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Building a Business
As Your Company Grows, You Need to Stop Constantly Dealing With Day-to-Day Fires
Here are five ways to work on your business and not in it.
Thought Leaders
What I Learn by Going ‘Undercover’ at My Company
There's no substitute for talking directly to customers -- who don't know I'm the CEO.
By Mark Gally
Human Resources
Successful Leaders Know They Can Learn From Everyone at Their Company
Smart leaders ditch the top-down, mentor-mentee mindset, creating a culture driven by ideas -- wherever on the organizational chart they happen to come from.
Building a Business
Sowing the Seeds: What Gardening Teaches About Leadership
A garden is an ecosystem and so is your business. Designing, experimenting and prioritizing lead to a bountiful harvest.
Thought Leaders
Empowering Team Members Can Be a Disaster If You Don’t Do This
The Situational Leadership Model can be a great tool to help you lead your team.
By Tommy Mello
Thought Leaders
You Got Promoted to Be the Boss of Your Former Team. Now What?
Here's how to navigate the transition from peer to boss.
By Stacey Hanke
Thought Leaders
This Assumption About Leadership Could Stall Your Team’s Momentum. Don’t Let It.
An organization's employees need to keep their egos in check for the health of the business, and that includes those at the top.
By Jason McCann
Thought Leaders
4 Leadership Methods for Empowering Employees and Building Strong Teams
Realizing your responsibility to lead can be scary, but done right, leadership breaks down to communicating, informing and involving your employees, while never micromanaging them.
By Mike Kappel
Thought Leaders
3 Ways to Harness the ‘New Power’ That Let Airbnb, Kickstarter and Other Companies Climb to the Top
The most powerful companies and movements use mass participation and peer coordination to grow and succeed.
By Hayden Field
Thought Leaders
Why the Best Leaders Act Like Playful Puppies
Here are three ways to improve your leadership style -- with play.
Thought Leaders
When You’re a Leader, Everything You Do Has an Impact
Your team members take cues from what you say and do -- but also subtle signals, like what you wear.
By Steve Blank
Entrepreneurs
Jeff Bezos: 9 Remarkable Choices That Shaped the Richest Man in the World
"Cleverness is a gift. Kindness is a choice."
By Carolyn Sun
Thought Leaders
10 Tips for Leading Disruption During Times of Uncertainty
How you can keep momentum from fizzling during times of uncertainty.
Thought Leaders
The One Leadership Trait That Will Ensure You Succeed at Anything You Do
Can you adapt when the tough times hit?
Thought Leaders
Do We Prefer Leaders Who Are More Like Dictators?
Most leadership books will tell you a democratic, all-inclusive leadership style is best -- here's why they could be wrong.
Thought Leaders
Employees at This Company Believed It Was Stuck at No. 3 in the Industry, but This Business Leader Showed Them How to Think Bigger
Steve Collis, CEO of AmeriSourceBergen, shares how he developed "intellectual confidence" in his company.
Entrepreneurs
Stop Focusing on What’s Urgent and Prioritize What’s Important
While it may feel good to conquer something urgent, you probably aren't getting anywhere by succumbing to "pinball syndrome."
By Todd Davis
Human Resources
Managers Who Create Growth Opportunities See Greater Employee Engagement
Your workers aren't (only) about advancement. For many, the title on a business card isn't nearly as important as feeling that they're learning something new and contributing in meaningful ways.
Thought Leaders
5 Tips to Help You Be the Sort of Leader Employees Love to Work For
How to appreciate your employees and earn their trust.
By Kc Agu
Human Resources
‘Get Sh*t Done’ Is This Company’s Rallying Cry. Here’s Why It Should Be Yours, Too.
As leader, you need to walk the line between aggressive driver of work and supportive coach. Here's how to do that.
Thought Leaders
It’s Not Micromanaging If You Do It Without Killing Morale
Hands-on leadership isn't easy. But you can see your vision all the way through without discouraging your team.
Thought Leaders
Why Business Leaders Are No Longer Afraid to Get Political
They are finding that they risk more when they do not speak up about matters of national concern.
By Nina Zipkin
Thought Leaders
6 Crucial Things to Do in Your First 100 Days in a New Leadership Role
You've signed the offer, now what?
By Matt Cain
Thought Leaders
Your Employees Aren’t Practice Dummies for Testing Management Styles
Even if you don't have formal managerial training, your employees deserve a competent, fair and engaging manager.
Business News
Follow The Leader: Elie Khouri, CEO, Omnicom Media Group MENA
Here's a media exec who's well-versed with the changes happening in his sector, and he is making sure that his firm –a pioneering marketing services group in its own right- is in tune with the trends that are manifesting themselves in the MENA locale.
Buying a Franchise
The 5 Spokes of Every Franchise Business
Create growth strategies for your franchise by focusing on five key areas: Leadership, Finance, Operation, Marketing and Technology.