Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

Resources: Help with Elder Care

By Donna Fenn |  Dec 1, 1995

A list of several companies that offer resource-and-referral services specifically for elder-care issues.  Read more

The Consultant Trap

By Eileen Shapiro |  Dec 1, 1995

A business expert explains there is a time and place for calling outsiders in to help in decision making.  Read more

Pass It On

By John Kerr |  Dec 1, 1995

A profile of the 1995 EOY's Supporter of Entrepreneurship Award and the runners-up.  Read more

Financials? What Financials?

By George Gendron |  Dec 1, 1995

A quick quote from a CFO about the importance of open-book management at his copper mine and why.  Read more

Training: Sales and the Seven Habits

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Dec 1, 1995

Several training programs based on Stephen Covey's best-selling books are profiled.  Read more

Staffing: Seasonal Employee Sharing

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Dec 1, 1995

The problems many companies face hiring and training seasonal workers can be solved by sharing workers.  Read more

Benchmark: Reference-Checking Woes

By Donna Fenn |  Dec 1, 1995

Some results from a recent survey of HR professionals about the inadequacies of reference checks.  Read more

Reference Checking: Getting Information -- Safely

By Donna Fenn |  Dec 1, 1995

Some tips on legal reference checking from an HR expert.  Read more

Interviewing: It's How You Play the Game

By Donna Fenn |  Dec 1, 1995

An HR manager reveals one of his most effective screening tools -- game playing.  Read more

Sundae School

By Amy Miller |  Dec 1, 1995

A CEO tells why it is so difficult to be socially resposible when creating daily business policies.  Read more

Renaissance Man

By Jay Finegan |  Dec 1, 1995

A profile of the 1995 Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year and the runners-up.  Read more

Resource: The Covey Connection

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Dec 1, 1995

Some information concerning the nationwide seminars based on the book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.  Read more

Cause-Related Marketing: An Eye for Free Publicity

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Dec 1, 1995

A quick look at the benefits of one company's involvement with a community-outreach program.  Read more

November 1995

By George Gendron |  Nov 1, 1995

A short quote from the book Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure concerning the need for quick-thinking managers.  Read more

More Pearls from the Master

By George Gendron |  Nov 1, 1995

Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers some comments on Peter Drucker's book, Managing in a Time of Great Change.  Read more

The Discomfort Zone

By Barry Diller |  Nov 1, 1995

CEO of nation's sixth-largest broadcast group tells how the fear of failure must be overcome in order to be successful.  Read more

At the Brink

By Rick McCloskey |  Nov 1, 1995

A cautionary tale of what can happen when the focus becomes exclusively on growth without established goals.  Read more

Breaking Away

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Nov 1, 1995

The CEO of a spin-off discusses the opportunities and dangers of spinning off a business from a major parent company.  Read more

Incentives: The Customer-Driven Bonus Plan

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Nov 1, 1995

A CEO details his company's incentive plan, including the price of such a plan and how well it's working.  Read more

Benchmark: The Cost of Fast Growth

By Susan Greco |  Nov 1, 1995

A look at some statistics explaining what many 1995 Inc. 500 companies are spending on sales marketing expenses.  Read more

Ask the Expert: Where Teams Trip Up

By Donna Fenn |  Nov 1, 1995

An expert in team-building shares some of his insights about patterns common when growth companies try using teams.  Read more

Benchmark: Measuring Team Success

By Donna Fenn |  Nov 1, 1995

Some data showing how satisfied 400-plus companies are with the performance of their teams.  Read more

Teams: Second-Stage Snags

By Donna Fenn |  Nov 1, 1995

An HR director explains some of the snags his company ran into after it established 15 teams.  Read more

Communications: The Joys of Voice Mail

By Phaedra Hise |  Nov 1, 1995

A CEO explains why his most valuable communications tool is his voice mail.  Read more

The World According to the Inc. 500

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Oct 15, 1995

An Inc. writer offers a quick overview of the 1995 Inc. 500 issue and reflects on what the 1995 Inc. 500 list reveals.  Read more

Once Burned

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Oct 15, 1995

Several Inc. 500 CEOs explain how they revamped their hiring practices after having problems with past new hires.  Read more

When to Go Pro

By Donna Fenn |  Oct 15, 1995

Two Inc. 500 CEOs explain the way they approached hiring a management team, and what influenced that approach.  Read more

The Fan Versus the Businessman

By David Whitford |  Oct 15, 1995

The techniques of two CEOs from the same region who sell soccer equipment by mail are compared and contrasted.  Read more

Trade Shows: Brochures Direct to Customers

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Oct 1, 1995

A marketing expert explains how and why she sets up on-site fax-back services at trade shows.  Read more

Operations: Watch Your Postage Meters

By Phaedra Hise |  Oct 1, 1995

A CEO explains how costly a freight mistake can be.  Read more

How to Get a Job With an Inc. 500 Company

By George Gendron |  Oct 1, 1995

Inc's Editor-in-Chief gives readers a proven approach to landing a job with an Inc. 500 company.  Read more

The 10 Commmandments of Hypergrowth

By John Case |  Oct 1, 1995

The secret to fast growth is in planning and training, but it's dangerous too.  Read more

Benchmark: Sales + Happy Customers = Bonus

By Susan Greco |  Oct 1, 1995

Some statistics concerning the percentage of companies that link customer satisfaction to pay.  Read more

Training: Put Your Tips On Tape

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Oct 1, 1995

A marketing expert explains how he uses audiotapes to keep his company's salesforce up to speed with new products.  Read more

Hiring

By Donna Fenn |  Oct 1, 1995

Hiring by consensus is profiled in this brief piece about sharing various management duties in a small company.  Read more