Leadership


Recent Leadership Articles

Are You Rich Yet?

By Thea Singer |  Oct 15, 2002

Their wealth may look enormous on paper, but Inc 500 CEOs generally don't describe themselves as rich. You may disagree.  Read more

A Start-up Is Born

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 2002

If you want a successful company, you start by writing a business plan. Right? Then how come most of the 2002 Inc 500 didn't bother?  Read more

The Question, Popped

By Mike Hofman |  Oct 15, 2002

When you're a CEO, your life is an open book. Just ask Michael Elfenbein, whose workers are counting the days until he gets engaged.  Read more

People Person

By Mary Kwak |  Oct 15, 2002

The government specializes in creating employee-related red tape. The Outsource Group, America's fastest growing private company on the 2002 Inc 500...  Read more

Brief Profiles of 2002 Inc 500 Companies

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 2002

Unusual stories and interesting statistics about companies on the 2002 Inc 500 list.  Read more

Mail: October 2002

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 2002

Readers react to recent Inc magazine articles.  Read more

The Fully Managed Family

By Donna Fenn |  Oct 1, 2002

How can a woman run not one but two companies while raising five kids -- including a toddler and an infant? Like this.  Read more

Nickel and Dime: Pennies From Heaven

By Anne Stuart |  Oct 1, 2002

Reining in the high cost of business travel.  Read more

Finance: The Lazarus Play

By Susan Greco |  Oct 1, 2002

With his pie company teetering on the edge of extinction, Gordon Weinberger marshaled a mix of moxie and marketing to snatch it back from bankruptcy.  Read more

The Innovation Factor: The Series

Sep 26, 2002

In its three-part special series on innovation, Inc focused on companies and company leaders that have made innovation an integral part of their bus...  Read more

The Innovation Factor: The Series

Sep 26, 2002

In its three-part special series on innovation, Inc focused on companies and company leaders that have made innovation an integral part of their bus...  Read more

FYI: Life in the Fast Lane

By George Gendron |  Sep 1, 2002

Highlights from the 2002 Inc 500 conference.  Read more

Who Do You Call When No One Has the Answers?

By Michael S. Hopkins |  Sep 1, 2002

Where the smartest CEOs turn for guidance and perspective when company building gets personal.  Read more

The Uber Mentor

By Elaine Appleton Grant |  Sep 1, 2002

If you needed life-changing advice and could make only one phone call, who would be on the other end? For some, the answer is Peter Drucker.  Read more

The Innovation Factor: Inside Innovative Minds

By Mike Hofman |  Sep 1, 2002

In the second installment of our three-part series on innovation, Inc examines in depth the men and women who are coming up with today's market-tran...  Read more

How Innovative Are You?

By Ilan Mochari |  Aug 26, 2002

Inc staff writer Ilan Mochari explains the answers behind the questions of Inc 's September 2002 innovation quiz.  Read more

Finding a Mentor

Aug 6, 2002

Imagine having management guru Peter Drucker as your business mentor. As it ...  Read more

FYI: BYOB

By George Gendron |  Aug 1, 2002

The most recent corporate scandals are likely to accelerate a trend that's been building for years: bring your own business.  Read more

Mail: August 2002

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 2002

Readers react to recent Inc magazine articles. Plus: An update on the MEP and why the Bush administration is significantly cutting its funding to th...  Read more

Dossier: Trade Secrets

By Emily Barker |  Aug 1, 2002

Stephanie Black's film Life and Debt challenges a political position that many CEOs support.  Read more

The Innovation Factor: Inside the Idea Mill

By Leigh Buchanan |  Aug 1, 2002

What's better than one blockbuster innovation? A company designed to crank out innovations one after another.  Read more

Strategies: Radical Sabbaticals

By Thea Singer |  Aug 1, 2002

Threatened by downsizing, small companies are making an effort to find alternatives to layoffs.  Read more

Benefits: Taming the Health-Care Monster

By Christopher Caggiano |  Aug 1, 2002

A new kind of insurance plan puts employees in the driver's seat. And the potential savings for company owners look awfully good as well. Could this be the a...  Read more

The Real Cost of Layoffs

By Carole Matthews |  Jul 19, 2002

Many companies use layoffs to help boost the bottom line, but in the long run, such hasty measures cost a company more than they save.  Read more

Short Takes

Jul 1, 2002

Short reviews of three books: practical advice on selling, bringing personal values into the workplace, and managing professional services.  Read more

Archive: Into Cool Air

By Mike Hofman |  Jul 1, 2002

When it comes to new technologies, entrepreneurs are often early adopters. Case in point: the air conditioner.  Read more

FYI: Everything Small Is Big Again

By George Gendron |  Jul 1, 2002

Only yesterday, it seems, bigness was all the rage in just about every corner of American life. But the times, they are a-changin'.  Read more

Edifice Complex

By John Grossmann |  Jul 1, 2002

Why is it that people who build companies become obsessed so often with building buildings, too? And why do they do it like this ?  Read more

Come Fly With Me

By Rebecca Dorr |  Jul 1, 2002

The founder of Comnet gets his highs by taking to the skies in a helicopter.  Read more

Mail: June 2002

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 2002

Readers react to articles from recent issues of Inc magazine. Plus, an update on Tom Danner, savior of software maker Haven Corp.  Read more

Dossier: Secrets From the Fast Lane

By Andrew Raskin |  Jun 1, 2002

Indy 500 champ Eddie Cheever Jr. uses racing skills to win the inside track for his companies.  Read more

In Praise of the Unbalanced Life

By Ron Feemster |  Jun 1, 2002

Dorothy Julian, CEO, single mother, and tugboat-company owner, is never -- literally never -- off the job. Which, thank you very much, is just the way she wa...  Read more

Road Trip: Bullish

By Nancy K. Austin |  Jun 1, 2002

Restaurateur Richard Melman leads us on a tour of the sites and hidden delights of his hometown, Chicago.  Read more

Mail: May 2002

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 2002

Readers react to articles from recent issues of Inc magazine. Plus, an update on 1999 Inner City 100 winner Fitigues Inc.  Read more

Dossier: Praising the Bar

By Leigh Buchanan |  May 1, 2002

Sure, everybody needs a passion, but some passions are of a decidedly different stripe. Meet Steven Schmidt, an ardent admirer of all things bar-coded.  Read more