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Repairing the Rift Between Businesses and the Public

John Friedman | Posted 05.14.2013 | Business
John Friedman

The bottom line is, people are not willing to be cuckold again, and so they are very, very reluctant to trust, particularly those same companies that hurt them. One can hardly blame them (us). So here's my prescription for restoring a healthy relationship between businesses and the public.

Mothering Our Mother Earth

Toni Nagy | Posted 05.09.2013 | Green
Toni Nagy

Sadly, humanity is taking advantage of our planet like an ungrateful teenager. Let's clean up our room and show our Mother Earth some respect.

Telework Supernova

Cindy Auten | Posted 05.08.2013 | Business
Cindy Auten

Hosted by Mobile Work Exchange, Cisco, and Citrix, Telework Week 2013 attracted people with more force than ever before.

Unhealthy Employees Are Killing Your Bottom Line

Ben Greenfield | Posted 05.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Ben Greenfield

Instead of viewing health care coverage as something that employees use after they get sick, take a more proactive approach to keeping employees healthy -- and everyone will see more money in the coffers and less junk in their trunks.

Five Hidden Company Killers

Jack Garson | Posted 04.30.2013 | Small Business
Jack Garson

Some company killers are obvious. Competition. Obsolescence. Too much debt. They're sexy problems. They make the headlines and you're already aware of them. But there are hidden threats that you don't even know exist.

Should Employers Try to Make Their Employees Happy or Satisfied?

Amanda Schneider | Posted 04.29.2013 | Small Business
Amanda Schneider

Should it be a goal of the workplace to make employees happy? Or is striving for satisfaction enough? Happy workers are likely more productive, and potentially even healthier and more creative. But can a physical workspace really create happiness?

Why Your Company Needs a Social Media Policy

Josh Tolan | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business
Josh Tolan

You can't stick your head in the sand and hope the social media problem fixes itself. It's time to construct a social media policy for your company.

Retaining Great Employees

Dr. Ricardo Azziz | Posted 04.22.2013 | Business
Dr. Ricardo Azziz

Building a team is one of the principal roles and goals of leadership. This means, to a great degree, getting the right people on the bus and in the right seats.

Suggestions for Improving the Employee Suggestion Box

Chris Curtin | Posted 04.17.2013 | Business
Chris Curtin

Encouraging today's workers to focus on innovation -- and to bring their ideas forward -- requires, yes, innovative approaches from an organization's leaders. The success of your innovation programs depends much on how you engage the people whose ideas you are soliciting.

Where's The Innovation? 3 Tips To Inspire Your Workforce

Josh Tolan | Posted 04.16.2013 | Business
Josh Tolan

Forget for a second the troubled economy -- it looks like America might be having an innovation crisis. Many employees are more than happy to go into work, put in their hours, complete their assigned tasks and go home. What happened to the daydreamers?

How to Become Indispensable at Work

Felix Tarcomnicu | Posted 04.15.2013 | Business
Felix Tarcomnicu

Do the best you can to come up with excellent outputs on time and within the budget allotted for you. Illustrate your rapport with your team and make an effort to bring the best in them. Through this, you are not just building a good reputation for yourself but also for those of your teammates.

Creating Company Culture That Cares About Caregivers

Sherri Snelling | Posted 04.08.2013 | Fifty
Sherri Snelling

As America tunes in for another season of TV's "Mad Men," I thought about the workplace changes being played out on the series. If Matt Weiner could flash forward to today's work environment, I hope he'd show the biggest issue facing America's workers today: caregiving.

What's Behind the Momentum for Paid Sick Days?

Ellen Bravo | Posted 04.01.2013 | Business
Ellen Bravo

In just two weeks, the movement for paid sick days has seen three victories -- in Portland, Ore., Philadelphia, and most recently, New York City. Local coalitions in each place encountered fierce opposition, and yet the wave of wins continues. Why now?

Productivity Tricks to Beat the March Madness

Josh Tolan | Posted 03.25.2013 | Business
Josh Tolan

Along with March Madness comes betting, dreaming up the perfect bracket, and ignoring productivity. For employers, March is likely to make them mad over how much money they're losing thanks to worker distraction.

A Sick Leave Bill Is an Insult to Employers and Employees

Gene Marks | Posted 03.22.2013 | Small Business
Gene Marks

I can't be trusted to come up with my own policy for my employees? I care so little for my people that I would try to take advantage of them when they're feeling ill? I need the city to tell me when I should pay them for staying at home?

Humanizing the Workplace

Mitch Ditkoff | Posted 05.19.2013 | Business
Mitch Ditkoff

People who work in corporations seem to be crankier than ever. Harried. Hassled. And in many ways, behaving more like human doings than human beings.

Could Downtown Vegas Become the Next Hub for Startups? (WATCH)

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.11.2013 | Technology
Shira Lazar

Zappos founder and CEO Tony Hsieh stopped by the Samsung Blogger Lounge to discuss the revitalization project of Downtown Las Vegas, the new SXSW v2v program, and incredible predictions for the future of business and technology.

5 Ways Hope Impacts Your Health

Paula Davis-Laack | Posted 05.07.2013 | Healthy Living
Paula Davis-Laack

Your level of hopefulness impacts how well you age, how you take care of your health, and how productive you are at work. Being a hopeful thinker about the future will help you build your resilience and give you yet another tool for handling stress, change, and adversity.

The Relationship Perils of Job Loss: Rebranding Work and Workers

Robert Hall | Posted 05.06.2013 | Business
Robert Hall

As the structure of work changes, so do our relationships and our society. It is the magnitude of this change that now warrants our urgent attention.

Bridging the Gap: Enrolling Employees Into Your Company Culture

Nick Friedman | Posted 05.05.2013 | Small Business
Nick Friedman

You've worked hard to create a solid company culture. But without incorporating, and even more importantly, enrolling your employees into this culture, its benefits to the success of your business are moot.

10 Jobs Where Workers Are Most Likely To Hate Their Boss

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.27.2013 | Business

Hate your boss? You might want to blame your career choice. The job site Payscale ranked the jobs where workers are most likely to hate their mana...

Are You Working Harder, Smarter?

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 04.27.2013 | Small Business
Mary Ellen Biery

Preliminary estimates show that private-company sales increased nearly 8 percent in 2012, and net profit margins, on average, increased to around 8 percent from around 5 percent in 2011.

Mergers Mean Mastering High-Stakes Change; Four Emotional Triggers Leaders Must Pull

Susan Battley | Posted 04.22.2013 | Business
Susan Battley

After a long, dry spell, mergers and acquisitions activity is heating up.

Going Up! The Five Levels of Business Success

Bill McBean | Posted 04.02.2013 | Small Business
Bill McBean

Do they have the qualities successful owners have? Or if they are expanding, do they have the energy, experience, and talent to operate a larger business?

Stella and Chewy's Founder and President on Making the Jump from Fashion to Pet Food

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 03.23.2013 | Business
Dr. Sasha Galbraith

Marie Moody, Founder and President of Stella & Chewy's, a multi-million dollar pet food company, reflected on her company's history as we were sitting in a café in New York City.