How to Cultivate a Culture of Caring
It's not enough to have a great product anymore. Consumers want to buy into company culture. Read more
Team Building
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How to Lead with Courage
You may not make headlines, but even every day acts of courage help others around you. Read more
5 Things Great Mentors Do
Your employees can achieve greater things with your help than they can alone--if you give them a chance. Read more
Why Every Company Needs a Culture Chief
Lara Morrow has a knack for building caring, trusting relationships. So we made her Beryl's queen of fun and laughter. Read more
Are You an Overbearing Boss?
Find out if you are a bossy boss--and, if so, what you can do about it. Read more
The Worst Kind of Question You Can Ask
Stop sucking all the creativity out of the room. When you want ideas and feedback, don't ask for them like this. Read more
Get Rid of Your Worst Employees
Say goodbye to the whiners, losers, and jerks. Four reasons why leaders struggle to let go of the wrong employees--but shouldn't. Read more
Encourage Employees to Speak Up
Silence is not golden. To really know what's going on, you need people around you to say what's on their minds (even if it's not what you want to hear). Read more
Problem with Open Office Plans
Does easy communication outweigh noisy distraction at the workplace? Read more
5 Things Remarkable Bosses Never Do
What you don't do can sometimes make a bigger impact than what you do. Read more
How to Keep a Superstar Employee Happy
Can't offer extra money or a better title? You may not need either to get your top employee to stick around. Read more
When Rivals Can Be Partners 
Lara Miller shares resources with other eco-friendly designers in Chicago, and competes on a global level. Watch video
Weed Out Wannabes; Not Everyone Can Cut It At A Start-up
Nine ways to know if the job seeker you're talking to has the personality, risk profile, and skill set for an entrepreneurial venture. Read more
Confessions of an Ex-Manager
Sure, there were successes along the way. But there were also mistakes--lots of them. An ex-manager reflects on his rookie days. Read more
How to Build a Great Team With Imperfect People
Your goal isn’t to ensure every employee is great; it's to ensure that collectively they'll be great. (There’s a big difference.) Read more
How to Cultivate Collective Intelligence
Unleash your worker bees. The power of swarms and cooperation to attack business problems. Read more
10 Steps to Make Your Employees Smile
A common-sense approach to building a company culture of engagement. Read more
How to Settle Employee Squabbles
The last thing you want to do is seem like you're taking sides. Here's how to handle interpersonal problems more gracefully. Read more
6 Ways to Measure the Success of Any Project
Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently? Make sure your team understands what success should look like. Read more
Why Girl Scouts Become Entrepreneurs
Some 80 percent of women entrepreneurs were girl scouts once. Maybe that's not just a coincidence. Read more
How to Communicate Well With Your Team
Tips to perfect the communication between you and your staffers from Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, and Scott Case, CEO of the Star... Watch video
Attention Goldman Sachs: Time to Buckle Down and Focus on Culture
Here's how--and why it will even improve shareholder value. Read more
All-Hands Meetings: Friend or Foe?
The last thing we need are more meetings, but having a company-wide gathering will allow you to make sure that everyone is marching toward the same goals. Read more
Is Your Whole Team in Sync?
Once your start-up grows to more than 10 people, it's hard to maintain a sense of organizational focus. Here's how we did it at IndieGoGo. Read more
7 Last Minute Ideas for National Employee Appreciation Day
Forgot about National Employee Appreciation Day? Bet your employees didn't. Here are a few quick tips to keep you out of the doghouse. Read more
How to Build Great Collaborations
The power of cooperation and comedy to make useful products. Read more
When to Listen to Your Fear
Self-belief can motivate you to succeed. If you lack it, you may need more resources, experience, or strategy. Read more
9 Things You Should Never Ask Employees to Do
Kill the post-work social events -- among other things -- that might be rubbing your staff the wrong way. Read more
6 Ways to Ruin a Company Offsite Meeting
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
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
How Twitter Can Improve Your Management (in 140 Characters or Less)
Communication has been streamlined to short messages. Your management should be too. Read more
Are You a Psycho Boss?
A recent study shows that you are four times more likely to find a psychopath in the boardroom than on the street. So what? Read more
Business Partners: 3 Essential Ingredients
One individual (or four) may embody these characteristics. In one way or another, you need these three traits to make your business thrive. Read more
Know Your Limitations; You'll Lead Better
The best leaders recognize their weaknesses--and struggle through them. Read more
Bring Out the Nerf Guns at Orientation
When on-boarding new hires, we follow these three guidelines to get our employees behind our (epic) mission, and understand our quirky culture. Read more
