Why Company Culture Especially Matters During the Holidays
I don't throw an opulent holiday party, but I go out of my way to let my employees know how much I appreciate their work. Read more
Human Resources
Recent Human Resources Articles
Stand Out: Master This Powerful, Oft-Neglected Leadership Skill
You can easily get coached in talking, presenting, and speech-making. What about listening? Read more
Do More Faster: 10 Best Apps & Tools
Five-time entrepreneur Frank Addante lists the digital gems that help him be organized and save time. Read more
How to Criticize Employees: 6 Rules
Sometimes a kick in the butt can be more effective than a pat on the back. Read more
Bounce Back From a Bad Hire: 10 Tips
Once you realize you've made a bad hire, don't get mired in regret. Instead, focus on what to do next. Read more
HomeAway Co-Founder: Why I Hire Failures
An epic fail early in his career taught HomeAway co-founder Brian Sharples that it's a good idea to hire folks who have a healthy familiarity with failure. Read more
How CEOs Can Close the Skills Gap
Entrepreneurs may be missing out on the best hires by not doing this recruiting tip. Read more
Tony Hsieh: 'Hiring Mistakes Cost Zappos.com $100 Million' 
Tony Hsieh describes exactly how he set up Zappos.com's hiring process to avoid bad hiring decisions. Watch video
6 Ways to Survive a Holiday Work Party
Here are six sure-fire survival tips for the inevitable holiday get-together. Read more
The Real Productivity-Killer: Jerks
Infographic: Crummy bosses aren't just a pain; they're bad for business. But how bad? We've found the stats--and it's not pretty. Read more
4 Cheap Ways to Find Sales Superstars
How to find top salespeople--without hiring a recruiter Read more
How to Bulletproof Your Company Culture
Growth often comes at a cost: Acquisitions and fast hiring decisions can wreak havoc on your company culture. Here's how not to let it happen. Read more
Managing Senior Hires: When to Back Off & When to Lead
If I'm willing to learn from my staffers, they're more willing to learn from me. Here's how. Read more
The Zombie Guide to Human Resources
If your team was the last surviving band of humans in a city overrun by zombies, you wouldn't let just anybody through the door would you? Read more
How to Get the Perfect Marketing Hire
Brian Halligan, founder of HubSpot, talks about his simple guide for hiring the next generation of marketing employees. Watch video
7 Unusual Things Great Bosses Do
Great bosses do these things. The rest don't--because these simple gestures would never occur to them. Read more
Hire Top Candidates in 21 Days or Less. Here's How
When you spot talent, accelerate your hiring process--right away. Read more
Face It: Your Employees Cheat (or Used to)
Here's how you can encourage your staffers to be ethical at work (even if they haven't always been). Read more
Build the Best Team Possible (Drycleaning Matters, But Not Why You Think)
Start by asking a potential hire his life's goals--and then draw a roadmap of how those can be achieved working for you. Read more
Want to Be More Effective? Try a Mental Detox
Follow these four tips to get back on top of your mental game. Read more
The Best Place to Launch Your Company
NYC TechStars managing director David Tisch on the eternal question: Silicon Valley vs. New York, Boston, Boulder or...? Watch video
24 Things You Can Do With an Extra Hour
Daylight Savings ended and now you have an extra hour every day. Here are 24 things you can do to get the most from that extra hour. Read more
JJ Ramberg: 'Have You Done the Best Job Possible?'
Want to set high expectations? Ask employees to assess their own work before they submit it, says JJ Ramberg, host of MSNBC's Your Business. Watch video
Give Your Employees Election Day Off. Here's Why
Kiva, GOOD Worldwide, and a slew of other companies and non-profits are making Election Day a paid holiday. Should you? Read more
The Case for Hiring Unskilled Workers
Did you create your business with the intent of gaining freedom and financial security? Here's how to get what you want without creating just another job for... Read more
