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Brick & Mortar

Transparency Can Overcome Consumer Resistance to Sharing Data

People become squeamish about the idea of user information being analyzed so as to target, retarget and market to them. Sellers can handle this situation with care.

By Joshua Mcclure

Thought Leaders

Cultivate Team Chemistry at Your Business With 3 Elements

By Andre Lavoie

Thought Leaders

Providing Affordable Luxury-Quality Clothing to the Masses at Age 29

By Brittany Shoot

Thought Leaders

Inspire Innovators to Step Up at Your Company With Transparency

By Andre Lavoie

Thought Leaders

The Secret to an Engaged Workforce and a Gossip-Free Office

A new generation of professionals are entering the workforce with expectations of a healthy, collaborative and transparent culture.

By Andre Lavoie

Building a Business

An Ode to Transparency

Why being open with all your employees will help your company grow.

By Avishai Abrahami

Thought Leaders

Big Organizational Challenges Can Be Overcome With Transparency

Being open and honest with employees can solve issues such as low morale, poor engagement and turnover.

By Andre Lavoie

Thought Leaders

5 Ways You Can Practice Imperfection

Entrepreneurs may start out acknowledging their vulnerabilities but then quickly fall into image management. Here are ways for business leaders to be authentic and cultivate the best from staff.

By Lou Solomon

Marketing

How Brand Transparency Builds Enduring Relationships With Customers

Consumers can choose from an endless list of good products. They are loyal to brands as open about their values as their ingredients.

By Mat Franken

Human Resources

6 Alternatives to Micromanaging Employees

Communicating goals and letting everyone know how their work contributes reduces the need to micromanage.

By Andre Lavoie

Marketing

7 Clues So Millennials Will Spread Your Marketing Like Wildfire

Gen Yers don't respond to the advertising strategies that worked for their grandparents, boomers or Gen X.

By Dave Hawley

Online Presence

The Savvy Business Owner’s Guide to Honesty Via Social Media

All customers want to know the truth about the company, even if it hurts. Use Facebook and Twitter to good effect.

By Karen Mishra

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?

By Brian Fielkow

Building a Business

Win the Talent War by Opting for Transparency

Instead of being afraid to share information about your firm, embrace it as a new way to hire (and retain) social media-savvy job seekers.

By Allyson Willoughby

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.

By Heather R. Huhman

Building a Business

$30 Million Disaster: What Went Wrong at Clinkle

The startup boasts big-name investors and a 22-year-old CEO at the helm, but its much-hyped mobile wallet app still has yet to launch publicly.

By Alyson Shontell

Thought Leaders

What Mozilla’s Chief Forgot About 21st Century Leadership

The rise of 'glass house' transparency is redefining the reality of business life. Are you aware of the new rules of the game?

By Monica C. Smith

Marketing

Talk About an Open-Office Plan: Why These Two Companies Regularly Open Their Doors to the Public

Interior design studio dPop and brand consulting firm Sisarina say that inviting people to work and hang out in their workspaces is a win for everyone.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

This Company Wants Its Customers to Know Exactly How Much It Is Making From Them

Luxury clothing maker and e-retailer Everlane is building its brand on serious transparency.

By Catherine Clifford

Business Accounting

10 Questions CFOs Should Ask Their Controllers

Understand your accounting department's methods and foster a process to improve efficiency, transparency and solid reporting.

By Jeff Epstein

Thought Leaders

How Warby Parker Used the Element of Surprise to Win Over Customers

Warby Parker Co-CEO and founder Neil Blumenthal explains how inspiration can come from the most unlikely sources.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

At Whole Foods, Employees Can Look Up Other Employees’ Salaries

Whole Foods has had a long-standing tradition of keeping compensation details open. Here's why.

By Alison Griswold

Building a Business

Google, Microsoft, Other Tech Giants Detail Government Data Requests Under New Relaxed Rules

The companies won the right to publish the data after suing the federal government for the right to be transparent.

By Benjamin Kabin

Business Accounting

Just Gone Public? Here’s How to Keep Investors Happy

While many people celebrate going public, this new milestone can be challenging on many fronts. Here, we discuss how to keep investors engaged and your board satisfied.

By Chris Collett

Business News

How ‘V-Commerce’ Could Be the Next Big Trend for Startups

There's e-commerce, m-commerce and even t-commerce, but the next wave of tech-driven shopping may be driven by something different.

By Gabrielle Karol

Building a Business

The Holy Grail of Workplace Motivation

When lighting a spark under your employees, keep these two critical factors in mind.

By Skip Weisman

Building a Business

Spotify Musicians Can Now Sell Merchandise on Their Artist Pages

Hoping to improve its artist relations, Spotify is letting musicians sell merchandise through their profile pages without taking a commission.

By Nina Zipkin

Business News

The Ethics Coach on Cash Deals, Transparency and More

Our ethics coach takes your questions about under-the-table payments, planned obsolescence and price transparency.

By Gael O'Brien

Online Presence

Dallas Police Chief Announces Firings on Twitter. Good Policy?

Every time police chief David Brown terminates an employee, he takes to Twitter and Facebook to share whom he fired and why.

By Laura Entis

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