Benefits/HR


Recent Benefits/HR Articles

Part-time bonuses

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Paying bonuses to part-time workers to improve customer service.  Read more

Hammer it out

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Organizing a community project to boost morale among employees and independent distributors.  Read more

Reorganizing for Growth

By Tom Richman |  Jan 1, 1991

Changing the corporate structure when rapid growth becomes unmanageable.  Read more

The Big Easy

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1991

A low-cost, no-hassle strategy to provide employees with retirement benefits.  Read more

Network: January 1991

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Network reader-to-reader advise.  Read more

Second Act

By Leslie Brokaw |  Dec 1, 1990

Inc. 500 CEO starts new business bringing literacy education, via interactive software, to workplaces.  Read more

Dangling The Carrot

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Chart illustrating who really receives incentive compensation.  Read more

I see what you mean

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Improving service by watching videos of customers making complaints.  Read more

Tell me about it

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Assessing potential job candidates by having them write up minutes from the interview.  Read more

Working the phone

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Preventing burnout by letting customer service reps spend one day a week on self-designed projects.  Read more

Classified information

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Fine-tuning classified ad copy to attract quality employees.  Read more

MBAs For Hire

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1990

Trend towards M.B.A. students seeking small growing businesses to work for.  Read more

A Fresh Look at Insurance

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1990

Cutting insurance costs by overhauling insurance coverage.  Read more

Managing the Journey

By Curtis Hartman |  Nov 1, 1990

Interview with CEO Ralph Stayer on the eight-year process of revamping his management style.  Read more

Missed Opportunities

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1990

How small company executive compensation packages pale in comparison to large company plans.  Read more

The Survey

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 1990

Results from the Executive-Compensation survey.  Read more

State of the Art

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1990

Profile of a small company's innovative compensation strategies.  Read more

Hard Times

By Bruce G. Posner |  Nov 1, 1990

Interview with an employee benefits and compensation consultant on motivating employees in lean times.  Read more

Hard Knocks

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 1990

Compensation mistakes and resources on compensation strategies.  Read more

Coping with Drugs

By Jay Finegan |  Nov 1, 1990

Profile of three companies' drug and alcohol policies.  Read more

Informed Excitement

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 1990

Boosting employee morale through entertaining meetings and sharing the numbers.  Read more

Data Trove

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 1990

Reference book full of surveys on costs and trends in benefits packages.  Read more

One Day at a Time

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 1990

Adopting a daily incentive plan to increase sales and reduce turnover.  Read more

Morning, Noon, and Night

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 1990

Interviewing job candidates 3 separate times at different hours of the day to measure shifts in energy level.  Read more

Many Happy Returns

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Oct 1, 1990

Interview with a successful travel agency CEO who puts his employees first, not his customers.  Read more

Meetings

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Chart illustrating the time wasted in meetings.  Read more

Tapping the Big Boys

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Recruiting through human resources departments of corporations that are downsizing.  Read more

How User Friendly Is It?

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Chart on what executives use to write letters.  Read more

Dollars for Kudos

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Giving and taking away monetary incentives for customer compliments and complaints.  Read more

Text-Search Software

By Cary Lu |  Oct 1, 1990

Software which allows users to locate missing computer files.  Read more

Second Founding

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Turning an annual company party into a motivation-building bash.  Read more

Flexible Spending

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1990

The advantages of setting up a benefits' system of flexible spending accounts.  Read more

The Real Cost of Customer Service

By Paul B. Brown |  Sep 1, 1990

Profile of an automotive services business where fanatical attention to customer service allows for huge margins.  Read more

Go East, Young Man

By Frank H. Jellinek Jr. |  Sep 1, 1990

First-person account of a joint venture in Eastern Europe.  Read more

The Open-Book Managers

By John Case |  Sep 1, 1990

Why many CEOs are adopting open-book management styles.  Read more