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Whenever I ask managers and business leaders about their most pressing problems at work, I’ve been a bit surprised to hear from so many who say they are struggling with a “bad boss” or a hopelessly toxic work environment. A bad boss is a big problem, and not easily fixed

Recently the world of digital entertainment was rocked by a disrupter known for taking the stage wearing almost exclusively black shirts and jeans. This guy is obsessed with details about how his product should look, sound, and feel to consumers, no matter how or where they consume it. He micromanages pricing and insists on making sure every aspect of how people buy his stuff is as frictionless a process as possible.

The classic holiday story A Christmas Carol can teach us a thing or two about exceptional workplaces. Really.

You want to grow your business but buying your growth may not be the best strategy. We all want to grow our business, which often leads to this question: Why don’t we just buy our way to growth?

The Inc. 5000 company bought Roost to help make it easier for small businesses to engage in social media marketing.

A boom in new incubators is helping to fuel a boom in new tech start-ups.

There are lots of tools designed to help you come up with innovative solutions. But sometimes the best one is a sledgehammer.

Amazon has an app to lure customers out of your stores. EBay's offering incentives to shop online

I've read 21 'best/top/worst' lists so far this year--and most were a waste of time.

Fitness phenom P90X has sold more than 3 million DVDs since its 2004 debut--and this December, sales will surely rise with the holiday release of P90X2.

Fitness phenom P90X has sold more than 3 million DVDs since its 2004 debut--and this December, sales will surely rise with the holiday release of P90X2.

Every money manager I interview is worried that Europe could blow any day now. Here's how to make sure your business survives.

As an investor, I see dozens of e-commerce companies each week. These four qualities separate the great ones from the flops

Keith Ferrazzi offers tips for getting your team to work together more quickly and effectively. Welcome back to part 2 of our 2 part interview series with Keith Ferrazzi–speaker, thought-leader and author of New York Times bestseller Never Eat Alone. (Here’s part 1: Networking Secrets for Sales Calls .) Today Keith’s letting us tap into some of his insights on how to make people more productive when they’re working together, and developing solutions together to the problems that we have, especially in the sales process.

The business plan is the easy part. Managing and leading a team? That's where the learning curve gets very steep.