Management
Watson, the IBM Supercomputer, Might Replace the Loudmouth in Your Meetings
Watson was able to make further suggestions on companies to eliminate from the group of potential targets, essentially generating a shortlist.
Management
How to Run a Team of People Who Never See Each Other
The best tips for running a distributed team while maintaining trust, a cohesive culture, and collaboration.
Management
Scheduling Business Calls Days in Advance Should Be Banned
Obsessing over scheduling serves to postpone calls that should only take minutes for days, wasting both people’s time.
Management
This Is Bill Gates’ Favorite Business Book of All Time
This book has been out of print, is nearly half a century old, and is entirely different from the how-to-manage guides that top many other lists.
Management
How to Avoid Having to Fire Your Best Employees
Even in the smallest of businesses, new managers need to be well managed themselves.
Management
The Most Valuable Keywords to Have on a Tech Resume
At every education level, jobs requiring STEM skills in the US take far more time and money to fill than just about anything else.
Management
The Company That Thinks it Can Finally Solve the Problem of Business Cards
Sansan is trying to pick up where other firms have failed.
Management
What Managers Do When Technology Does Their Work
Roles change when coordination and communication functions are automated.
Management
Threatening to Fire Workers Doesn’t Make Them More Productive
It's harder to do your job when all you can think of is having to find another one.
Management
No Matter What the Boss Says About Flextime, Get to Work Early
Flex-time is not as flexible as you might think.
Management
Technologies Designed to Save Time Are Helping Us Waste It
Time, for the most part, is barely tracked and sucked up by meetings and preparing for them.
Management
The Best Measure of an Employee Is How Well She Mentors Others
What have you done for others lately?
Management
How to Avoid Hiring Selfish People
Look for employees who help people, share credit, and mentor colleagues, without the expectation of payback.
Management
The Best Way to Organize Your Business Communications Is Not to Organize Them at All
An IBM study found that people who do no email organization and rely on search are actually faster at finding emails than those who file them in folders.
Management
Why Managers Shouldn't Focus on Hires Who Will Hit the Ground Running
It's better to think about long-term potential and cultural fit.
Management
Three Management Mantras That Ben Horowitz Says Are Stupid
These persistent management phrases need to be removed from leaders’ vocabularies.
Management
Blame Open Plan Offices for Making Cold and Flu Season Worse
There's nowhere to hide from the guy with a cold.
Management
This Type of Commute Makes People More Miserable Than Any Other
A new study confirms what commuters already know but goes one step further.
Management
How to Negotiate Your Salary When Everyone Knows What You Make
As more companies adopt transparent salary models, the rules of negotiation have turned upside down.
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