Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Articles

Strategic Planning: Small Is Beautiful

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1990

Chart depicting areas in which small companies believe they have an advantage over big-company competitors.  Read more

Figuring Retirement

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1990

Retirement calculator, available through Kemper Financial Services, helps employees plan for their retirement years.  Read more

The Prize Is Right

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1990

Monitoring what motivates employees.  Read more

Casual Contact

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1990

Letting employees dress-down on Fridays.  Read more

Vet Supply

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1990

Using the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program to recruit new employees.  Read more

Beyond the 401(k)

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1990

The benefits of the state-of-the-art executive compensation plan known as the 401(k) wraparound.  Read more

Barbarians to Bureaucrats

By Lacy Edwards |  Jul 1, 1990

CEO recommends reading Barbarians to Bureaucrats as a guide to diverse personality types within an organization.  Read more

Network: June 1990

By Michael P. Cronin |  Jun 1, 1990

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Vote For Your Local CEO

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Jun 1, 1990

CEO-turned-candidate for U.S. Senate discusses his appeal to voters.  Read more

When Less Is More

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

A clothing distributor saves money--and the environment--by doing away with plastic packing materials.  Read more

CEO's Reading List

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

A short review of 'A Whack on the Side of the Head: How to Unlock Your Mind for Innovation', by Roger von Oech  Read more

Personnel Policy: What's On Their Minds

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

Chart: 7 industries and the percentage of companies within each that engage in aptitude and personality testing.  Read more

A Piece Of The Action

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

Publisher allows newspaper production and administrative employees to share in the commissions made on ad sales.  Read more

Tell Us About It

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

CEO holds weekly meetings with her entire company to instill employees with a sense of pride in their work.  Read more

Benefits: Small Time

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

Chart: Percentage of companies that give employees some of the less-common benefit packages.  Read more

Epistle To The Bosses

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

CEO's ask managers to write periodic letters detailing their goals with the company.  Read more

This Woman Has Changed Business Forever

By Bo Burlingham |  Jun 1, 1990

The Body Shop mixes business with a devotion to social causes, inspiring both employees and customers.  Read more

The Great Giveaway

By Elizabeth Conlin |  May 1, 1990

Randi and Debbi Fields, of Mrs. Fields Cookies, have given $5 million to fund cystic fibrosis research.  Read more

A Charge For The Good

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

Help environmental causes by using an 'affinity' credit card.  Read more

Silver Lining, For Some

By Leslie Brokaw |  May 1, 1990

Former municipal comptroller starts his own financial service, helping corporations and cities out of debt.  Read more

Strategic Planning: Acquiring Minds

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

Chart: Survey of companies, asking their reasons for wanting to acquire another company in the next 3 to 5 years.  Read more

Low-Brow Financing

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  May 1, 1990

How to make the most of the source of capital everyone loves to hate -- factoring.  Read more

Newsbreakers

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

Short blurbs about business leaders in the news.  Read more

Customer Prospects

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

When recruiting sales managers for its retail outlet, one company sends out a direct mailing to existing customers.  Read more

Let's Do Lunch

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

CEO brings different segments of his company together over lunch in order to have them solve problems.  Read more

Back To The Basics

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

CEO invests in a speed reading course for all of his employees.  Read more

Benfits: Paid Parental Leave

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

Chart: Survey of consumers asking how long a leave they think an employer should pay for.  Read more

Fork It Over

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

Company president has employees hand out paychecks to each other to bring them closer together.  Read more

Changing Times

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

After a design mishap, CEO consults workers on the kind of workspace they'd like to have.  Read more

The Joy of Leasing

By Bruce G. Posner |  May 1, 1990

Company saves time and money by leasing its employees.  Read more

Two Holes in One

By Elizabeth Conlin |  May 1, 1990

Author of a business best-seller starts a golf camp where executives learn management skills from golf pros.  Read more

From the Hard Goods to Soft Wear

By Leslie Brokaw |  Apr 1, 1990

Industrial manufacturer Allis-Chalmers files chapter 11 then re-emerges as a maker of shoulder pads.  Read more

Managing in the New Economy

By Michael S. Hopkins |  Apr 1, 1990

An economist who studies America's business environment talks to the editors about management and planning.  Read more

Do You See What I See?

By Jay Finegan |  Apr 1, 1990

Owners and CEOs of fast-growing companies discuss the likelihood of national and regional recession.  Read more

Smart Gifts

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1990

How to set up a charitable-giving program and take advantage of IRS incentives.  Read more