Rewarding Innovation


Recent Rewarding Innovation Articles

Inside Chicago's Start-up High School

By Christina DesMarais |  Feb 22, 2012

How an unusual inner-city charter school plans to groom the next generation of tech entrepreneurs.  Read more


6 Ways to Ruin a Company Offsite Meeting

By Jeff Haden |  Feb 21, 2012

Still doing trust falls and scavenger hunts? If you want results, here's how not to run a team meeting.  Read more


11 Easy Ways to Make Work Fun

By Jay Steinfeld |  Feb 21, 2012

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


Chip Conley: How I Overcome Fear

By Chris Mittelstaedt |  Feb 20, 2012

The founder of Joie de Vivre hotels on his new book, Emotional Equations , and the trick he uses to combat paralyzing anxiety.  Read more


The Dos & Don'ts of Managing Independent Contractors

By Susannah Breslin |  Feb 17, 2012

They're a bit like lone wolves--which means they come with different care and feeding instructions than regular employees.  Read more


3 Brilliant Mistakes: How Failure Can Be the Best Teacher

By Nicole Carter |  Feb 15, 2012

Afraid of failing? You shouldn't be. Those who embrace their mistakes can find new meaning in failure.  Read more


8 Tacky Business Moves to Avoid

By Jeff Haden |  Feb 10, 2012

Don't be that person. Seriously.  Read more


The 9 Circles of Customer Service Hell

By Jay Steinfeld |  Feb 8, 2012

Your customers are the cornerstone of your success. So why on earth are you torturing them?  Read more


5 Traits Your Next Freelancer Must Have

By Susannah Breslin |  Feb 7, 2012

Need a good hired gun? Here's what to look for.  Read more


4 Rewards That Are More Powerful Than Money

By Jeff Haden |  Feb 7, 2012

They reinforce positive behaviors, boost motivation, and build employees' self-esteem. Bonus: They won't cost you anything.  Read more


10 Leadership Lessons From a Super Bowl Coach

By Jon Gelberg |  Feb 6, 2012

Moves that every entrepreneur should steal from the Tom Coughlin playbook.  Read more


8 Things Your Employees Need Most

By Jeff Haden |  Feb 2, 2012

Forget about raises and better benefits. Those are important -- but this is what your staff really wants.  Read more


7 Undeniable Truths of Employee Pay

By Jeff Haden |  Feb 1, 2012

To you, their salaries are just a line item in the budget. To your employees, they're much more.  Read more


How to Be the Most Memorable Person in the Room

By Christina DesMarais |  Feb 1, 2012

How will people remember you long after you've found success? You can only hope it goes something like this.  Read more


4 Business Secrets You Should Reveal

By Jay Steinfeld |  Jan 26, 2012

It used to be that showing all your cards in business was the first sign of weakness. Not anymore -- and especially not overseas.  Read more


How to Excel at Anything

By Jeff Haden |  Jan 20, 2012

Hit a performance wall? Here are four ways to break through it.  Read more


The Smartest Dumb Thing I Ever Did

By Jeff Haden |  Jan 19, 2012

Caterina Fake, Chip Conley, Dan Ariely, Susan Gregg Koger, and others on their biggest--and most brilliant--mistakes.  Read more


How Much Success Tax Do You Pay?

By Jeff Haden |  Jan 19, 2012

And how much should you want to pay? The answer: More.  Read more


7 Things Your Employees Never Want to Hear

By Jeff Haden |  Jan 18, 2012

Sometimes, what you say can and will work against you.  Read more


The One Decision Every Great Entrepreneur Makes

By Jeff Haden |  Jan 13, 2012

Good founders benefit from vision and courage. But great founders know their success hinges on this one crucial decision.  Read more


9 Ways to Ruin a Performance Review

By Jeff Haden |  Jan 10, 2012

It's that time of year again. What seems to be another chore to you is hugely important to your employees -- so don't blow it.  Read more


9 Things Business Owners Should Never Say

By Jeff Haden |  Jan 4, 2012

It's time for some tough love. Here's why the most important conversations are the ones you have with yourself.  Read more


Top 6 Management Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

By Jeff Haden |  Dec 16, 2011

The business plan is the easy part. Managing and leading a team? That's where the learning curve gets very steep.  Read more


5 Tools for Innovation

By Michal Tsur & Leah Belsky |  Dec 13, 2011

Startups are supposed to be innovative -- but they can get as bogged down in the details as any big company. Here are five ways to keep the innovative spark ...  Read more


5 Tech Gifts for the Alpha Geeks in Your Office

By John Brandon |  Dec 9, 2011

That guy down the hall in the office that looks like a Star Wars shrine? These gifts are for him.  View slideshow