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Here's how George Washington created consensus among a group of strong-willed men representing states at the most important meeting of all time: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 What can you learn about leading a meeting from our founding fathers?

If your team spends its days asking for permission before executing, taking an hour to complete expense reports or time sheets, attending redundant meetings, or answering irrelevant emails, you’ve got a problem. Processes are supposed to help organizations scale up, improve efficiency for new hires and existing employees, and so on--but they can quickly get out of control.

Deceased rapper Tupac Shakur came back to the stage via hologram. What does that have to do with your IP strategy? Plenty.

A major telecommunications company once commissioned some research to find out which attributes best predicted long-term leadership success.

American workers don't have the skills they need to stay relevant. It's our responsibility as business leaders to train our workers and make our nation more productive.

Being a great mentor requires more than experience and time. Learn to weave the right web

Detroit isn't a blank canvas. Instead, it's a complex scene that has everything an entrepreneur needs to start his dream company, Josh Linkner writes. "Detroit is a blank canvas." I cringe every time I hear this phrase, even though it's used by people who mean well.

The power of cooperation and comedy to make useful products. As much as we may love the romantic idea of creativity as a solo, heroic activity, the truth more often is that innovation requires collaboration. We need other people to refine, develop, and test our ideas; that's one of the reasons we do so much work in teams

If your business model has run out of steam, you cant afford to wait. Here are six steps to help you make difficult strategic decisions more quickly

Indigo Johnson founded Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week Careers In Transition to help organizations get the most out of their workers. As applications for the 2012 Inc

Apple is in full-court press mode in response to flack the company has taken about poor working conditions at its supplier factories. On Monday, Apple issued a press release saying it will allow the Fair Labor Association to begin inspections at Foxconn , letting the FLA conduct audits of its its workplace environments and interview thousands of its employees on topics including safety, compensation, and labor hours. Today, at Goldman Sachs' technology and internet conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook stressed the company's commitment to safe workplaces and fair employee treatment.

Advice to help you be more confident, manage more effectively, and sell more than you think you can. I love listening to smart people. I don’t like listening to smart people when they pretend they developed the wisdom they impart all on their own—like a Stephen Hawking fairy flew down and touched them on the head with a Wand of Wisdom.

Rufflebutts founder Amber Schaub reinvented the bloomers from her youth, which led to a full-fledged childrens apparel company she now runs with her husband. As we process applications for the 2012 Inc.

At age 27, Danny Meyer abandoned plans to go to law school and decided to open Union Square Cafe in New York City--a decision about which New York City's food lovers are eternally grateful. In the 25 years since, Meyer has opened 28 restaurants and--incredibly, given the cutthroat nature of the New York restaurant scene, where restaurants open and close more frequently than subway doors--he has only shut one down. Meyer's Union Square Cafe, Eleven Madison Park, and Gramercy Tavern consistently appear on most major New York top restaurant lists.

A 28-year-old CEO looks offers some advice to his brash-but-clueless younger self. When you're staring a venture as difficult as building a business, in some ways ignorance is bliss. Being unburdened by any real appreciation of the difficulties you’re getting yourself into can be a great boost to confidence, optimism and energy