Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

No More Clock-Watchers

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1994

A manufacturing company allows workers to leave early after they meet their quotas.  Read more

Betting on Recovery

By Phaedra Hise |  Feb 1, 1994

A California company covers all costs for drug-rehabilitaion programs for employees who admit to a problem.  Read more

Bespoke Benefits

By Susan Greco |  Feb 1, 1994

Resources for investigating flexible benefits plans.  Read more

Pressure Drop

By Michael P. Cronin |  Feb 1, 1994

A growing company hired a teacher to lead weekly meditation sessions to reduce employees' stress levels.  Read more

A Canny Way to Fight Fraud

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1994

A company owner has developed a system of checks and balances to discourage accounts-payable fraud.  Read more

Red Flags Rising

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1994

Information for ordering two free guides to detecting accounts-payable fraud, from KPMG Peat Marwick.  Read more

Apples Get Stolen the Most

By Phaedra Hise |  Feb 1, 1994

Apple laptops are stolen more often than other machines are.  Read more

Alone Again, Unnaturally

By Conall Ryan |  Jan 1, 1994

His stint as a CEO over, an entrepreneur returns home to gather strength for his next endeavor.  Read more

State of the Unions (and Why You Should Care)

By Sabel |  Jan 1, 1994

Why unions are necessary for economic reasons and to preserve democracy.  Read more

Words to the Wired

By Michael P. Cronin |  Jan 1, 1994

A fast-growing company contracted an expert in stress reduction to teach employees techniques for reducing stress.  Read more

Dollars for Dialing

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1994

New long-distance debit cards offer convenience and savings.  Read more

Reader Responses

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1994

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Stoking Team-Sales Spirit

By Susan Greco |  Jan 1, 1994

A growing business keeps the team-sales spirit alive with contests that put nonsalespeople onto the sales floor.  Read more

Bottom-Up Bonuses

By Michael P. Cronin |  Jan 1, 1994

An environmental-engineering firm rewards low-level employees first.  Read more

Legal Recourse

By Michael P. Cronin |  Jan 1, 1994

'Stay Out of Court' by Rita Risser discusses all the important points of employment law.  Read more

The Inc. Network

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1994

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

The Health-Care Bill, Today

By Michael P. Cronin |  Jan 1, 1994

A look at what small companies now pay for health-benefits programs.  Read more

Hard Lessons, Well Learned

By Dianne Martz |  Dec 1, 1993

How a mother's devotion to saving her son's life became the inspiration for starting a new business.  Read more

The Entrepreneur of the Year: Our fifth annual company-building awards

By Teri Lammers |  Dec 1, 1993

Introduction and list of judges and winners for Inc.'s 1993 Entrepreneur of Year Award.  Read more

Survival of the Smartest

By Jay Finegan |  Dec 1, 1993

Nourse threw his life savings -- $125,000 -- into the business and borrowed an equal sum from a bank. Then he hired a store designer to help him fulfill h...  Read more

America's Owner

By David Whitford |  Dec 1, 1993

How the owner of the Dallas Cowboys has turned around this financially crumbling team.  Read more

Higher Math

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1993

How a CEO rescued a for-profit hospital from Chapter 11.  Read more

The Entrepreneur of the Year Register

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1993

Profiles of recognition-worthy entrepreneurs from the 1993 Entrepreneur of the Year contest.  Read more

Not So Close, Please

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1993

Excerpts from a survey dealing with employees' perceptions of their companies' work/family policies.  Read more

Homes Away from Home

By Phaedra Hise |  Dec 1, 1993

A comparison of extended-stay hotels, geared to the business traveler.  Read more

How Often Do You Change Sales Pay?

By Susan Greco |  Dec 1, 1993

Results of survey asking executives when was the last time they had changed their sales-compensation plan.  Read more

The Return of Happy Hour

By Michael P. Cronin |  Dec 1, 1993

A company institutes a Kid's Club; at monthly parties, employees share ideas and socialize.  Read more

Employee Swapping

By Michael P. Cronin |  Dec 1, 1993

Instead of making temporary layoffs, one company contracts out idle workers to other local businesses.  Read more

Your Worst Nightmare

By Michael P. Cronin |  Dec 1, 1993

Review of 'Sabotage in the American Workplace,' edited by Martin Sprouse.  Read more

Phone-Fraud Detector

By Robert A. Mamis |  Dec 1, 1993

New hardware/software package protects against phone fraud.  Read more

The Inc. Network

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1993

Reader to reader advice.  Read more

B-School for Beginners

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Dec 1, 1993

An elementary teacher has developed a curriculum to teach entrepreneurship.  Read more

Truth and Fiction

By Steven Bochco |  Nov 1, 1993

The creator of 'Hill Street Blues' discusses why passion is necessary in running a business.  Read more

Single Lines, Many Calls

By Robert A. Mamis |  Nov 1, 1993

New telecommunications system lowers a Corvette dealership's cost of doing business via satellite showrooms.  Read more

The (Handbook) Handbook

By Tom Ehrenfeld |  Nov 1, 1993

A guide to writing the perfect manual for employees you care about.  Read more