Building a Business
9 Habits That Destroy Workplace Relationships
Bullying, lying, procrastinating... just don't do these things on the job.
By John Rampton
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Tech
At This Store, Robots Will Replace Human Employees. But, Wow, They Are Adorable.
Softbank, the Japanese telecommunications and Internet corporation, will staff a cellphone store with (almost entirely) humanoid Pepper robots for a week.
Building a Business
How to Design Innovative Hubs for Big Ideas
Take cues from these collaborative workspaces in the education, medical and artistic fields.
By Aaron Call
Business News
Report: Robots Will Cause the Loss of 5 Million Jobs by 2020
Women will be the biggest losers as their jobs are often concentrated in low-growth or declining areas such as sales, office and administrative roles, the report said.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Dingy Basements and Cluttered Garages. How Startup Spaces Inspire Office Design.
The 'unintentional design' of today's makeshift startup spaces might inspire innovation at your organization, too.
By Aaron Call
Building a Business
Why You Should Choose a Champion, Not a Mentor, for Guidance
Keep that fire in your belly and determination in your eyes, and you will find the perfect person to champion you.
Building a Business
9 Workplace Lessons to Help Improve Your Daily Grind
Understanding is temporal and changes whenever you gain new information, experience or shift your vantage point.
Building a Business
Give the Gift of Time With a Family Leave Policy
Companies need to help get a child and parent off to a healthy start -- because they'll never have that opportunity again.
By Donna Morris
Building a Business
5 Ways to Not Waste Your Employees’ Time at Meetings
Are meetings simply keeping your employees away from their work? Adopt these rules to make them as productive as possible.
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‘Intrapreneurs’ Can’t Change Their Industry Inside Drab Office Walls
Take cues from entrepreneurs and their approach to space to allow your most creative minds to flourish.
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Millennials: Death to the Cubicle!
A human-centered design and flexibility in the workplace is all the younger generation is asking for.
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How to Recognize Your Employees, 5 Days a Week
Why wait until Friday for happy hour? Give your team a boost every day.
Building a Business
The Hidden Side of Work: 3 Myths That Block Your Navigation
Keep doing your job if you want to tread water, but find your job-within-the-job if you want to really succeed.
Building a Business
9 Ways to Power Through a Drowsy Afternoon
Sipping coffee in the midafternoon to stay awake is when we can best appreciate the wisdom of the siesta.
Building a Business
5 Inexpensive Workspace Improvements That Boost Productivity
Don't underestimate how much natural light, a few house plants and some fresh paint can brighten the bottom line.
Entrepreneurs
12 Ways to Spot a Potentially Violent Person in the Workplace
What happened in Roanoke wasn't the first tragedy and won't be the last.
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5 Ways to Reduce Workplace Distraction Without Treating Employees Like Children
Frustrated bosses can be tempted to ban employees from checking their cell phones and Facebook pages. The better move is to make it easier for team members to stay focused.
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How to Give Constructive Feedback to a Toxic Boss
It's a delicate dance where strategy is everything.
By Mike Gellman
Building a Business
The 10 Biggest Motivation Killers and How to Fix Them (Infographic)
Here's what's slowing your team down at work.
By Kate Taylor
Entrepreneurs
6 Benefits of Unchaining Yourself From Your Desk to Take a Break Outside
Evolution did not prepare us to sit all day beneath fluorescent lights and stare at a screen.
Building a Business
5 Ways to Make Your Employees Happier and More Productive
A more flexible work environment can help maximize productivity and alleviate burnout.
By Dan Schawbel
Thought Leaders
4 Steps for Building a Partnership With Somebody You Don’t Like
Dysfunctional relationship drain energy and stifle opportunity. We can't afford not to all get along.
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‘You Don’t Have to be Present to Win’ Could Apply to Your Company, Too
We have laptops, smartphones, and the cloud. Why don't we have flex time, too?
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6 Ways to Change Your Environment to Be More Inspiring
Sometimes to get out of a rut, entrepreneurs must look beyond their internal voice of intuition to get motivated.
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5 Ways to Keep Your Female Tech Employees Around for the Long Haul
In a time of exceptional growth, managers in tech can't afford to keep losing female employees.
By Asha Saxena
Building a Business
You Can’t Win Alone: 5 Tips on Building a Stellar Team
If you want the support of your team, shun arrogance and give credit where credit is due.
By Marty Fukuda
Building a Business
5 Ways Millennials Are Like No Generation Before Them
Millennials may still have a lot to learn, but they have a lot to teach, too.