Leigh Buchanan


Entrepreneur of the Year: What Alison Schuback Wants

Her life was changed forever by a speeding car. From now on -- with her independence growing, her family close, and her business moving forward -- the chang...  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books: Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

The book: Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else , by Geoff Colvin; Portfolio; Oct...  Read story

How I Did It: Restaurateur Barbara Lynch

Fake it till you make it, then make it big.  Read story

Is It an Annual Meeting?

Or an episode of Oprah?   Read story

Legacy: Ed Justice Sr., 1921-2008

Cars, cars, and more cars.  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books: Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business

The book: Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business, by David Edery and Ethan Mollick; FT Press...  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books: Billion Dollar Lessons

Chunka Mui follows Unleashing the Killer App with Billion Dollar Lessons.   Read story

Inc. 500

Half-a-thousand reminders that business ingenuity and economic leadership still start with entrepreneurs.  Read story

Whatever It Takes

Managed care, the human version, at Senior Whole Health.  Read story

No Roomba at the Inn?

The Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner is one of the great small-company innovations, right up th...  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books

The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management , by Art Kleiner; Jossey-Bass; August 2008.  Read story

Legacy: André Galerne, 1926-2008

An adventurer's approach to life and work.  Read story

Luck is for Losers

A gambler who loathes risk, Bill Kaplan ran his famed MIT Blackjack Team like a business and left the table with more than $10 million in winnings. Can the l...  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books: Tuned In

The book: Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs ; Wiley; June 2008. Read story

Battle of the Network All-Stars

The secrets of HSN's top marketers.  Read story

Legacy: Wally Bronner, 1927-2008

Christmas was always just around the corner.  Read story

Review: Topgrading for Sales

In Leigh Buchanan's column, "A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books," she reviews Topgrading's salesy sequel.  Read story

Innovation: How the Creative Stay Creative

Innovative companies require innovative people. For lessons on developing a creative work force, we asked some of the nation's top innovation consultants how...  Read story

Legacy Gary Gygax, 1938-2008

The wizard behind Dungeons & Dragons  Read story

When Absence Makes the Team Grow Stronger

A CEO rethinks his role after a tour in Iraq.  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide To the Latest Business Books - Sway

The book: Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior ; Currency/Doubleday; June 3, 2008 The big idea:Read story

Legacy: Frank Piasecki, 1919-2008

His aviation and business breakthrough: the Flying Banana.  Read story

Paradise the Hard Way

What does it really take to build an island resort, a dream come true in the tropics, a place where work and fun and family all blend seamlessly? HintRead story

Legacy: Seymour “Cy” Leslie, 1922-2008

He invented the greatest-hits album and brought cinema to your living room.  Read story

Skimmers Guide to the Latest Business Books

The book: The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth With Innovation. Crown Business; April 2008. <...  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide To the Latest Business Books

The book: Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change and Changing Leaders ; Harvard Business Press; February 2008. Read story

Legacy: Ken Hendricks, 1941-2007

A common man who achieved uncommon things.  Read story

The Start of a Beautiful Friendship

Partnering with your customers on R&D.  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books

The book: Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization . Collins; February 2008. ...  Read story

How I Did It: George Naddaff

From Spit 'n' Shine Boy To Boston Chicken and Beyond.  Read story

I'll Be Back

For entrepreneurs, retirement doesn't mean forever.  Read story

Blogging: More Than Idle Chatter

Do it--and do it as if you mean it.  Read story

E-mail: On Messages

6 questions to every small business should consider before creating an e-mail marketing campaign.  Read story

The New Basics of Marketing

What you need to know about: websites, email, mobile phones, social networks, viral video, blogging.  Read story

Social Networks: Up And Down The Social Register

For companies that market to niches, one of these specialized social networks may be a better value.  Read story

Don't Curb Your Enthusiasm

I recently received a letter from a young woman who had just landed her first real job and sought advice on being a good employee. Specifically, she worri...  Read story

Spread the Word

It's a favorite warning of safe-sex campaigners: "Anytime you go to bed with someone, you're sleeping with all his former romantic partners." The business...  Read story

Spread the Word

It's a favorite warning of safe-sex campaigners: "Anytime you go to bed with someone, you're sleeping with all his former romantic partners." The business...  Read story

The Office: Like a Book

Sorry, Mr. or Mrs. Close to the Vest, but your employees can read you like a book.  Read story