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Health Education Wanted

A Gallup poll suggests that when a company takes an active role in health promotion, employees listen.  Read more

The Bottom Line

A quick look at some results from a Gallup poll conducted for the American Society of Quality Control in 1988.  Read more

You're Your Own Best Guinea Pig

The Gallup Organization has estimated that each day as many as 29 million consumers receive a direct mail request. And 4 out of 10 people interviewed by ...  Read more

Small-Business Outlook Declines

Owners continue to struggle with lower revenue and higher costs, a survey finds.  Read more

Benchmark: Where Marketing Dollars Go

Some data from a recent Gallup survey of 251 companies showing these companies' top direct-marketing tools.  Read more

The State of the American Workforce

The results from the second annual Inc./Gallup survey provide readers with the skinny on American workers.  Read more

The Happiest Workers in the World

Inc. 's editor-at-large examines the results of a recent Inc. Gallup survey that suggests worker confidence is good.  Read more

Military, Small Business Top Approval Ratings

Americans are three times more confident about small business as they are about big business, according to a recent Gallup poll. The Confidence in ...  Read more

Define Your Web Survey Goals

Before you can design an effective survey, you'll need to define your goals. These include deciding what information you most want to gather, whom you are...  Read more

Measuring Morale

A noted CEO tells readers there is only one way to know how morale is at your company: ask the people who work there.  Read more

A Must-Read List for First-Timers

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: <...  Read more

Ads Targeting Value for Money

With consumers watching their budgets over the holidays, retailers plan to focus on deals.  Read more

Work-Life Not an Issue for Owners

August 10, 2005 --About two-thirds of small business owners are satisfied with how they have balanced their personal lives and work schedu...  Read more

Family Values in Small Business

Chart showing percentage of companies which offer employee leave or unpaid parental leave.  Read more

Passengers to Airlines: No Cell Phones

A recent survey reveals more people prefer to keep cabins phone-free.  Read more

Outlook Upbeat for Women Small Business Owners

Nov. 18, 2004 --Women small business owners feel overwhelmingly optimistic about their business and financial situations, according to a s...  Read more

What do Workers Want?

Highlights of a survey asking employees about a variety of workplace and compensation issues.  Read more

Business Owners Expected to Vote in Record Numbers

Tax cuts, health-care costs, and energy prices -- not Iraq -- top the list of concerns among the nation's entrepreneurs.  Read more

At What Price Happiness? $75,000

A Princeton University study finds that money makes people more satisfied with their lives overall, but doesn't make them happier day-to-day above $75,000.  Read more

The State of Small Business 1996

Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers some comments and an overview of the 1996 special issue, The State of Small Business.  Read more

Great Advisors, Facebook, and the Best Recession Blogs

How to assemble a board of advisors. Ever wanted the advice of a proven business veteran? At the Amex OPEN forum, John Marriotti, the president and...  Read more

Best Job Autonomy: People Power

How some companies give their employees job autonomy to capitalize on their first-hand knowledge of their jobs.  Read more

Small Businesses Maintain Optimistic Outlook

Energy costs and rate hikes fail to erode a positive view based on companies’ own successes.  Read more

The 1998 Inc./Gallup Survey: The State of the American Workforce

An examination of the results from the 1998 Inc./Gallup survey of American workers. Here's how average American workers feel about their jobs, management, co...  Read more

Smoke Free Environment

The term smoke free environment is sometimes used indiscriminately to discuss both 100 percent smoke free areas as well as segregated and ventilated areas...  Read more

What Do Workers Want?

Survey results on what employees want from their jobs.  Read more

The Measure of Morale

"So many managers believe you can't measure morale," says Jack Stack, CEO of Springfield ReManufacturing Corp. (SRC), a Springfield, Mo., company that ove...  Read more

Setting Sites: Oh My, Omaha

Dine on the water, explore a rain forest -- and get great tax breaks.  Read more

Writing the Book on Managing Employees

Reviews of seven new business books. Subjects include: employee motivation; the seven deadly sins of business; and tips on running a family business.  Read more

The Upstarts Are Coming

In an excerpt from Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs Are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit From Their Success , Donna Fenn explo...  Read more

Adman Tom Mcelligott

Advertising's hottest creative director explains why "95% of all advertising doesn't work."  Read more

Smarter Hiring, the DDI Way

Some companies spend more time selecting the right copier than hiring the right employees. You can do better.  Read more