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Younger & older workers have different rules & expectations. Here's what Gen Y should learn from more senior colleagues

Younger & older workers have different rules & expectations. Here's what Gen Y should learn from more senior colleagues. This is part of a 2-part series.

How many rules do you have in place at your company? You just might want to get rid of them. Here's why.

When on-boarding new hires, we follow these three guidelines to get our employees behind our (epic) mission, and understand our quirky culture. As it's done at a lot of start-ups, at LevelUp we normally condone the "figure it out" approach to learning. After all, some things are better learned through experience

One bad employee can quickly turn a positive working environment into a divisive and negative atmosphere. The comedian Larry Miller once quipped "I don't understand couples that break up and get back together—especially couples who divorce and remarry. That's like pouring milk on a bowl of cereal, tasting it, and saying, 'This milk is sour

Do other owners kill cockroaches? Here's a look at what I take care of on a typical Wednesday. 1

What happens when an employee disregards--or doesn't hear--a manager's instructions to save the company's Fourth of July barbecue hot dogs for a Labor Day soiree? We are not making this up.

Not only will these new bulbs save you money every month, they'll be tons of fun for amateur lighting designers, and can even increase home security. A Wi-Fi connected lightbulb that'll cost you just an extra buck a pop may sound crazy, but it's a soon-to-be reality that promises to transform your house into a mood-lit, low-power, eco-friendly smart home . That's the suggestion from NXP, a Netherlands-based semiconductor company that invented the Greenchip technology that will be in many Wi-Fi connected lightbulbs on sale by early 2012

Want to know what's behind your energy bill? According to new numbers from the U.S.