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Recent Human Resources Articles

5 Traits Remote Employees Must Have

By Jeff Haden |  May 18, 2012

Managing far-flung employees is always a challenge. (What are they doing, anyway?) Make it easier by hiring the right people first.  Read more


After Facebook: 6 IPOs to Put on Your Radar

By Eric Markowitz |  May 18, 2012

Has Facebook reinvigorated the IPO market? Here are a few tech companies racing to go public--and what you should know about them.  Read more


Rdio: Great Music, for a Price

By Judith Ohikuare |  May 18, 2012

The founders of Skype and Kazaa have moved onto their next digital venture: Rdio, a streaming music service. Will listeners subscribe?  Read more


Facebook Pulls Off Largest Tech IPO Ever

By Eric Markowitz and Nicole Carter |  May 18, 2012

Ring the bells: It's a landmark day for Wall Street and Silicon Valley as the world's biggest social network becomes a public company.  Read more


Inspire People to Follow: Practice Humility

By John Baldoni |  May 17, 2012

Humble leaders are in charge, yet open to asking for help. They're human, but respected.  Read more


Told You So! Early Facebook Doubters Eat Their Words

By Nicole Carter |  May 17, 2012

Who knew what Facebook would become when Mark Zuckerberg launched it in 2004? Not these guys.  Read more


Tie Employee Compensation to Firm-Wide Returns: 6 Steps

By Eric V. Holtzclaw |  May 17, 2012

Pay bonuses based on your company's overall financial success, and get your employees pulling in the same direction.  Read more


A Leadership Checklist

By Andrew Maclean and Eric Schurenberg |  May 17, 2012

In 2010, the Copiapó mine in Chile collapsed and trapped 33 miners. Wharton professor Michael Useem talks about leadership lessons from how Chile's Minister...  Watch video


Why 5 CEOs Are Better Than 1

By Minda Zetlin |  May 17, 2012

Sound like a management nightmare? The CEOs at this company says it's the ideal way to run a business. Here's why.  Read more


Facebook IPO: Bono's Big Score

By Maeghan Ouimet |  May 17, 2012

After a string of unsuccessful investments, the rock star finally got it right with Facebook--to the tune of $1.5 billion.  Read more


How to Give Feedback: 7 Tactics

By Margaret Heffernan |  May 15, 2012

What's a cheap, fast, and easy way to stoke employee productivity and interest? Tell them how they're doing.  Read more


When Friends Become Employees

By Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead |  May 15, 2012

James Miller discusses how he draws a line between friendship and work with his employees.  Watch video


A Top Employee Quit: 5 Lessons Learned

By Paul Spiegelman |  May 14, 2012

Spend time recruiting the right people. Then spend just as much time making sure you keep them.  Read more


Are Your Employees Waving Away Customers?

By Janine Popick |  May 14, 2012

As a business owner, you go above and beyond to keep customers happy. But your employees might not feel the same.  Read more


Taking On an Ambitious Project? Be Honest

By Margaret Heffernan |  May 11, 2012

It won't get you anywhere to gloss over the challenges of a new business venture. Three reasons why.  Read more


Rein in Your Freelancers

By Lee Clifford and Julie Schlosser |  May 11, 2012

Freelancers (at least the good ones) have their pick of projects, and you have to work hard to keep them engaged. Here are a few tricks of the trade.  Read more


3 Ways to Build Trust In Your Managers

By John Baldoni |  May 10, 2012

Trust is an essential part of strong leadership. Developing it requires time, patience--and coaching.  Read more


Seduce Your Audience Like Bobby McFerrin: 5 Tricks

By Jessica Stillman |  May 10, 2012

Leading a meeting or brainstorming session and want to get your group to loosen up and forget their fear of embarrassment? Musician Bobby McFerrin has the an...  Read more


5 Reasons Why I Would Never Offshore

By Paul Spiegelman |  May 9, 2012

You can't replicate your company culture and service abroad. I'd recommend you keep your business in the U.S., no matter the cost.  Read more


Great Bosses Don’t Go Undercover

By Jay Steinfeld |  May 9, 2012

If you need a disguise to learn the truth about your company, you're doing something wrong. Here's how to do it right.  Read more


10 Ways to Motivate Anyone

By Geil Browning |  May 8, 2012

Understand the unique brain and personality types of your employees to keep them invested in work. You'll see amazing results.  Read more


7 Fatal Interviewer Mistakes

By Jeff Haden |  May 7, 2012

Job candidates aren't the only ones who screw up interviews. Here are seven blunders interviewers make--and how to avoid them.  Read more


You Have to Be a Fabulous Actor

By Scotty Cadenhead and Malachi Leopold |  May 7, 2012

How Howard Tullman keeps his team (and himself) pumped.  Watch video


How Howard Tullman Lures Talent

By Scotty Cadenhead and Malachi Leopold |  May 7, 2012

Tullman talks about how he builds an exciting constantly-changing environment for Tribeca Flashpoint Academy students--and employees.  Watch video


Roll Up Your Sleeves and Get Dirty

By Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead |  May 7, 2012

As chief executive of Tribeca Flashpoint Academy, Howard Tullman works 80 to 100 hours each week to prepare digital media students for the real world.  Watch video