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My Unexpected Research Partner Was My Daughter

Jeffrey W. Rubin | Posted 06.13.2013 | Parents
Jeffrey W. Rubin

Only glimmers of light showed through the hotel windows. "This will make a great story," Emma suggested gamely. Where had I brought my daughter, I worried, and how could I keep her safe?

Three Clues Your Group Is Dumb (And How to Fix It)

Edward Muzio | Posted 06.12.2013 | Business
Edward Muzio

The research is clear: Groups working together in the right ways to solve shared problems produce clever, rational, highly intelligent solutions, surp...

What Successful Women Do Right

Bhanu Narasimhan | Posted 06.11.2013 | Women
Bhanu Narasimhan

True success extends to both the material and inner realms. It is not just about getting promoted at work, accumulating a lot of money or appearing on magazine covers.

Introducing: A Functional Family

Maureen Anderson | Posted 06.06.2013 | Small Business
Maureen Anderson

Each child is responsible for a different aspect of the business. The older boys are in charge of the goats -- milking them, cleaning up after them, keeping them fed. An older girl is in charge of customer service. The younger ones bag the soap.

5 Ways To Work Successfully With A Younger Boss

Paul Bernard | Posted 05.15.2013 | Fifty
Paul Bernard

It's no secret that the longer you work, the more likely it is that you'll eventually report to someone who's younger than you are. And as more boomers push off retirement in response to a challenging economy or simply because they prefer to work, the younger boss-older subordinate phenomenon is becoming more common.

Our Mothers Played Hard and We Won

Kim Turner | Posted 05.10.2013 | Women
Kim Turner

From grandmother to mother to daughter, the women in our family experienced firsthand the many gifts of sports, but also the academic and professional advantages. Sports gave us a sense of ourselves, our power, and the willingness to dig deep to turn challenging situations around.

A Chief Marketing Officer for Your Small Business?

Melody Stevens | Posted 06.12.2013 | Small Business
Melody Stevens

Do you already have someone like this in your company? Or, does this sound more like a dream? What if all these tasks were off your plate?

Are You a High-Performing Pain in the Neck at Work?

Robyn Greenspan | Posted 06.01.2013 | Business
Robyn Greenspan

Given a choice between an "A-Player" with a bad attitude and a "B-Player" with a good attitude, senior managers overwhelming choose disposition before qualifications.

A New Pope for a New World

Robert C. Crosby, D.Min. | Posted 05.18.2013 | Business
Robert C. Crosby, D.Min.

Teaming is not only an important skill for Christian leaders and workers; it is fast becoming the skill of the age.

Save the World With Collaborative Leadership

Jeffrey Walker | Posted 05.11.2013 | Impact
Jeffrey Walker

We still have a lot to learn about how to create long-lasting, cross-cutting, highly effective collaborations. New models are being devised and tested every day. But there's no doubt that collaboration will be key to the future survival and success of humankind.

How You Play the Game: 5 Business Lessons Learned From Sports

Bill McBean | Posted 04.24.2013 | Small Business
Bill McBean

In sports, it's never just one thing that creates a winning team. It's a combination of a number of factors and how they are implemented. It's the same in business, because successful businesses have to do a number of things well -- every day -- in order to serve customers and create value.

Influencing Your Team's Culture

Connie Dieken | Posted 04.23.2013 | Business
Connie Dieken

As a leader, you shape the culture of your team. You have the opportunity - and responsibility - to transform a collection of individuals into a high-performing group.

Your Start-Up Life with the Woman Who Remade New York

Rana Florida | Posted 04.20.2013 | Business
Rana Florida

Your Start-Up Life is a business advice column by Rana Florida, Author of Upgrade (McGraw-Hill, September 2013) and CEO of the Creative Class Group. ...

The 27 Best Practices of High Performing Volunteer Organizations

Mitch Ditkoff | Posted 04.08.2013 | Impact
Mitch Ditkoff

Chances are good that you've had the experience of being a volunteer of some kind for a worthy non-profit organization -- local, national, or international. I've identified 27 best practices that high performing volunteer organizations abide by.

How A Football Mindset Can Transform Your Company

Culture-ist | Posted 04.03.2013 | Small Business
Culture-ist

As baseball player Yogi Berra once said, "if you don't know where you're going, you probably won't get there." Football teams know where they're going. But do you and your company?

The Skill of the Age

Robert C. Crosby, D.Min. | Posted 02.26.2013 | Business
Robert C. Crosby, D.Min.

What is the chief skill needed to not just survive, but thrive in today's world? No one would argue that things aren't rapidly changing -- arguably more than at any other time in history. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep up and, in some cases, keep together.

Your Start-Up Life: Break the Rules, but Do So Brilliantly (PHOTOS)

Rana Florida | Posted 02.26.2013 | Business
Rana Florida

David Stark, President and Creative Director of David Stark Design and Production breaks the rules nearly every day. He makes the point that if creativity is the core driver of his business, its solid foundations and discipline play just as great a role in its success.

Ideas for Introducing Team Flexibility

Allison O'Kelly | Posted 02.18.2013 | Business
Allison O'Kelly

Flexibility is a business strategy engaging the entire workforce and not just a particular employee segment. The process does not have to be overwhelming.

Former Navy SEAL and Author Arms Civilians With Tools to Combat Fear, Forge Self-Confidence

Lauren Drell | Posted 01.20.2013 | Impact
Lauren Drell

"I figured in terms of the lifestyle trajectory I was on, I probably would have been dead in about six months, so I was like that's probably not a good thing."

Your Start-Up Life: Don't Manage, Lead

Rana Florida | Posted 01.20.2013 | Business
Rana Florida

Some might know Don Tapscott as a management guru, a much sought after speaker at global forums and the author of bestselling books. I know him as a talented musician, an all-around creative thinker, and great friend.

Jason Mraz's '93 Million Miles' Video, Plus a Conversation With Andre Williams and Blood Company & TeamWork Team Up

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.18.2013 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

You probably can guess what's 93 million miles away, but check out this sweet video, which was directed here on Earth by Jeff Coffman and recorded during Mraz's recent appearance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado.

Mounting the Dragon

Nikki Stone | Posted 01.08.2013 | Sports
Nikki Stone

Aerial skiers are all apprehensive every time we make our way down the unstable plastic material launching us into the summer training pool.

If Bain Capital Had Run the Country the Last Four Years

Anne Phillips | Posted 01.02.2013 | Business
Anne Phillips

If Bain Capital had been elected and took over in 2008 to manage the country -- would they have said they could have done it in four years? This would have been far worse than any ailing business they could possibly have tried to turn around.

We're All in This Together

Peter A. Georgescu | Posted 12.31.2012 | Politics
Peter A. Georgescu

As it happened, Sandy turned out to be every bit the horrific storm it had been anticipated in the worst case scenario. Among the hardest hit was New...

10 Ways You Make Yourself (And Everyone Else) Miserable

Posted 10.26.2012 | Small Business

By Jeff Haden, visit Inc. Happiness--in your business life and your personal life--is often a matter of subtraction, not addition. Consider,...