Make Money & Make the World Better (& What It Has to Do With Your Brain)
When you do something altruistic, your brain releases a squirt of the neurotransmitter Dopamine, and you feel good. Read more
Perks and Additional Employee Benefits
Recent Perks and Additional Employee Benefits Articles
Employees Doing Personal Chores at Work? Let Them!
Research shows business owners are increasingly relaxed about employees doing personal tasks during the workday. Here's why that's the right approach. Read more
Shake Shack CEO: 'We Want to Be the Anti-Chain Chain'
Can the company achieve global burger domination without becoming a soulless corporation? CEO Randy Garutti explains how he plans to do it. Read more
10 Best & Worst Ways to Spend a Fortune
Attention, Facebook millionaires: Money can buy happiness--if you know the right way to spend. (Hint: Skip the yacht.) Read more
Help Your Employees Be Strategic Thinkers
Ongoing education is a core part of every great business. The investment is small, but the return can be a game changer. Read more
Tie Employee Compensation to Firm-Wide Returns: 6 Steps
Pay bonuses based on your company's overall financial success, and get your employees pulling in the same direction. Read more
What We Get Out of Our Start-up 
James Miller and Samantha Ballenger talk about the upside to running a networking business. Watch video
10 Ways to Motivate Anyone
Understand the unique brain and personality types of your employees to keep them invested in work. You'll see amazing results. Read more
How to Hire in a Bad Economy: 5 Tips
You'd think it would be easier to hire in a bad economy, but it's not. Here's why, and what to do about it. Read more
4 Perks Employees Love
Happy employees are productive employees. Use these perks to retain the people you want without breaking the budget. Read more
Women: More Honest and Hardworking?
What's the workplace really like? A new survey claims women are working their tails off... and men are more likely to play hooky. Read more
Don't Be Like Goldman Sachs: 5 Ways
Regardless of what industry you're in, how can you make sure your company culture doesn't grow toxic over time? Read more
How the Health-Care Mess Hurts Entrepreneurs
Our current health care system is messy and unfair. And it's hurting the competitiveness of our entrepreneurs. Read more
Ditch the Job Descriptions
Job descriptions are about following the rules. Innovation is about challenging them. Which message would you rather have? Read more
Cheers! Hold Your Meeting at Your Office Bar
Think bars are just for unwinding after work? I built one right in my office. Here's why. Read more
How to Hire People You Can't Afford
Need a CFO, marketing pro, or software engineer you can't afford? These companies let you hire almost anyone part-time, and take care of the taxes and paperw... Read more
11 Easy Ways to Make Work Fun
If your employees aren't having fun, they're probably not performing at their highest level. So ease up already and try one of these tactics. Read more
Your Perks Aren't Motivating Your Employees
Frustrated that your office fussball table or employee wellness program doesn't seem to be motivating your team? Here's why your perks are ineffective. Read more
4 Top Myths About Start-up Pay
I've been collecting data about startups and compensation since 2001. Here's what entrepreneurs think they know about startup pay--and what actually happens. Read more
Why Women Want to be Entrepreneurs
Like Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, women are driven to do business better and more flexibly, and make work better for everyone. Read more
4 Rewards That Are More Powerful Than Money
They reinforce positive behaviors, boost motivation, and build employees' self-esteem. Bonus: They won't cost you anything. Read more
8 Things Your Employees Need Most
Forget about raises and better benefits. Those are important -- but this is what your staff really wants. Read more
The Philosophical Quandary of Work-Life Balance
Experts of all stripes offer tips on how to rethink the work-life juggle and escape stress. Here's why doing so is nearly impossible. Read more
Don't Let Employee Feedback Depress You
How to make the most of negative suggestions your staffers make, and improve your company. Read more
Why We Give Unlimited Vacation Time
How will your employees react to unlimited vacation time? Depends on how you answer these three questions. Read more
