Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

Actions, Not Words

Excerpts from 'No-Excuses Management' by T.J. Rodgers on how management can improve the way it treats workers.  Read more

Flexi-Worker

Chart showing percentages of survey respondents who have instituted various types of flexible work initiatives.  Read more

State Cash for Child Care

Child-care center got its customers to have their employers sponsor the center so it could receive state funds.  Read more

Executive-Compensation Tips

Ordering information for 'Executive Employment Compensation' by Ross, McKinney, and Armstrong.  Read more

Thinking Flat

Why three Inc. 500 companies opt for non-traditional, flat organizations.  Read more

What 24-Hour Care Means

Explanation of what 24-hour care is and how it could affect small businesses.  Read more

Sign of the Times

Inc. 500 companies are pioneering alternatives to the traditonal suppliers of health-care services.  Read more

Funding While You Faint

Recommendations for Chapter 11 companies that need to raise capital.  Read more

Start-Ups and Blowouts

Chart showing new-business incorporations, business bankruptcies and business failures nationwide by region.  Read more

When's the Right Time to Hire a Sales Manager?

Five CEOs' reasons for hiring or not hiring sales managers.  Read more

Easing Workers' Savings Woes

Company provides low-interest educational loans to employees' dependents.  Read more

Greener Grass

Why one company encourages its employees to seek other jobs and another allows them to return after starting elsewhere.  Read more

Volunteering Your Company

Company allows employees to do volunteer work on company time instead of making donations.  Read more

Carving Out a Perk for Life

Group carve-out plans allow small companies to enhance executive life-insurance benefits.  Read more

What the Experts Forgot to Mention

Model team-based management company still struggles with the complexities of its system.  Read more

Bonuses Prompt Safety Sense

Company uses gain-sharing program to encourage employees to reduce workers' compensation costs.  Read more

What Wellness Means

Chart showing different types of wellness programs and percent of polled companies that offer them.  Read more

Annals of Bootstrapping

Wal-Mart 'economizes' by reversing the charges on long-distance calls and overnight shipping.  Read more

What Is an Entrepreneur?

Harvey Mackay's definition of an entrepreneur.  Read more

Try Before You Buy

New company sends out complete versions of software programs for customers to try before they buy.  Read more

Survival Strategy

Three areas one company focused on to overhaul its internal financial systems and controls.  Read more

Beyond Rolodex

New on-line service links users with more than 250,000 professors and academics worldwide.  Read more

Getting Connected

Ordering information for 'Connected Executives' by Bernard DeKoven on making meetings more productive.  Read more

Instant Rewards for Big Deals

Steve Braccini awards commission checks as bonuses to salespeople when customers convert to long-term contracts.  Read more

Baby Steps

List of resources for companies interested in work/family issues.  Read more

Small Ideas Are Big Hits

Company rewards all employees who submit suggestions, whether they are implemented or not.  Read more

Getting Carded

Clean Duds employees hand out recruiting cards to people who provide them with great service.  Read more

Motivation Inclination

Chart showing amounts of time CEOs spend on various human-resources issues.  Read more

The Productivity-Boosting Gain-Sharing Report

A well-designed weekly gain-sharing report to encourage labor-cost savings that benefit employers and employees.  Read more

Taking Care of Sick Kids

Company collaborated with other area companies to provide emergency child care for employees.  Read more

Teaching Entrepreneurship

Chart showing rates of business formation among ethnic groups in the U.S. versus that of NFTE graduates.  Read more

An Open Company? Are You Nuts?

FaxPoll results show that respondents believe open-book management is a good idea, up to a point.  Read more

No-Strings Reimbursement

Two companies' experiences with reimbursing employees for classes relating to their jobs.  Read more

School Aides

Chart showing ways that companies work with local schools to improve skills of potential employees.  Read more

Lessons from a Botched Buyout

One company's experience shows how not to orchestrate an employee buyout.  Read more