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Thought Leaders

4 Ways to Instill and Promote Transparency in a Workplace

Transparency matters for a company's culture, because it builds trust and stronger relationships among employees, management and the company itself.

By Sam Hodges

Building a Business

4 Ways Payroll Transparency Benefits Companies With Nothing to Hide

By Matt Straz

Thought Leaders

6 Secrets of Business Leaders Who Built Hugely Successful Companies

By Firas Kittaneh

Thought Leaders

4 Reasons You Need to Embrace Transparency in the Workplace

By Andre Lavoie

Thought Leaders

The 4 Principles Driving Enterprise Transparence in 2015

Customers, employees and, increasingly, executives are clamoring for transparency in how companies do business. Making it a daily reality is not so easy.

By Avinoam Nowogrodski

Building a Business

5 Ways You Might Be Failing Your Employees

Keep employees satisfied and reduce turnover by avoiding these behaviors.

By Andre Lavoie

Business News

Snapchat Complies With Government Data Requests at a Higher Rate Than Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook and Google

This, according to the company's first ever transparency report.

By Erin Griffith

Building a Business

Let’s Be Real: Why Transparency in Business Should Be the Norm

It's clear there's a real need for businesses to be open -- with both consumers and employees.

By Robert Craven

Online Presence

Facebook Faces Off With Belgian Privacy Commission Over Privacy Accusations

A new study calls Facebook's privacy and data collection policies into legal question but the social giant says the authors of the research never reached out to them.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

6 Lessons Businesses Can Learn From a Michelin-Rated Restaurant

After doing a behind-the-scenes tour of restaurant Joël Robuchon, I learned many insights and lessons that can be applied to entrepreneurs, regardless of the industry they're in.

By Vic Keller

Thought Leaders

You Don’t Have to Be a CEO to Develop Leadership Qualities

These 10 traits will prove indispensable, no matter where you fall in the hierarchy.

By David Hassell

Marketing

Why Smart Online Marketing Is About Help, Not Hype

Although it's easy to promote your business online, simply posting clever content won't get you the long-lasting customers you're looking for. Find out what to do instead.

By Mitch Meyerson

Thought Leaders

This Essential Leadership Trait Can Push Employees to Do Their Best

A commitment to transparency often spreads to the wider company culture, promoting more honesty and candid expression among your team members.

Building a Business

Embrace True Transparency, and You’ll Experience More Success

Of course, you want to create a winning perception of your business, but there are instances where it's vital to be honest.

By Adam Callinan

Building a Business

What Artisanal Brands Can Teach Us About Using Technology to Humanize Business

In an increasingly automated world of interconnected everything, consumers may turn to customized products that they can emotionally connect with.

By Randy Komisar

Building a Business

The One Certainty About the Future Is the Pace of Change Will Only Quicken

As the generation that grew up with digital technology moves through their careers, innovation will come faster and so will failure to companies that don't keep pace.

By Murray Newlands

Thought Leaders

Pittsburgh Eatery Eliminates Tipping; Offers Servers Salary, Health Care and Shares Instead

The upscale Bar Marco in Pittsburgh joins a handful of stateside establishments turning an age-old dining paradigm on its head.

By Geoff Weiss

Thought Leaders

How to Add Senior Management to Your Startup Without Losing Your First Team

Don't be in a hurry to hire at the top. Proceed methodically when you do.

By Matt Straz

Marketing

How Affiliate Marketing Can Work for Entrepreneurs

The symbotic relationship works on stipends but is best fueled by transparency.

By Jesse Torres

Marketing

4 Steps Needed to Transform the Digital-Marketing Industry

If clients perceive the technology as a black box, providers overpromise results and the churn rate is high, perhaps business practices should change.

By Kris Barton

Building a Business

5 Steps to Align Your Reward Process and Reach Your Company Goals

Ambitious goals and transparency on progress radically improves engagement.

By Kris Duggan

Building a Business

What to Do When Employees Wonder Where All the New Funding Will Go

An influx of money can energize your team, or threaten dissatisfaction at how it is used. Transparence is the solution.

By Matt Straz

Building a Business

Workplace Transparency Is a Boon, If Your Company Culture Is Built on Trust

Ubiquitous social media makes many companies nervous but many others, with the best corporate culture, find what employees say about them if the finest branding possible.

By China Gorman

Building a Business

7 Startup Habits Worth Keeping No Matter How Big Your Business Grows

Success brings its own challenges, like remembering what worked out of necessity when success was anything but assured.

By Alice Default

Business Operations & Logistics

The Ultimate Guide to Metrics for Business Leaders

Drive performance by focusing on key measurements in seven telling ways.

By Asha Saxena

Building a Business

I Suggest You Replace Your Suggestion Box With This

Keep in mind the three Ts: fair treatment, transparency and trust.

By Brian Fielkow

Building a Business

Earn Customer Trust and the Rest Will Follow

For entrepreneurs to succeed, customers need to trust in the brand. Here are three tips on building trust from the get-go.

By Mike Laven

Building a Business

This Company Thinks It’s Unlocked the Secret to Employee Engagement and Productivity

BetterWorks, which just raised a $15.5 million Series A round, merges the concepts of game mechanics and the quantified self to motivate and manage employees' goals.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

5 Effective Hiring Tips for Early-Stage Startups

Be nimble in your recruiting efforts even when the competition might have greater resources.

By Firas Kittaneh

Building a Business

10 Practical Ways to Promote a High-Performance Culture

Leaders shape the essential processes of company that directly foster employee engagement and generate results.

By Joel Trammell