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Will Apple Be the Same Without Steve Jobs?
Learn this from Steve Jobs' legacy, say the experts: Succession planning matters
Steve Jobs: 6 Secrets of Success
How did Steve Jobs create a globally loved brand and a religiously devoted following? By adhering to these six keys to success
Are Your Employees Addicted to Social Media?
Get your employees to limit their social media habit, and you'll see a boost in productivity. Expert Eric D. Darr shows you how
New Biography of Apple's Steve Jobs Paints Complex Portrait
Two weeks after his death, a biography provides insight into one of the world's greatest businessmen
The Occupy Wall Street movement is a protest uniquely suited to a generation schooled in social media. There are no leaders: it's crowd-sourced. Nor does it have any specific demands beyond a thorough reorientation of American priorities. It's as if thousands and thousands of people have 'unliked' Wall Street
An Alternative Eulogy for Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs certainly thought differently, but the company he created acted the same as the competition
How to Run a Meeting that Won't Tick Off Employees
So how do you hold a meeting that won't annoy your colleagues? Here are a few ways to make your next office meeting as productive as possible
Business Schools Hope to Shatter Sturdy Glass Ceiling
While a woman nearly ascended to the White House in 2008 and the number of women at the helm of Fortune 500 companies has grown fivefold since 2000, the glass ceiling in the business world isn't starting to show the cracks that many people assume it has, the results of a new study indicate
Executive Pay Zooming Skyward Again
Shareholders of more than 20 other companies nationwide have rejected their top managers' pay packages, and more such rebuffs are expected in the months ahead. For now, however, executive pay once again is zooming skyward after pausing for a couple of years for the recession
Eliot Spitzer's 10 Rules To Fixing the Economy and Corporate Mismanagement
In a new and short book, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who made a name for himself attacking corporations while New York's attorney general, says Washington didn't go far enough to reform Wall Street and corporate misnamagement during the 2008-2009 bank bailouts. Here's Spitzer's 10 rules to fixing the economy and corporate mismanagement
Business Management the Dog Way
Your dog may look a bit funny in a suit, but it can surprisingly teach you about business management, according to professionals who have learned to handle workplace situations thanks to their own dogs
Most CEOs spend the latter years of their professional lives giving presentations in high-pressure board rooms for select groups of middle-aged power brokers, not in lecture halls filled with green but eager M.B.A. students. However, a few opt to trade in their corner office for office hours and venture into the world of higher education
How to Create Superstar Employees: Beyond Work-Life Balance
Tiger Woods recently dropped out of golf's top 10 world rankings. His descent has shocked the golf world, but it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. As much as we try to separate work from life, they are inextricably linked in powerful ways that we are just now realizing. If you have a job, or if you are responsible for managing or hiring employees, you need to understand the Tiger Effect
Spreading Wealth the Right Way
There is a kind of wealth spreading that ought to meet the political litmus test of Republicans, Democrats and Independents. At a time of high unemployment, too many layoffs and too few new jobs, it is disheartening to see so many CEOs pay themselves salaries and benefits that would have shamed the super-rich in America's Gilded Age
These days, offices have become places of resentment, not camaraderie, of dissatisfaction, grumbling, muted anger. A new study shows that more than a third of Americans are hoping to leave their job and find a different one this year. A third? That same study shows their bosses think the employees are satisfied. That spells a disconnect
Are you looking for more balance in your life? Of course you are. Pick up your favorite popular magazine or turn on the TV and you'll learn how to create a balanced life. Before you sign up for the workshop or purchase the new book that promises to reveal the secrets of a balanced life, I'd like to let you in on the one dirty little secret they'll never reveal -- a balanced life is for losers
Executive MBA Pay and Demand on the Rise
Recent surveys indicate that the Executive MBA degree is in demand among employers; students are applying in record levels; and salaries continue to climb rapidly despite past years' economic tumult
Business schools are being forced to rapidly adapt their curriculum, course structure, and philosophy in reaction to the increasingly global nature of the business world. Schools of all kinds, ranging from elite private institutions to smaller public institutions, are weaving a global focus into their traditional studies in an effort to prepare students for success
Where the Fortune 500 CEOs Went to College
Ivy League schools produce a disproportionate amount of corporate leaders, according to a U.S. News study of the educational backgrounds of 2010's Fortune 500 CEOs
M.B.A. Hiring Trends Improve in 2010
During the peak of the financial meltdown, unemployment spiked to 10.6 percent, hiring nationwide stalled, and M.B.A. programs were flooded with applications, turning the degree from a seemingly profitable investment into a financial burden for many. However, survey data released this year indicates that a turnaround, albeit a gradual one, is afoot
Hang Onto People Who'll Help You Advance
Murky employment statistics don't change one truth for IT departments across the country: Companies are still projecting shortages of qualified IT workers, so hanging on to good employees is more critical than ever. You need to think creatively to retain a skilled IT workforce. Here are strategies worth embracing
Women Have Come a Long Way in Wrong Direction
I doubt today's working world is what the suffragettes were thinking of 100 years ago when they marched for a woman's right to vote and a few other crumbs of equality. I doubt, too, this is what mid-century feminists expected when they knocked on boardroom doors and corporate glass ceilings.
What the Resumes of Top CEOs Have in Common
Executives who reach the upper echelons of management tend to have set themselves apart from their peers through their keen intelligence, strong communication skills, organizational acumen, or some combination of savvy and foresight. But one stripe is common to a full three-quarters of Fortune 100 CEOs today: They have all spent at least two years working in a senior position overseas
Percentage of Women on Corporate Boards Remains Stagnant
Women's stagnation in the corporate penthouse continues, according to Catalyst, a New York-based organization that aggregates data about and presses for women's advancement in the corporate hierarchy.
Crisis Management: Leading Successfully Through the Storm
Contemporary examples of strong crisis leadership are in surprisingly short supply, experts say. And all too often, the reaction to a crisis is to hunker down and ride it out. But there are a few modern standouts, especially in the business world.
Financial Crisis, Enron, Hurricane Katrina Examples of Leadership Gone Wrong
The New Orleans masses who huddled in the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina, the Enron retirees who lost their life savings, and the laid-off workers buried under the economic ruin of financial companies all live with a simple truth. Just as spectacularly as great leadership can spark success, failed leadership can bring down cities, businesses, and economies
Breaking the Corporate Glass Ceilings
With an African-American serving as the nation's chief executive, a woman heading the State Department, and a Latina settling into a new job on the Supreme Court, are there any glass ceilings left for minorities and women aspiring to leadership positions?
The Ethics of Reality in the Workplace
How do you recommend people handle ethics in the workplace? I have a strong sense of right and wrong and get pretty upset about how often people lie, or behave badly. How can I best communicate my values at work?
Kindness and Corporations: Sensitivity Does Have a Place in the Workplace
You could argue that the milk of human kindness is pretty much curdled at the office when it stirs images of weakness, naivete, self-promotion, or self-defense. All the downsides notwithstanding, there is a strong current of kindness stubbornly running through some workplaces. And where it flows, people smile more. They work harder, too.