Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

A New Twist on Buy-Sell Agreements

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1993

Using cross-purchase agreements in employee equity-sharing deals.  Read more

How to Cut Your Own Pay

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1993

How one CEO tailors his salary to his company's performance.  Read more

Data Backup: Why They Started

By Robert A. Mamis |  Feb 1, 1993

Five reasons computer users give for backing up files religiously.  Read more

Network: February 1993

By Michael P. Cronin |  Feb 1, 1993

Network question and answers: Reader-to-reader advice on a variety of topics.  Read more

Ground-Zero Training

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Feb 1, 1993

A comprehensive guide to establishing employee training programs in small companies.  Read more

The Effective Employee-Feedback System

By Teri Lammers |  Feb 1, 1993

A version of the employee suggestion box encourages company-wide awareness of problems, costs, and possible solutions.  Read more

Who Gets What Benefits?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1993

Chart showing percentage of companies which offer insurance-based benefits to their employees.  Read more

The Continuously Improving CEO

By Jay Finegan |  Feb 1, 1993

How the CEO of a short-line railroad company responded to the challenges which accompany rapid growth.  Read more

When to Switch Carriers

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1993

One CEO's guide to choosing and/or switching health-insurance carriers.  Read more

A Source of Financial-Management Know-how

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1993

Useful minicourses and seminars for controllers and other financial managers.  Read more

Whose Company Is It Anyway?

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jan 1, 1993

FaxPoll results from October, 1992: respondents favor sharing equity with employees.  Read more

The Diverse Work Force

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1993

Three charts depicting diversity in the workplace: diversity increases, managing challenges, accomodation.  Read more

Managing Diversity

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jan 1, 1993

One company owner's management techniques help to make immigrant workers feel welcome.  Read more

Severence Pay

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jan 1, 1993

Some guidelines for establishing a severance pay policy.  Read more

The ADA and Workers' Comp Testing

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jan 1, 1993

An Ergos Work Simulator is an inexpensive and efficient tool for conducting workers' compensation injury tests.  Read more

Psychological Tests: Inside Insight

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jan 1, 1993

Psychological tests may help to determine your workers' optimal working environment.  Read more

Smart Benefits-Plan Reporting

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1993

Federal reporting requirements for companies that provide employees with health, welfare or fringe benefits.  Read more

Relocation: Things Companies Pay For

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1993

Chart shows what percentage of companies will pay for employee relocation costs.  Read more

Network: January 1993

By Michael P. Cronin |  Jan 1, 1993

Network: reader-to-reader advice on a variety of topics.  Read more

How to Get Rich in America

By Edward O. Welles |  Jan 1, 1993

Climb the ladder or start your own company: which is the surest path to financial security for you and your family?  Read more

Into the Black

By Matt Rothman |  Jan 1, 1993

How Starbuck's comprehensive employee-benefits package adds to its bottom line.  Read more

Where Great Ideas Come From

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jan 1, 1993

Tapping the world outside your company for the ideas that will keep you smart.  Read more

Video-Screen Longevity

By Robert A. Mamis |  Dec 1, 1992

Tips on imaginative screen-saver software that can help a visual monitor double its life.  Read more

An 800 Choice

By Robert A. Mamis |  Dec 1, 1992

A comparison of the 800-number services offered by the three major long distance companies.  Read more

News From the Home-based Biz Front

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Dec 1, 1992

New study finds that new home-based entrepreneurs break the traditional mold.  Read more

The Entrepreneur of the Year

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1992

Introduction and list of winners for Inc.'s 1992 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.  Read more

The Hottest Entrepreneurs in America

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1992

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

Overtime Can Cost Your Company

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Dec 1, 1992

How to ensure compliance with the Department of Labor's rules on overtime pay.  Read more

Employees as Family

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Dec 1, 1992

Company president rewards his employees with a spirit of open communication and flexibility in the workplace.  Read more

Who's the Independent Contractor?

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Dec 1, 1992

A legal form company publishes a small book outlining the distinctions between employees and independent contractors.  Read more

Benefits and Quality

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Dec 1, 1992

Chart depicting how incentive structures of motivated and unmotivated companies improve work quality.  Read more

Making Employees Owners

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Dec 1, 1992

Three business owners offer differing opinions on whether or not owners should share equity with employees.  Read more

Disclosing Everything to Employees

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1992

CEO increases productivity by having employees pay close attention to the bottom-line numbers.  Read more

Whose Benefits Are Best?

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1992

Chart showing how different industries compare when it comes to their non-salary compensation packages.  Read more

Outside Advice for CEO Compensation

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1992

Company arrives at fair compensation package for CEO by comparing his salary with salaries of other local CEOs.  Read more