Diverse leadership team can bring value to company

Sidnee Peck, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, takes the stance that employers should hire employees who bring a new viewpoint and set of experiences to the table. Peck explains how employers should go about it.

Training, mentoring important for an effective team

Hiring a "free" intern can seem to be an easy fix to a resource constraint at your new business. However, interns need to be hired, trained and mentored properly for both your company and the intern to benefit.

Landlord files: How to vet a rental application

After you have received an application and the application fee from your tenants, you will want to process the application in a timely manner. I ask tenants to notify their employers and previous landlords to expect my call so that I can process the application as quickly as possible.

How B Corps help companies do good, do well

What is business success? Profitability, right? But what if you have other aspirations for your business, such as promoting a social cause or helping the environment? Up to now, for-profit companies could not codify those non-financial objectives.

Change: Getting to there from here

As business environments change with new technologies, new competitors and new consumer preferences, many previously successful businesses falter.

Your mindset can be a competitive advantage in business, life

Author and entrepreneur Evan Carmichael wrote: “If there is something in common between the world's highly successful entrepreneurs ... it is their winning mindsets.” But what really do we mean by this term?

When's the right time to reinvent your brand with a new logo

This year, major companies like Facebook Inc., Google Inc., StubHub and Airbnb have changed their logo and company branding. Is it time for your company to do the same?

Be you — every day and in every way

When it comes to differentiating yourself in the sea of solutions available to prospective clients, something I call “The YOU Experience” is what sets you apart.

Don't worry! Be happy! Or else you're fired!

Marketplace Business quoted Management Professor Blake Ashforth in their article about the effects of emotional labor: when smiling and being upbeat is part of your job.

Is your boss's trust a blessing or a curse?

Business News Daily quoted Management Assistant Professor Michael Baer in their article about how an employee's relationship with their supervisor, isn't all it's cracked up to be.