Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

Furnishings from Uncle Sam

By Robert A. Mamis |  Nov 1, 1992

How to get cheap office furnishings and equipment at business and government auctions.  Read more

How to Retain Key Employees

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Nov 1, 1992

Advice from entrepreneurs on how to keep key employees motivated.  Read more

Reference-checking Tips

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Nov 1, 1992

Advice on checking a candidate's references.  Read more

Communicating Benefits by Video

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1992

Purchasing a customized video to explain benefits changes to employees.  Read more

Information by Diskette

By Robert A. Mamis |  Nov 1, 1992

Using interactive computer disks to communicate both internally and with the outside world.  Read more

Network: November 1992

By Michael P. Cronin |  Nov 1, 1992

Network questions and answers.  Read more

The Best Small Companies to Work for

By John Case |  Nov 1, 1992

Profile of the best small companies to work for and their secrets to building a great workplace.  Read more

What Do Workers Want?

By Christopher Caggiano |  Nov 1, 1992

Survey results on what employees want from their jobs.  Read more

What It Takes

By Anne Murphy |  Nov 1, 1992

How some of the country's most innovative and ambitious people managers are trying to build the perfect workplace.  Read more

Have You Been Injured...By Workers' Comp?

By Christopher Caggiano |  Nov 1, 1992

FaxPoll results on whether workers' compensation is out of control.  Read more

How Health-Insurance Costs Compare

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 1992

Chart showing how a company's location affects its insurance rates.  Read more

Stand and Deliver

By Jay Finegan |  Nov 1, 1992

A 24-year-old, street-smart entrepreneur starts her own courier service.  Read more

Reverse Reviews

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Oct 1, 1992

Committing to participative management by giving employees the chance to appraise their bosses.  Read more

How to Buy a Bankrupt Business

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1992

Generating rapid growth by buying bankrupt competitors.  Read more

The Next Generation

By Bruce G. Posner |  Oct 1, 1992

Profile of the 30 Inc. 500 CEOs who are 30 or younger.  Read more

The Enigma of Entrepreneurial Wealth

By George Gilder |  Oct 1, 1992

Essay on entrepreneurial wealth; adapted from Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise.  Read more

The Secrets of Great Planning

By Leslie Brokaw |  Oct 1, 1992

How one company uses strategic planning to set long-term goals and short-term agendas.  Read more

Do You Have a Right to Know?

By Christopher Caggiano |  Oct 1, 1992

FaxPoll results on employee drug and alcohol abuse.  Read more

Constructing a Vision Statement

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Oct 1, 1992

Guide to creating a vision-statement.  Read more

Taking Stock of the Company

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1992

Chart demonstrating that small companies are far more likely than large ones to offer employees stock options.  Read more

Modernizing the Suggestion Box

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Oct 1, 1992

An idea-generating system that gives employees a voice.  Read more

Helping Companies Survive Divorce

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1992

Planning ahead for the potential tax and financial consequences of a divorce.  Read more

Forgery-proof Business Forms

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1992

Security checks and other safe business forms to protect your business from forgers.  Read more

Software Help Around the Clock

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1992

Third-party service that troubleshoots more than 1,000 software programs, 24 hours a day.  Read more

Network: October 1992

By Michael P. Cronin |  Oct 1, 1992

Network questions and answers.  Read more

Network: October 1992

By Michael P. Cronin |  Oct 1, 1992

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Cost-managing Preexisting Medical Conditions

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1992

Controlling health insurance costs with a preexisting medical condition.  Read more

Do-It-(Mostly)-Yourself PR

By Michael P. Cronin |  Sep 1, 1992

Cutting PR costs by using a part-time publicist.  Read more

Lowering Drug- and Alcohol-Testing Costs

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Sep 1, 1992

Lowering the cost of testing employees for drugs and alcohol.  Read more

Great Pay for Great Service

By Susan Greco |  Sep 1, 1992

Paying employees on a commission basis to practice great customer service.  Read more

Eliminating Layoffs

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Sep 1, 1992

A government 'shared-work' program helps cut payroll costs without laying off workers.  Read more

Giving Dead-End Jobs a Future

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Sep 1, 1992

Keeping entry-level staff enthusiastic by providing a career path.  Read more

Appraisal Software Versus Pen and Paper

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Sep 1, 1992

The advantages of using employee appraisal software.  Read more

Testing Options

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Sep 1, 1992

Low cost drug and alcohol testing options.  Read more

Turning Education into a Game

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Sep 1, 1992

Turning a bankwide education program into an enjoyable learning competition.  Read more