Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

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

Minding the Store

By Leslie Brokaw |  Nov 1, 1993

How one of the hottest restaurant chains in the country has managed its rise without chaos.  Read more

The Faxable International Sales-Rep Application

By Vera B. Gibbons |  Nov 1, 1993

A fax form for hiring international sales representatives.  Read more

When English Isn't So Plain

By Michael P. Cronin |  Nov 1, 1993

Company established a program to teach English to its Hispanic employees.  Read more

Legal Aid

By Michael P. Cronin |  Nov 1, 1993

In response to employees already covered by their spouses' health insurance, company added legal services as a benefit.  Read more

Not Just Your Ordinary 401(k)

By Michael P. Cronin |  Nov 1, 1993

Company ties the amount of its 401(k) contributions to profitability, and provides finance classes for employees.  Read more

A Jury of Peers

By Michael P. Cronin |  Nov 1, 1993

CEO instituted a program of peer review instead of traditional reviews by managers.  Read more

Profit Sharing?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1993

A discussion of the benefits of profit sharing for small growing companies.  Read more

Smart Self-Funding

By Michael P. Cronin |  Nov 1, 1993

Self-funding for medical benefits is becoming increasingly popular, but small companies should take precautions.  Read more

How to Impress a Banker

By Bruce G. Posner |  Nov 1, 1993

Credit insurance is gaining ground in the U.S., as a way to preserve capital from the danger of uncollectible accounts.  Read more

Sweetener in a Salty Plan

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1993

One company cut health-insurance costs by limiting coverage and setting up flexible spending accounts for workers.  Read more

When Staffers Track Results

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1993

To make employees aware of cash flow, one company has every employee track numbers.  Read more