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Step 1: Lose the Employee-of-the-Month program. (No one cares about it.) Here's the recognition your staff really deserves. Here’s a fun exercise: Think about an old boss you didn't like.

Research shows that consistently working more than 40 hours a week is simply unproductive. For many in the entrepreneurship game, long hours are a badge of honor. Starting a business is tough, so all those late nights show how determined, hard working and serious about making your business work you are, right

It's great that entrepreneurs are always looking for bright new ideas.

Want to maximize your productivity at home? Here's four tips, and advice from Jason Sadler, who owns Iwearyourshirt.com, a social media firm.

Get out of your garage: A shared office for your start-up company can improve your productivity and help keep costs low. In my recent outreach to keep costs low for entrepreneurs, "solopreneurs" and startups, a recurring suggestion from many of my "start-up warriors" was the idea of working in community. Here's why: Community work spaces bring together people with different backgrounds, thoughts and approaches

We're living in a world of beta tests and products that are released and then improved.

Working overtime doesn't increase your output. It makes you stupid.

Motivation is a hot topic year-round, but particularly in January, the month of fresh starts, checklists, and lofty goals. It's the time of year we try to figure out how to prod our employees to excel, to hit and surpass ambitious targets.

Dont goose near-term results at the expense of long-term value creation.

A life-threatening mistake caused by tech-enabled multitasking prompts Harvard doctors to suggest you kick the habit, and learn to focus. Multitasking , you've probably already been warned, threatens your productivity

Here are six reasons to consider cutting your work week down a day while boosting company morale exponentially. After living within the confines of a four-day work week during the past four months at Slingshot SEO , my first reaction to questions about this unbelievable perk is “Why not?” Small business owners, CEO’s and executives from all over the country ask me on a weekly basis if it really works.

Make these easy tweaks to your sales process to create a huge increase in sales revenue. Want to sell more? Here are 12 simple actions that you can take today that will increase both revenue and profit.

Stress can impede your productivity and adversely affect your ability to accomplish your tasks.

Will it improve company culture?

Will it improve company culture? Sure. But can giving workers all the time off they want also increase their productivity?