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Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

The Value of Peer Advisory Groups

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Aug 1, 1997

Let's face it: despite the advantages of having a formal or an informal board, some entrepreneurs don't wantto spend time recruiting members, planning age...  Read more

The Ultimate Board Game

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Aug 1, 1997

To attract the best advisers, you've got to be networked or nervy.  Read more

Battling a Labor Shortage? It's All in Your Imagination

By Sarah Schafer |  Aug 1, 1997

In the Greater Cincinnati, area business folks have had to become innovative to keep employees from leaving.  Read more

The Learning Executive

By Jim Collins |  Aug 1, 1997

A leading management guru tells why you need to put learning objectives before performance.  Read more

Shopping for Board Members

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Aug 1, 1997

When Steve Joyce, one of four founders at two-year-old Ganymede Software, in Morrisville, N.C., wentshopping for advisory- and formal-board members, he di...  Read more

In Practice: Boardroom Confessions

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Aug 1, 1997

Ever wondered what goes on behind boardroom doors? Below, CEOS share the secrets of the care--and feeding--of boards: What if my board memb...  Read more

Keeping Score of Profits

By Karen E. Carney |  Jul 11, 1997

Walk into a company that has its financial information open to everyone, and somewhere, somehow, you're going to see a scoreboard that reports and summari...  Read more

Tell Us, Dr. Covey: Are Mergers Habit-Forming?

By Joshua Hyatt |  Jul 1, 1997

A senior editor asks Stephen R. Covey whether he worries about his recent merger with Franklin Quest Co.  Read more

Low Rent

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jul 1, 1997

While the price of commercial space varies from region to region, here are five ways to actually save rental money.  Read more

Tactics to Help You Take a Break from Your Business

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jul 1, 1997

If you have a hard time getting away, you're not alone. 10% of CEOs on the 1996 Inc. 500 list say they take no vacation. Terry Anderson is not am...  Read more

Hot Tip: Send Employees Home

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jul 1, 1997

The thought of paying rent could make you want to ditch the corporate office altogether. That's what Janet Caswell did. As Caswell pondered space options ...  Read more

A Loser's Revenge

By Steven Berglas |  Jul 1, 1997

A management consultant and psychologist explains why offspring scorned by a family business can cause big trouble.  Read more

New Recruitment Strategy: Ask Your Best Employees to Leave

By Phaedra Hise |  Jul 1, 1997

A look at how large companies are tapping into the entrepreneurial urges of their employees.  Read more

Working Fathers

By T. Pittinsky |  Jul 1, 1997

A reprint from a current book called Working Fathers: New Strategies for Balancing Work and Family.  Read more

How Often Should I Track Key Numbers?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1997

Daily, argues Ron Friedman, CEO of Stonefield Josephson Inc., an accounting firm in Santa Monica, Calif. "Every morning by 9:30, I receive a printed repor...  Read more

The Fine Art of Finding a Consultant

By Jay Finegan |  Jul 1, 1997

Remember that good consultants aren't always geographically bound; they'll travel, and frequently they can work by modem. The best refe...  Read more

Drop a Dime -- and More

By Sarah Schafer |  Jun 15, 1997

When AT& T orders you to "know the code," it's referring to its 800 number for collect calls. But there are codes it would prefer you didn't know -- codes...  Read more

Office Hours on the Web

By Brooks Mitchell |  Jun 15, 1997

A CEO reviews a software package that allows your computer to act as a Web site miniserver.  Read more

More Show, Less Tell

By Jeffrey Epstein |  Jun 15, 1997

A company president finds a new presentation software package provides too much text and not enough action.  Read more

Industry Bottoms Out, Disposes of Diaper Service

By Phaedra Hise |  Jun 1, 1997

After it failed to diversify, a diaper-delivery service found it had to file for Chapter 7 after decades of operation.  Read more

The Zero-Defect CEO

By Joshua Hyatt |  Jun 1, 1997

More and more CEOs are turning to business coaches to help them improve their business skills.  Read more

Worker, Rule Thyself

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jun 1, 1997

Sure, you sometimes ask your employees for input on human-resources-related issues. But would you turnthe entire department over to them? Believe it or no...  Read more

'You Can't Fire Me, I'm an Owner!'

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Jun 1, 1997

Experts warn that once you give an employee stock in your company, your relationship changes forever.  Read more

Nine Habits of Highly Effective Salespeople

Jun 1, 1997

Top Salespeople... 1. Spend 60% to 70% of a sales call letting the customer talk. 2. Are better than others at recognizing ...  Read more

My employees want another holiday. What should I do?

By Mike Hofman |  Jun 1, 1997

Employees were asking Howard Meditz, president of Marquardt & Roche/Meditz & Hackett, a marketing agency in Stamford, Conn., for an additional paid ...  Read more

Stay the Course

By Jack Stack |  Jun 1, 1997

A noted small-business CEO explains why you should never, (ever!) change your annual plan in the middle of the year.  Read more

Crossover

By Heather R. McLeod |  May 15, 1997

Nonprofit leaders look, think, and act more and more like entrepreneurs, and here is your chance to meet a few.  Read more

Creators of the New Economy

By Tom Richman |  May 15, 1997

A look at why, in the new economy, amateur entrepreneurship is over, and how the professionals are now in control.  Read more

Churn, Baby, Churn

By Jerry Useem |  May 15, 1997

Some experts explain why all the turmoil associated with the new economy is actually good for us.  Read more

The State of the American Workforce

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  May 15, 1997

The results from the second annual Inc./Gallup survey provide readers with the skinny on American workers.  Read more

Labor-Union Disharmony Silences Symphony

By Phaedra Hise |  May 1, 1997

Because of a small market and union problems, the Sacramento Symphony went bust.  Read more

Get Dumb and Grow Rich

By Michael S. Hopkins |  May 1, 1997

Inc.'s executive editor spends some time with an entrepreneur who sells his ignorance, not his expertise.  Read more

Start-ups Target Old Bosses as New Customers

By Jerry Useem |  May 1, 1997

More and more employees are leaving large corporations and starting businesses with their old employers as customers.  Read more

BOOM!

By Steven Berglas |  May 1, 1997

A management consultant explains why a little conflict is good for your business.  Read more

Courtroom Losers

By Jay Finegan |  May 1, 1997

Various legal experts explain why entrepreneurs make lousy witnesses and what to do if you have to take the stand.  Read more