University of Iowa Prof: Don’t Underestimate Leadership’s Role in Business Success or Failure

Given this blog’s focus on how employee retention tips and other people practices lead to a more productive workplace culture – and how leadership strategies such as succession planning reduce dependency of the business on key people if they leave or are otherwise taken out of the equation – a reader might conclude that decisions [...]

Acton-Boxborough science team discovers success

Acton-Boxborough science team discovers success
Acton-Boxborough’s budding scientists have made their mark: After winning the state Science Olympiad, they’re headed to the national competition.
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NetFlix’s Workplace Culture Has Contributed to Its Success

We all know NetFlix.  They started out small here in California in 1997, and their domination of the online video rental space in less than 10 years forced longtime market leader Blockbuster into the defensive position of throwing "everything but the kitchen sink" at the company.

I’ve been a NetFlix customer off and on since the [...]

How Much of a Company’s Success is Tied to CEO Ownership?

I wanted to pose the question that’s the title of this post to you because I noticed something interesting when I pored over data from Winning Workplaces’ 2010 Top Small Company Workplaces award applicants and finalists today.
The table below shows how the average share of a company owned by the CEO, and the share owned [...]

Corporate Team Building Success

Do you want your corporate program to build a successful team? While many factors play a role in creating a successful meeting, off-site and the team’s training program – here are 4 ways that work for organizations team success. To understand 1) why they are there entirely. It’s for the computer to make sure what [...]

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