Perks that make your employees happy don’t have to cost an arm and a leg–really.
Use Personal Rituals to Make Changes Stick
How many times have you promised to exercise more, or start meditating, or spend less time at the office? To make changes that last, create rituals — highly specific behaviors that you do at the same time every day (or on specific days you select). Willpower is a limited resource, so use less of it by making challenging activities …
What You Can Look Forward to – and Learn From – Gen Z
They’re a few years from hitting the workforce, but you can already learn from “Gen Z,” those born around the start of the new millennium.
Under the Gun: Businesses Pressured, Punished in States Passing Tough Gun Regulations
States have been passing tougher gun laws with the hopes of preventing another Newtown. But lawmakers are facing the possibility that their efforts to save lives may be killing local businesses and jobs.
Obama’s Budget Would Cap Tax-Advantaged Savings
New IRA limits target the wealthy. But this may be just the start of a raid on America’s nest eggs.
How Much Will It Matter If Student-Loan Interest Rates Double?
The bell has been rung in the next round of the fight over student-loan interest rates, and borrowers could take it on the chin this time. On July 1, if Congress does nothing, the interest rate on federally subsidized Stafford …
Free Lunches at Work? The Tax Man Wants a Bite
In Silicon Valley, the employee perks are the stuff of legend. Parents-to-be at Facebook are given a bonus to help with expenses and extensive maternity and paternity leave. Software company Evernote will pay to have their …
How the U.S. Travel Industry Is Adapting to a Growing Wave of Chinese Tourists
Chinese now spend more on international travel than tourists from any other country. The U.S. travel industry is slowly learning how to attract them
We Talk a Big Game But Don’t Follow Through When It Comes to Saving For Retirement
Like the diet that always starts “tomorrow,” Americans like to say they’re going to get their finances in shape, but then fail to follow through on those good intentions. After the financial crisis gave a lot of us a harsh reality check about the inadequacy of our saving and investing plans, we promised to do better. We’re still …
Four Traits of Great Employees
What makes a great employee? The American Management Association had an interesting take on that recently.
The 5 Big Mistakes That Led to Ron Johnson’s Ouster at JC Penney
In the fall of 2011, Ron Johnson was appointed not just as CEO of JC Penney, but as the savior responsible for breathing new life into one of the dowdiest dinosaurs in American retail. Seventeen months—and many, many mistakes—later, he’s out of a job. What happened?
Get Customers to Advocate for You
When deciding whether to give you their business, prospective customers trust one source of information above all others: their peers. To sell more, you need to get your current customers marketing and selling — advocating — for you.