’s Massive Recall, Is Corporate Culture to Blame?
Did the mistake lie not with a faulty part but rather with how the entire company dealt with problems?
Building a Business
Apple Launches Recycling Program for All Old Products
The program, which could earn customers store credit, is part of a larger environmental stewardship campaign.
Building a Business
Radical Transparency Can Re-Energize a Company’s Culture and Deliver Results
See what a few innovative organizations are doing to foster information sharing, improve the work produced and better employee retention.
Building a Business
Corporate Social Responsibility Done Right: 5 Ways to Help Your Company Shine
Entrepreneurs can enlist employees, customers and other partners when it comes time to offer programs that give back to the community.
By Lain Hensley
Marketing
Let Your Brand Lead Your Content Marketing Efforts
When the content you create comes from where your skills naturally lie, customers are more likely to embrace it.
By Jim Joseph
Thought Leaders
The Art of Having a Productive Argument
Learn to articulate what you want, spend time listening and try to understand the other side. And experiment with these seven steps.
Building a Business
When It Comes to Change, Being Small Is Enviable
Having a corporate structure can hurt the implementation of new processes.
By Brent Misso
Thought Leaders
Creating and Keeping a Positive Company Culture
From keeping traditions to being vulnerable, here are a few ways to instill a positive culture from the get go. And how to keep it intact.
Human Resources
Zappos Gives Job Titles the Boot
Zappos plans to do away with standard hierarchy in the New Year and implement a corporate structure called 'Holacracy.'
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
It’s Time to Embrace Your Brand
As we enter a new year, here are four things to consider about how your company is perceived both internally and externally.
Building a Business
Why Companies Are Hiring Artists for Their Meetings
Creative agencies like Scriberia and Innovation Arts are offering 'scribing' services to companies who want an illustrated record of their meetings and events.
Building a Business
Making Gratitude Part of Your Company Culture
Here's how to let your company give thanks beyond Thanksgiving, while also enhancing corporate culture.
By Lisa Evans