Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

Extra, Extra, Read All About It

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Assigning employees the task of keeping up with changes in technology and the industry.  Read more

The Chalice and the Blade

By Susan Marks |  Oct 1, 1990

CEO recommends reading The Chalice and the Blade to help leaders understand successful management styles.  Read more

Inside Job

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Chart depicting the percentage of Inc. 500 companies with outsiders on their boards.  Read more

Many Happy Returns

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Oct 1, 1990

Interview with a successful travel agency CEO who puts his employees first, not his customers.  Read more

Meetings

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Chart illustrating the time wasted in meetings.  Read more

Tapping the Big Boys

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Recruiting through human resources departments of corporations that are downsizing.  Read more

How User Friendly Is It?

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Chart on what executives use to write letters.  Read more

Dollars for Kudos

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Giving and taking away monetary incentives for customer compliments and complaints.  Read more

Text-Search Software

By Cary Lu |  Oct 1, 1990

Software which allows users to locate missing computer files.  Read more

Second Founding

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Turning an annual company party into a motivation-building bash.  Read more

Flexible Spending

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1990

The advantages of setting up a benefits' system of flexible spending accounts.  Read more

Newsbreakers

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Sep 1, 1990

News blurbs about three businesses.  Read more

Top On-The-Job Stress Points For Managers

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1990

Chart depicting stress points for managers.  Read more

The Art of War

By James Bender |  Sep 1, 1990

CEO recommends reading The Art of War to help business owners understand the nature of competition.  Read more

Passing the Hat...Again

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Sep 1, 1990

Offering more stock to shareholders (a rights offering) may be the best way to raise new capital.  Read more

The Real Cost of Customer Service

By Paul B. Brown |  Sep 1, 1990

Profile of an automotive services business where fanatical attention to customer service allows for huge margins.  Read more

Go East, Young Man

By Frank H. Jellinek Jr. |  Sep 1, 1990

First-person account of a joint venture in Eastern Europe.  Read more

The Open-Book Managers

By John Case |  Sep 1, 1990

Why many CEOs are adopting open-book management styles.  Read more

ESOP Alternatives

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1990

Book outlining alternatives to ESOP plans.  Read more

Sick Time or Money

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1990

Giving employees incentives not to take sick days.  Read more

Positive Protest

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1990

Taking employees out for pizza to air grievances and to discuss issues.  Read more

Tackling Trucking Turnover

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1990

Creating incentives for truck drivers to operate more efficiently.  Read more

Have It Your Way

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1990

Giving employees a choice between two compensation programs.  Read more

I Want to Take You Hire

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1990

Having employees hire the people with whom they'll be working.  Read more

What Chief Executives Read

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Sep 1, 1990

Profiles of successful entrepreneurs, their favorite books, and how reading helps them run their companies.  Read more

Network: August 1990

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

After the Sale

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1990

Five ex-owners reveal the hidden emotional costs behind the decision to sell out.  Read more

Hot Product, Cold World

By Joshua Hyatt |  Aug 1, 1990

Profile of a beverage start-up and the emotional pain of bankruptcy and failure.  Read more

Where Have You Been?

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Chart depicting where Inc. 500 CEOs were before working at their Inc. 500 company.  Read more

Tailor-made boards

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Using an advisory board to help plan for the future.  Read more

Owners Need Not Apply

By Jim Mullen |  Aug 1, 1990

First-person account of the organizational benefits of delegation.  Read more

Rising Rates

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Chart on the rising rates of insurance premiums.  Read more

Building trust

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Trusting employees with keys to the store.  Read more

Frame of reference

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Measuring the credibility and work ethic of potential employee's references.  Read more

Calm before the storm

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Creating a comfortable conference room for brainstorming sessions.  Read more