Music to Play on a Long Flight to China
You finally found a manufacturer that can handle your demand at a reasonable price. But it's in China, which requires a flight nearly a day long to get there... Read more
Corporate Culture
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Music to Get You Pumped Up Before a Big Meeting
Congrats. You scored a meeting with one of the largest potential clients that you've ever pitched. These songs will help get your team in that let's-go-in-th... Read more
Music to Jam to at a Company Party
It’s time to let your hair down and show your employees that you know how to have a good time. And you’ll win some serious cool points if you add these ... Read more
The Soundtrack to Working on a Quiet Weekend
OK, so you overdid it at the company party and were completely useless the next day. Now you need to spend some time making up the work over the weekend. Th... Read more
The Sounds for When You Want to Unwind
Sometimes you really need a weekend to relax. So download these songs, grab a good book, and feel the week's stress just melt away. Read more
What You Want to Hear After Bringing in a $1 Million Account
Eminem did the trick: Your pitch went well and you signed on your biggest client yet. Time to celebrate. Just don’t go as crazy as you did at the company ... Read more
How I Did It: Barry Hartzberg, Satory Global 
Barry Hartzberg, describes how he created a comfortable family feeling at Satory Global, the management and consulting IT firm he co-founded. Watch video
A New Approach to Employee Incentives
Traditional Employee Incentive Plans have rewarded employees for a job well done; however, many companies are taking a new approach to incentives. T... Read more
The Way I Work: Alison Pincus of One Kings Lane
"I am a connector by nature," says Alison Pincus, who needs multiple calendars to juggle her hectic schedule. Read more
Rethinking Employee Awards
I Love Rewards and other businesses find ways to bring meaning to corporate award ceremonies. Read more
Summer Hours: HR Policy Highlight
Summer hours can be a perk with more bang for your buck than more traditional employee benefits. Read more
Does Corporate Culture Pay?
The Beryl Cos.' CEO Paul Spiegelman argues that having a strong corporate culture makes smart business sense. Read more
How to Merge Corporate Cultures
Mergers and acquisitions can create strange bedfellows, but the drawbacks of companies' cultures not meshing together can have an impact on the bottom line. Read more
How Constructive Employee Feedback Can Improve Performance Management
Why do Managers shy away from giving performance feedback, both positive and negative? Constructive feedback is crucial to career development, emplo... Read more
Howard Schultz on How to Lead a Turnaround
In his new book, Onward, the Starbucks founder describes how he overcame slumping sales and quality control issues that threatened to destroy the co... Read more
The Way I Work: Rashmi Sinha of SlideShare
A fan of quick meetings and rapid software development, SlideShare CEO Rashmi Sinha would rather make mistakes than overthink. Read more
Can a Vacation Policy of No Policy be a Good Employee Policy?
It sounds like a dream, a company with a vacation or paid time off (PTO) policy that doesn't restrict or enforce any rules around the number off days an e... Read more
Watch Your E-mail Tone
The way we communicate in the workplace has drastically changed. Much of our communication happens via email, instant message, and even Twitter updates. W... Read more
7 Tips for Using Personality Tests to Hire
Personality testing can be very useful for small businesses, where the impact of hiring the wrong worker has a disproportionate effect. Read more
IBM’s Super Computer Watson
On February 16 th , IBM's super computer, named Watson, Read more
A Radical Take on the Virtual Company
Second Life creator Philip Rosedale has a new company, LoveMachine, that is staffed by freelancers from around the world. Read more
Breaking 3 Workplace Taboos
At LoveMachine, Philip Rosedale has created a culture that is all about transparency. Read more
The Way I Work: Jamie Latshaw of Lexicon
Jamie Latshaw is a stay-at-home mom. She also runs one of the fastest-growing companies in America. Read more
How to Create a Unified Culture in a Company With Multiple Offices
Crafting the right company culture in one office is hard enoughâ€"imagine trying to create a cohesive culture with employees all around the world. Read more
Future Facebook Culture Change?
Facebook announced at the beginning of this month that they are Read more
2011 Human Resources Small Business Outlook
Your employees are looking for greater pay, and other HR trends for 2011. Read more
The Way I Work: Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk, a social media marketing guru, splits his time between two companies, and spends every free second tweeting his heart out. Read more
Is Your Start-up Lying to Itself?
Why cover-up culture is toxic. Plus, a favorable franchise forecast, hilarity ensues after the iPhone announcement, and the rest of the day's news. Read more
Groupon: A Love Story
Two lovebirds use Groupon to initiate their nuptials, plus LinkedIn's proposed IPO, and other entrepreneurial news. Read more
Paul Spiegelman, Founder of the Beryl Cos.
Founder of the Dallas-based health care call center business, Paul Spiegelman shares his tips on building a corporate culture that delivers exceptional custo... Watch video
8 Tips for Building a Great Culture
Changing the corporate culture can be a challenge. But Paul Spiegelman breaks down the eight C's of building a great company culture. View slideshow
The Way I Work: Daniel Lubetzky of Kind
When Daniel Lubetzky isn't coming up with quirky marketing campaigns for Kind snack bars, he is managing a nonprofit that works for peace in the Middle East. Read more
Doing Company Community Service Abroad
Here's how Better World Books sends employees abroad to help its nonprofit partners. The experience combines social entrepreneurship with team building. Read more
12 Ways to a Great Corporate Culture
Inc. and Winning Workplaces brought together business leaders from a range of organizations to discover, share and connect. Here are a few takeaways from th... View slideshow
How to Build a Bulletproof Company Culture
Author Pat Lencioni lays out how to build a culture that will endure long after you've left your business. Read more
