Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

Cutting Overtime

Survey: Six techniques for cutting overtime and the percentage of managers and workers who found them effective.  Read more

Small Businesses May Lag in Retirement Benefits

Study claims owners are not meeting employee expectations regarding savings plans.  Read more

Employee Reward and Recognition Systems

In a competitive business climate, more business owners are looking at improvements in quality while reducing costs. Meanwhile, a strong economy has resulted...  Read more

Smoke Free Environment

The term smoke free environment is sometimes used indiscriminately to discuss both 100 percent smoke free areas as well as segregated and ventilated areas...  Read more

Labor Unions and Small Business

Related Terms: Employee Strikes ; Read more

Small Business to Get More FCC Consideration

FCC overlooked impact of number portability on small telecom firms.  Read more

'My Path Began With Michael Jackson' 

A dinner with singer Michael Jackson inspired Mallika Chopra to start a business with a social mission.  Watch video

Build a Business With Clear Goals 

Mallika Chopra, daughter of Deepak Chopra, talks about her path to creating Intent.com, a spiritual social network.  Watch video

Motivating Employees

Employee motivation can be as individual as the people who work for you. We've gathered the best and most interesting techniques to help you motivate employees.  Read more

A "Perfect" Near Death Experience 

A plane crash gave Ric Elias the push he need to re-prioritize and give up control of Red Ventures, the sales technology firm he co-founded.  Watch video

"Think of Me as a Friend Who's Always Right" 

Serial entrepreneur Howard Tullman quotes a leadership tenet written on a work of art in his collection.  Watch video

Menlo Innovations: Taking Teams to the Next Level

Software design company Menlo Innovations believes in team work. So everyone works together in pairs, sharing one computer and one mouse.  View slideshow

5 Reasons to Start a Business in Detroit

Despite the decline of its vital auto industry, Detroit aims to become a more diversified, sustainable economy for the 21st century. Here are five reasons wh...  Read more

Inc. 5000: The Engines of the Economy

The Inc. 5000 created 370,592 jobs in the last three years. Find out which companies have the most employees, those that have added the most jobs, and more.  Read more

Entrepreneurs Climb A Mountain Every Day 

Howard Tullman, founder of Tribeca Flashpoint Academy, a digital media vocational school, describes why he loves being an entrepreneur, despite the many chal...  Watch video

Brodsky by the Bay

Guest post by Jeffrey Perry, CEO, Vista Imaging Services, Inc. Jeff Perry is an inaugural member of Inc. Business Owners Council's San Francisco-Silicon chapter  Read more