Great leaders listen well and often. If you’re serious about improving your listening — and your business in the process — then you’ve got to measure it.
To lead an innovative company that breeds creativity, there are some key things you need to know. Twelve entrepreneurs share their secrets to being a better (and more inspiring) boss.
Being a woman helped Yael Cohen change lives with FCancer. She believes other women in business can follow her lead and use those “feminine” traits to their advantage.
When everything in your business is a priority, how do you cut through the noise and focus on what’s important? Eleven entrepreneurs share their best tricks.
Planning a retreat for your startup employees is no easy task — but it’s worth the effort! To make your business trip a team-building success, here are the top 10 things to consider.
Startups don’t always have to spend big money to get great results. Here are 13 practical ways to adapt your customer service to fit today’s (higher) customer expectations.
Twelve successful entrepreneurs share which traits matter most to them when choosing which employees to promote.
From how to ace the interview to what NOT to put on a resume, 15 startup founders divulge what they’re really looking for from their new hires.
When you’re a young woman who has to manage older reports, age-related drama is bound to happen. Here are 3 tips to stop the conflict before it starts.
It took Vishen Lakhiani several years, mulitple failures and a good deal of anxiety to figure out that the only way to build the business of your dreams is to ignore 99% of the conventional advice.
Startup team members must wear so many hats that “innovator” doesn’t always fit into the busy schedule. Eight YEC women offer tips for keeping your employees thinking outside the box.
By having systems in place, you can more efficiently train startup employees not only in what has succeeded in the past, but also in which failures to avoid.
Lewis Howes shares his top 10 lessons from 2012 on how to be a better, smarter and more balanced entrepreneur, from workout tips to being a man of your word.
Enterprise social networks like Yammer can be a great way to simulate the water-cooler chat many virtual or flex-time offices today are lacking — here’s how.
The can-we-or-can’t-we debate is getting old. Women entrepreneurs (and their male counterparts) don’t need to play the work-life game — they can set their own rules.
When Nicole Smartt decided to ditch her 9-to-5 to become an entrepreneur, it was a risky (but rewarding) proposition — and these character traits saw her through the challenges.
Entrepreneurship and failure go hand in hand. Main Street ROI co-founder Phil Frost shares his 5-step plan to turn your next mistake into a business breakthrough.
Researchers are finding that instructional self-talk can be very useful in work situations, when we need to regulate emotions and make important decisions.
In the 21st century, we have an opportunity to rise to the challenges facing us globally and, using the concepts behind social entrepreneurship, create our own Age of New Enlightenment. But we need help from our political leaders.
Entrepreneurship is a step-by-step process, and you have to crawl before you can walk. Liam Martin shares 3 of his favorite pearls of wisdom, which have helped him grow Staff.com since its inception.
