Employee Management
How Positive Psychology Can Boost Your Business
In tough times, entrepreneurs try the so-called science of happiness to build thriving companies
In tough times, entrepreneurs try the so-called science of happiness to build thriving companies
Should You Hire Workers From Big Companies?
A few years ago, Affinergy was considering two applicants with extensive work experience at large companies. The Durham, N.C., ...
A few years ago, Affinergy was considering two applicants with extensive work experience at large companies. The Durham, N.C., ...
Free Lunches do Exist
When people ask me what my favorite thing about my job is, I don't hesitate to answer: the free lunches. Yes, I completely ...
When people ask me what my favorite thing about my job is, I don't hesitate to answer: the free lunches. Yes, I completely ...
5 Ways to Spur Employee Creativity
It's essential to keep your employees involved in the creative process. Here are a few ways to do it. Engage employees from ...
It's essential to keep your employees involved in the creative process. Here are a few ways to do it. Engage employees from ...
All Employee Management Articles
Entrepreneur.com - Every day, you read in the papers that the U.S. recession is deepening with repercussions felt throughout the world. Large and small organizations are affected. Old, ...
• The Winners: Europe's Young Entrepreneurs
BusinessWeek.com - The tens of thousands of votes from our readers have been counted, and here's our impressive group of Europe's best young entrepreneurs
• 14 Things Smart Leaders are Doing Right Now
Entrepreneur.com - When the going gets tough, the tough get going. After all, it's easy to excel at leadership when all is right with the world. The real test occurs when times get rough, the ...
• Building Up Teams--and Communities
Entrepreneur.com - Lain Hensley has always had a passion for helping those in need. In 2001, he saw the opportunity to do just that when he was hired by Lucent Technologies' supply chain team to ...
• Why I Finally Quit
Entrepreneur.com - Why did a bright, 28-year-old employee with a degree from a top university and a ton of high-level computer experience bail on the company he really believed in? Employee X ...
• How to Build Trust in Your Business
BusinessWeek.com - Customers need a reason to believe in your company. Here's how to woo skeptics
• Inventors, Pick Your Industry
BusinessWeek.com - The biggest royalties come from the most profitable fields, such as finance, computer software, music, movies, and, uh, tortilla making
• Taking Stock of Inventory Management
BusinessWeek.com - It may not be glamorous, but getting a handle on your inventory can mean the difference between a profit and a loss
• Making Telecommuting Work
BusinessWeek.com - 'Teleworking' can lower overhead, raise productivity, and make employees happy. Here's how to put the home office in business
• BitTorrent's Bram Cohen Isn't Limited by Asperger's
BusinessWeek.com - Bram Cohen has Asperger's, which makes it hard to deal with everyday life. Even so, he started his own company, BitTorrent
• From Storeroom to Store Shelves
Entrepreneur.com - Neil Reilly, 46, a former commodities trader, used to walk the streets of Manhattan after the markets closed, trying to pitch his organic, kosher dog treats to retailers. Now ...
• 3 Perks That Work in Lieu of Raises
Entrepreneur.com - In a down economy, small-business owners will invariably feel the pinch. And, unfortunately, so will their employees. According to a study by Hewitt Associates, employees can ...
• The Entrepreneur as Leader
Entrepreneur.com - Many writers have penned essays on the characteristics, behaviors, values and attitudes that spell success for the entrepreneurial leader. My top 10 list goes further, blending ...
• What to Do When an Employee Leaves
Entrepreneur.com - For the entrepreneur, employee turnover always raises challenges, questions and issues. Employees, of course, leave for many reasons. They're promoted, take a new or ...
• Getting More from Your Employees
Entrepreneur.com - "Average" isn't good enough any more. Not in this competitive environment. Not in this lagging economy. If you accept average performance from your employees, ...
• Unearth Your Inner Indy
Entrepreneur.com - "You call this archeology?!" By the time Henry Jones had uttered those four iconic words to his son, Henry Jr., known to the rest of us as Indiana Jones (even if it was ...
• Outsourcing to Grow Your Home Business
Entrepreneur.com - Most people go into business desiring success and better balance in their lives. Spending endless hours commuting and dealing with corporate politics isn't exactly the ...
• The Scholarly 'Apprentice'
Entrepreneur.com - Unlike most reality show winners, Randal Pinkett was successful long before he was hired by Donald Trump after the fourth season of "The Apprentice." His company, BCT ...
• The Scholarly 'Apprentice'
Entrepreneur.com - Unlike most reality show winners, Randal Pinkett was successful long before he was hired by Donald Trump after the fourth season of "The Apprentice." His company, BCT ...
• The Scholarly 'Apprentice'
Entrepreneur.com - Unlike most reality show winners, Randal Pinkett was successful long before he was hired by Donald Trump after the fourth season of "The Apprentice." His company, BCT ...