Leigh Buchanan is an editor at large for Inc. magazine. A former editor at Harvard Business Review and founding editor of WebMaster magazine, she writes regular columns on leadership and workplace culture. @LeighEBuchanan


Leadership Advice: Strike a Pose

Want to become an effective leader? Watch the way you sit, stand, and posture, says a Harvard B-School professor.  Read story


The De-Machoing of Great Leadership

Are you an autocrat like Jack Welch or a nurturer like Tony Hsieh? Here's how leadership has evolved over the last 30 years.  Read story

Need a Great Idea? Here's Where to Look

It's not rocket science: Sometimes the best ideas come from places you already know. Here's what that means.  Read story

Between Venus and Mars: 7 Traits of True Leaders

Control is a mirage. The most effective leaders right now--men and women--are those who embrace traits once considered feminine: Empathy. Vulnerability. Humi...  Read story

Get in the Game and You'll Learn Something

Here's how games hone one entrepreneur's strategy skills.  Read story

'Growing Slowly Doesn't Mean You're Stagnant'

Amy Simmons, co-founder and CEO oft he Austin institution Amy's Ice Creams, says you shouldn't only be focused on fast growth.  Read story

Warby Parker CEO: Why Empathy Matters

Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker, says it's important to teach your staff to be aware of others. Here's why.  Read story

Eileen Fisher: How to Get Your Employees Invested

Fashion entrepreneur Eileen Fisher says with one simple tip, you can make your team feel like more engaged with their work.  Read story

Innovation? It's Right Under Your Nose

Debra Kaye, author of Red Thread Thinking , talks about creating an innovative company culture.  Read story

3 Games That Can Teach You Business Skills

Check out the board games that can actually give you a leg up on business.  Read story

Productivity Metrics Motivate (Not Always for the Right Things)

Wharton management professor Matthew Bidwell talks with Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan about the nuances of measuring employee productivity.  Read story

Give Workers More Vacation--But Only if You Do This Too

If you want to reward your people, time off will work better than more money. But you can't stop there.  Read story

How Organizations Develop Good Judgment

A conversation with Thomas Davenport, author of Judgment Calls: 12 Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams that Got Them Right.  Read story

Should Facebook Pay You for That Status Update?

A Skimmer's Guide to Who Owns the Future? , by Jaron Lanier.  Read story

Minerva Project Starts Prize to (Try to) Rival Nobel

Today Ben Nelson, the founder of online education Minerva Project, announced a global academy and $500,000 prize for professors who change how students think.  Read story

Taking Teamwork to the Extreme

Think you're good at collaboration? Software developers at Menlo Innovations work in pairs--passing the mouse back-and-forth to solve problems.  Read story

Unhealthful Habits Are Not an Option

Trek Bicycle takes employee health seriously--so seriously, in fact, that you won't get insurance contributions without undergoing mandatory wellness screeni...  Read story

Reelect the Boss! Or Not

At software company DreamHost, democracy rules. In fact, the firm just recently chose its first-ever CEO in an all-hands vote.  Read story

It's All About Ownership

At craft brewery New Belgium, the beer flows freely and the company's books are open for all employees--who are also owners--to see.  Read story

One Company's Audacious
Org Chart: 400 Leaders, 0 Bosses

At Morning Star, the world's largest tomato processor, employees make all the decisions--from how they'll do their job to what resources they need to do it.  Read story

Chewing and Swallowing Are So Yesterday

Harvard University professor David Edwards is making caffeine, vitamins, and food you ingest in a powdery blast.  Read story

The Disciplined and the Divine: An Unlikely Partnership

This might be the least likely partnership in business. It's turning a little jewelry maker called Alex and Ani into a very focused--but still very groovy--p...  Read story

Why the Most Successful Leaders Are Givers

Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan talks to organizational psychologist Adam Grant about his new book, Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success.  Read story

Why Generosity Is the Most Powerful Networking Tool

A Skimmer's Guide to Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success , by Adam Grant.  Read story

How Patagonia's Roving CEO Stays in the Loop

San Francisco start-up 15Five is making a business out one of Yvon Chouinard's best management practice.  Read story

What If Your Gut Is (Gasp!) Wrong?

Chip and Dan Heath, authors of Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work , on how to make better executive decisions  Read story

What a 'Big Bang' Disruptor Could Do to You

A new innovation theory suggests your product could be wiped out suddenly, and swiftly. Here's what you can do about it--and up-and-comers can too.  Read story

Why You Get Things Wrong (And What You Can Do About It)

A Harvard Business School professor addresses three common start-up dilemmas--and how to make good choices when you face them.  Read story

Loud and Proud

The famous foam finger: Only the roots are humble.  Read story

When Good Leaders Go Bad

A Skimmer's Guide to Tipping Sacred Cows: Kick the Bad Work Habits That Masquerade as Virtues, by Jake Breeden  Read story

Reading This May Be Your Only Non-Sales Activity Today

Daniel H. Pink talks with Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan about his latest book, To Sell Is Human, and the ubiquity of sales today.  Read story

How China's Cultural Revolution Stirred Entrepreneur Ping Fu

In her new memoir--and this Q&A--entrepreneur Ping Fu describes her journey from communist China to co-found Geomagic, a 3D imaging and design company.  Read story

2 Women Serial Entrepreneurs Tell All

Susan Leger Ferraro, founder of an early-childhood schools chain, and Laura Fitton, digital business owner, irreverently detail what has helped them most alo...  Read story

6 Must-Read Tips From Sara Blakely, Steve Case & Others

David S. Kidder, serial entrepreneur and Clickable founder, divulges the most important advice that came out of interviews he did with the world's most succe...  Read story

Start-up Conversations With Elon Musk, Tony Hsieh, Reid Hoffman & More

Inc.'s Leigh Buchanan talked to Clickable founder David S. Kidder about "The Start-up Playbook," his upcoming book of interviews with seriously-accomplished ...  Read story

The Most Talked About Business Moves of 2012

This year some businesses fell out of favor with the entrepreneurial gods, while others basked in their glory. See who came out of 2012 on top.  View slideshow

How to Think Globally

Business smarts are not enough. The best global leaders are also political gurus and experts in dealing with the nonrational.  Read story

Zumba: At War With the Pirates | Company of the Year

This fast-growing company is besieged by imitators, counterfeiters, and fakes. In defense, it employs a fleet of about 20 in-house lawyers and retains law fi...  Read story

Zumba: Loud & Proud | Company of the Year

Zumbawear, like Zumba-everything-else, aims to help instructors make money. And it's selling 3 million items of clothing this year.  Read story

How I Did It: Rick Smolan

An old-school gonzo photojournalist tells the story of leaping from a career in magazines to a venture involving large-scale documentation of human life -- i...  Read story