Leadership News & Topics

Managing Employees

How to Avoid Horrific Musk-Like Employee Reviews

Elon Musk teaches us what not to do when it comes to managing people. Use these three strategies to ensure your leadership style stays, well, sane.

Bob Dusin | 5 min read

Meetings

How to Stop Meetings From Killing Your Startup

Meetings in startups can be fun and exciting. But then low-energy, meandering discussions set in, wrecking decision-making and killing, not inspiring, creativity.

Sebastian Bryers | 8 min read

Small Business Heroes

How 'Clock-Changer' Employees Can Help Increase Your Bottom Line

You know that task that no one has ever bothered with? A clock-changer is the one person who steps up.

Jeffrey Hayzlett | 8 min read

At the Height of the Recession, This Entrepreneur Struck Out on Her Own. 10 Years Later? She's Still Going Strong, With Clients Like Google and Coca-Cola.

Kelly Bayett is the creative director and co-founder of music and sound company Barking Owl.

Nina Zipkin | 5 min read

Family Businesses

Free Webinar: Secrets to Running a Successful Family Business

Learn how to successfully navigate family business dynamics and build businesses that excel.

Entrepreneur Events | 2 min read

Fraud

How to Protect Yourself and Your Business From Fraud

Avoid being ripped off requires prudence, not dark suspicions of everyone.

John Boitnott | 5 min read

CEOs

7 Signs You're CEO Material

Having these qualities will significantly boost the chance that you'll be considered for the role.

Glassdoor | 6 min read

Flexibility

Is Your Company Flexible Enough to Survive Modern Society?

This tech entrepreneur discusses the power of innovation.

David Meltzer | 1 min read

Motivating Employees

How to Empower Your Employees to Do Their Best Work

Enabling your employees to do their best work begins with giving it meaning.

Kimberly Zhang | 6 min read

'Always Be My Maybe' Director and 'Fresh off the Boat' Creator Nahnatchka Khan On Creativity and Getting the Details Right

The writer and producer shares why collaboration, not rejection, is always her focus.

Nina Zipkin | 6 min read

Culture

Why Trust Is the Key Ingredient for Team Chemistry

Alvin Gentry, Head Coach of the New Orleans Pelicans, talks about the chemistry of the championship teams he's coached in college and professional basketball.

David Meltzer | 1 min read

Customer Service

3 Counter-intuitive Customer Service Lessons Entrepreneurs Should Learn

How a bad experience at a self-styled "luxury" Sydney hotel reminded me of the most important customer service lessons for small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Alex Gold | 7 min read