Sure, you pride yourself on being fair-minded in all your business dealings. But bias has a way of creeping into decision-making. Here’s how it happens and what you can do to minimize it.
How to Fight Right: 3 Tips
When it comes to conflict at work getting to a Goldilocks moment – not too much, not too little – is hard. Here’s how to get your team to debate productively.
Strange Bedfellows: 4 Companies Surprisingly Getting into the Hotel Business
What do a toy company, a supermarket, a low-cost furniture chain, and a movie studio have in common? They’re all trying to extend their brands—perhaps in embarrassingly awkward fashion—into the hotel business.
Financial Independence? Today’s Young People Don’t Expect It Anytime Soon
In a mere two years, the proportion of teenagers who expect to be financially dependent on their parents until their mid-20s has doubled. That gives us all another reason to feel sympathy for parents who have teenagers right now.
Can Housing Power the Economic Recovery?
Economic recoveries usually begin at home. Even though the housing construction has historically only accounted for roughly 5% of America’s economic activity, that number tends to rise following recessions, placing a …
Make Yourself an Expert
The most valuable people in any organization have deep smarts — business-critical expertise built up through years of experience which helps them make wise, swift decisions. If you wish to become this go-to person in your company, but don’t have the time or opportunity to accumulate all the experience of your predecessors, acquire …
Giveaways Turn Tough Sales into Easy Sales
Offering your product for free may seem counter-intuitive, but it could be just the right strategy to spur sales and growth for your small business.
Dumpster Diver Café? ‘Underground Restaurant’ to Feature Discarded Foods – And No Prices
The practice of “dumpster diving” has been featured in reality TV shows and parodied on “Portlandia.” This summer, foods salvaged from supermarket dumpsters will play a central role in a very unusual Boston-area café.
The Next Big Thing In Corporate-Tax Avoidance
It’s no secret that big corporations are adept at paying as little in taxes as possible, and that one of the most commonly used strategies for tax avoidance is keeping profits earned at foreign subsidiaries abroad in order to escape the U.S.’s relatively high corporate tax rate on those earnings. But according to a recent article in the …
Scared to Prepared: How the Great Recession Changed Our Spending Habits
The sting of the financial crisis can still be felt five years on. But individuals have moved beyond finger-pointing
Gas Prices Almost Never Decline in March—But They Did Last Month
Traditionally, gas prices have risen in the spring and peaked during the high-demand summer months. Last year, though, prices spiked starting in February and reached their highs in early May, before declining slightly in summer. …
Strike the Right Tone in Your Writing
Getting tone right takes work — but it’s critical to the success of your business documents. If you sound likable and professional, people will want to work with you and respond to you.