Org Chart Innovation
Is your company looking to add a few fun titles to the org chart? Here are some that you should consider adopting. Read more
Leigh Buchanan
Recent The Office Articles
The 48 Hours Rule
Want more employee ideas? Keep your "Approved" and "Rejected" stamps poised. Read more
8 Work-From-Home Rules
Editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan, who has been working from home for the past four years, shares her advice with entrepreneurs (as well as her newly-virtual co... Read more
Fine Whines
Encouraging your employees to voice their complaints--and doing something about them--might effectively boost your company's morale. Read more
Damned with Faint Praise
Great managers know when and how to lavish praise on their workers Read more
In Praise of Morning
Dedicated entrepreneurs often burn the midnight oil. But how many miss out on the refreshing solitude of watching the office wake up? Read more
Is Your Company Inbred?
Many companies pay a referral bonus to employees when they recommend a friend for a job down the hall. But do they carefully consider the implications of thi... Read more
Too Smart for Comfort
CEOs are often too quick to feel threatened when a new hire pulls out the smart card. Read more
I Hereby Resolve…
I resolve that in 2009 I will blog for Inc.com every day. Read more
The Office: Like a Book
Sorry, Mr. or Mrs. Close to the Vest, but your employees can read you like a book. Read more
The Bad and the Ugly
Seven signs that your employees detest you. (By you , of course, we mean some other boss.) Read more
Like a Book
Sorry, Mr. or Mrs. Close to the Vest, but your employees can read you like a book. Read more
Do Not Disturb
Live by the open-door policy, die by the open-door policy. Read more
Good to Great
The habits of highly successful bosses. Read more
The Departed
It hurts a little when employees move on. Read more
No Further Questions
It's enlightened of you to have your employees interview potential hires. Nonetheless, it's driving everyone batty. Read more
What to Expect When They’re Expecting
One day you look around, and the place is full of pregnant women. Read more
The CEO Whisperer
Part sounding board, part mouthpiece--it's the boss's confidante. Read more
Train in Vain
How to train the untrainable. (That would be, um, me.) Read more
I Am Not :)
You're an adult. Quit it with the smiley faces. Read more
The Culture Wars
Don't let someone--anyone--hijack your company culture. Read more
My Office, Myself
Mary Tyler Moore: good. Taxidermist’s workshop: bad. Some thoughts on personalized work environments. Read more
The Thought That Counts
What you'd be getting if our columnist were your Secret Santa? Read more
Road Worriers
Expense reporting brings out the crazy in people. Read more
Silence Is Golden
Try saying this at your next staff meeting: Shhhhhh. Read more
Isn't It Romantic?
Love blooms in the office like flowers in the cracks of an urban parking lot: unexpected, beautiful, probably doomed. Everyone reacts predictably. Read more
I Know Where You Live
Quick, who in the company has been to your house? Don't know? Everyone else does. Read more
The Three-Corner Office
A pernicious practice is frustrating your employees and sapping precious moments from their workdays. Though it is rarely remarked upon, it occurs in every w... Read more
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