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With the U.S. economy under duress, a growing number of experienced workers may find themselves moving from large companies toward smaller professional firms. In recent weeks, several large employers announced plans to trim their work forces — while small companies hungry for top-talent are happy to take in corporate exiles. Read More

U.S. workers are silently suffering from a dramatic lack of sleep, costing companies billions of dollars in lost productivity. Nearly three in 10 workers have become very sleepy, or even fallen asleep, at work in the past month, according to a first-ever study on sleep and the workplace by the non-profit National Sleep Foundation. Read More

A selection of the top 10 articles on critical trust issues as chosen by one of the world's foremost global IP strategists. Read More

A simple but effective way to discover the needs of your employees and customers. Patrick Schaber of The Lonely Marketer shares how a friend is using two chairs and a sign to find out what their employees are thinking. I'm putting this under the category of management, but it fits just was well in marketing. Read More

As the knock-on effects of the credit crunch begin to bite in the small business world, this article examines complementary diversification as a method for spreading your risk across other product/service lines. Read More

Lawmakers in Washington have dithered and debated while the health insurance crisis has grown increasingly worse. At last count, skyrocketing costs have forced 47 million Americans to forego insurance and put their health at risk. The majority of those work in small businesses. At the state level, however, a number of progressive governors, have ta Read More

Online job boards and newspaper classifieds suffered declines in advertising for help, making it essential that small businesses find new ways to reach the people they want to recruit. Read More

There are more than 26 million small companies in America, most of which employ fewer than 20 people. Baby boomers—the oldest 3.2 million of whom are celebrating their 62nd birthdays this year—run a significant proportion of these companies and just might be ready for a little leisure time. But the process of retiring isn't nearly as easy for the Read More

An interview with Seth Godin in which he explains the importance of knowing when to quit. Of course, it's not really about quitting. More like "don't get started unless you're willing to sacrifice and go all the way not matter what." It also seems to be able weighing possibilities better and ignoring all but the low hanging fruit (my take on Read More