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Job descriptions are about following the rules. Innovation is about challenging them.
Read More »6 Gen Y Rules for Older Workers
Stop judging & start listening: Senior execs can learn something valuable from their youngest employees. This is part of a 2-part series.
Read More »6 Gen Y Rules for Older Workers
Stop judging & start listening: Senior execs can learn something valuable from their youngest employees. This is part of a 2-part series. Read the companion post: 8 Old-School Rules for Gen Y
Read More »On Ethics, You Set the Tone
It's up to you to set the example for ethical behavior at your company. Don't kid yourself that your employees aren't watching.
Read More »Controlling your kids at sea
While cruise lines can set and should enforce policies, it's a parent's responsibility to ensure his or her children are aware of -- and abide by -- the rules.
Read More »Competitors Who Bully — and How to Fight Them
Bigger, wealthier rivals can and will stack the deck against you. And they will involve lawyers.
Read More »How to Create a Publicity Stunt
Here's what you need to know to plan a publicity stunt. Plus, David Meerman Scott, who wrote The New Rules of Marketing & PR talks about what the Chilean miners have to do with it. View the video on Inc.com at: http://www.inc.com/video/201112/how-to-create-a-publicity-stunt.html
Read More »Power Plants Can Comply with Green Regulations: FERC
By Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. power plants can comply with new environmental rules without disrupting the supply of electricity if providers and local authorities have time to plan for the changes, energy regulators told congressional Republicans seeking to unwind the rules.
Read More »Lindau Nobel Meeting–Evolutionary Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn
Between the laws of the universe and the rules of life lies a bridge. That bridge, said Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Lehn today, is chemistry
Read More »Rude People Can Be Perceived As Powerful
Powerful people often bend the rules. But here’s a twist: If someone breaks rules, are they then perceived as powerful?
Read More »Many U.S. Nuclear Plants Ill-Prepared to Handle Simultaneous Threats
On April 26, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff did a safety "walkdown" of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on southern California's coast, part of NRC inspections of all U.S. reactors that were triggered by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in Japan. The NRC's inspection report, released Friday, did not flag the plant's owner, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Read More »Leadership Hall Of Fame: Marcus Buckingham, Author Of "First, Break All The Rules"
We continue our examination of the business book First, Break All the Rules with an interview of author Marcus Buckingham. Why did he write the book, and why are managers more important than leaders?
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