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Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

4 Ways to Get a New Employee Off to the Perfect Start

That interview you had right before you made the job offer? It's not enough. Here are four things you must do on a new hire's first day.  Read more

3 Ways to Expand Your Future

By connecting with people who face hurdles similar to yours, you can vastly expand the possibilities for your own future.  Read more

Hardest Leadership Skill You'll Ever Learn

Here's a lesson you won't learn on the fly. It takes practice and a real control of your ego. Check it out.  Read more

Canada: The Next Start-up Frontier?

With its new Startup Visa program, Canada's hoping to lure foreign entrepreneurs. But what do start-ups stand to gain by heading north?  Read more

2 Best Words for a Start-up Job Description Ever

Next time you write a job description, take this hint from a U.S. Army Green Beret.  Read more

4 Ways To Make Your Workspace More Productive

Researchers have found some utterly surprising ways to minimize distractions and insert subtle signals to help your staff focus.  Read more

10 Questions for Barbara Corcoran

The famed entrepreneur reveals the biggest business myth and what her personal theme song is.  Read more

9 Habits of People Who Build Extraordinary Relationships

The most extraordinary professional relationships are built by ordinary actions like these.  Read more

Why Great CEOs are Unfair

Not all employees perform equally and therefore, they should not all be treated equally. As a CEO, there are time when being unfair is justified.  Read more

How the Craziest White House Petitions Would Affect the Economy

Whoever said there's no such thing as a bad idea hasn't spent a lot of time crowdsourcing proposals from the general public.  Read more

What Will Obamacare Do To Your Insurance Premiums?

Recent news from Vermont suggests the new law might not be as bad as you think  Read more

'Create a Bond Between a Customer and Your Product' 

A.G. Lafley, the former CEO of Procter & Gamble, explains how customers can help you define your start-up strategy.  Watch video

Earn Your Leadership Role Every Day

Six ways to ensure you are worthy of the position you hold.  Read more

10 Things Really Amazing Bosses Do

Are you truly an amazing boss or just a good one? See how many of these 10 traits are natural for you.  Read more

Small Business News Ticker: The Tax Wars Are On

A manufacturing rebound (sort of), the sweet spot for buying cheap flights, a Facebook phone, and all the tax news that's fit to read.  Read more

Move Fast and Ask for Forgiveness Later

When all other options fail, a company learns to be a nimble competitor.  Read more

Reward vs. Punishment: What Motivates People More?

Turns out, your employees will work harder to avoid a loss than to seek a gain, according to research.  Read more

Alcohoot: The First Fun Smartphone Breathalyzer

Two former Israeli soldiers took a harsh reality--the high rate of alcohol-related deaths--and turned it into a potentially big, life-saving business opportu...  Read more

How Hard Could It Be?

Oh, pretty hard. A dispatch from Startup Weekend, where would-be company founders learn what can-- and can't--be accomplished in 54 crazy hours.  Read more

4 Lessons for Mid-Life Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship doesn't have to be young person's game. Here are four ways those with more experience can make the most of it.  Read more

Why Generosity Is the Most Powerful Networking Tool

A Skimmer's Guide to Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success , by Adam Grant.  Read more

3 Creative Ways to Energize Your Staff 

JJ Ramberg, the entrepreneur and host of MSNBC's Your Business , knows how you can keep your employees enthusiastic throughout the day.  Watch video

A Survey Finds 50% of Owners Plan to Invest in the Second Quarter

The March SurePayroll survey reports a tale of two small business economies.  Read more

Are You Paying Your Employees Too Much?

The last thing you want to do is pay mediocre employees star-level salaries.  Read more

Giving Employees What They Want 

John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO and founder, talks about Obamacare and the benefits of salary caps.  Watch video

3 New Takes on the Business Center

Forget the old-school business center. Check out these three revamped hotel workspaces encourage collaboration.  Read more

Tackle Big Projects Productively: 5 tips

Do you want to be highly productive when approaching a big project? Here are five insights from a Harvard expert to help you start and finish with ease.  Read more

What Your Employees Are Doing When You Think They're Working

It's Friday afternoon. Are your employees actually working? Should you care?  Read more

Just Say No to Micromanaging

Micromanagement could have a huge long- and short-term negative impact on your ability to be effective as a manager.  Read more

Review: Google Keep vs. Evernote

Which is the better note-taking app? Inc. contributing editor John Brandon checks them out.  Read more

Best Advice I Ever Got: Esteban Reyes

Most entrepreneurs are action-oriented--they like to talk and do above all else. But serial entrepreneur Esteban Reyes has closed several multimillion-dollar...  Read more

3 Types of Leaders Who Never Succeed

Do you rise again and again to the very edge of success, only to fall back down? You may be guilty of one of these leadership styles.  Read more

Want to Improve Your Business? Talk to Your Vendors

I find some of the best new ideas come from the companies I already work with.  Read more

5 Most Destructive Phrases in Business

To be a better business leader, you need to avoid these five destructive phrases like the plague.  Read more

Get Rich Quick? That's Not Our Culture 

John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO, talks about his company's salary cap, and what that means for employee culture.  Watch video