Leadership and Managing




Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

Why Entrepreneurs Make Terrible Investors

That optimism that keeps you going in a start-up? It's trouble for your portfolio.  Read more

7 Memorable Graduation Speeches by Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders

Among the thousands of graduation addresses given each year, these stand out--mostly for the right reasons.  Read more

Brilliant Leaders Use This Type of Humor (Hint: Think Woody Allen)

Great leaders tend to be funny in a particular way, new research shows.  Read more

Be More Productive In an Open Work Space

Readers weigh in on the challenges of balancing collaboration and getting "real" work done.  Read more

Work Life Balance: How to Take Control

Five factors that make the difference between a life of fulfillment and a life filled with regret.  Read more

Leaders Say They Love Experiments. So Why Don't They Actually Do Them?

"Managers rely on focus groups--a dozen people riffing on something they know little about--to set strategies. And yet companies won't experiment to find evi...  Read more

Charlie Hamilton: Most Successful People Worked When They Were Young

Want to raise more responsible kids? Then put them to work, says the Texas businessman.  Read more

Why Fashion Models are Twice as Likely to Get H-1B Visas as Computer Programmers

Want to hire someone on an H-1B visa? It'll be a lot easier if they're a model.  Read more

Keep Up the Self-Scrutiny--or Try This

What happens if you don't focus on what you could have done better? An experiment in productivity.  Read more

3 Reasons I Lead From the Weeds

You can still keep your company moving forward while keeping your feet firmly planted in the day-to-day details. Here are three reasons to do so.  Read more

Email Newsletter To Bestselling Book--How a Start-up Pulled It Off

How humility and honesty brought one start-up founder life-changing publicity.  Read more

Want to Scale Your Company? Get Out of the Way 

Les McKeown, CEO of Predictable Success, a growth-strategy consultancy, says ultimately you're the biggest obstacle to your company's growth.  Watch video

David Karp, the Nonconformist Who Built Tumblr

As a kid, David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, taught himself to code and dropped out of high school. Now Karp runs his company his way--and refuses to keep a ...  Read more

Why I Love Mondays--and Maybe You Should, Too

If you approach Monday from the right perspective, it can be your favorite day of the week.  Read more

Is Work the Only Thing You Do These Days? Time to Stop

Brains aren't inexhaustible; like any piece of sophisticated equipment, they're delicate and can break.  Read more