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If your team is spinning these stories, beware: Your reps either can't or won't do their jobs well.

Are you on the path to domination? Here are the key business traits you should routinely measure and assess to find out.

Does a billion hits a month sound pretty good to you?

People who hold these beliefs tend lack the energy required to create their own success. Don't be one of them

Inclusion draws upon the two-way nature of real human conversation. Yet inclusive communication goes a crucial step further: It extends the practice of back-and-forth interaction in a way that entitles people to give as well as take--to provide their own ideas, and not simply to parry the ideas offered by others

Everyone wants to use the latest technology in the workplace. Here's how to determine whether a new item will be a tool or a toy. When your sales people come to you with the "We need to get ..." requests for new technology, what do you hear?

The secret to increasing your sales is to win the hearts of your sales team. At some point every sales manager watches Alec Baldwin in the 1992 movie, Glengarry Glen Ross, and dreams of the day they can deliver that iconic speech, "As you all know first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado

After the Instagram megadeal and "hoodiegate," Facebook investors may be taking comfort from the COO's leadership. The hit movie The Social Network depicted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a genius among slackers

Scott Thompson stepped down as CEO this weekend after inaccuracies were found on his resume.

Sleep deprivation is a huge productivity killer. One solution is to make naps normal at work.

These common assumptions can be toxic to the success of any new venture. Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the recently published book, The Startup Owner’s Manual , written by entrepreneurs-turned-educators Steve Blank and Bob Dorf. Come back each week for more how-tos from this 608-page guide

Prospective business buyers wont simply take you on your word.

Small businesses often fret over when to hire additional employees.

If you don't understand the answers to these critical questions, your sales operation may be in jeopardy.

You may think you're getting more accomplished by working longer hours. You're probably wrong