Every time I travel, it reminds me how important it is to get the business to a point where it can run without me. You should regularly bring these individuals up to speed on everything you have your hands in, and allow them to independently manage important initiatives without your constant input.  MORE >>

I first met Doug Conant when he was the CEO of Campbell Soup and his communications team invited me to speak at the annual leadership meeting.  Attitude & Motivation Books Business Daily Life Management Productivity Time Management  Here's an excerpt: It’s nearly three-thirty in the afternoon. MORE >>

A reader writes: My manager recently announced that she had been promoted to become a director, and that her position (our department manager) was vacant and that senior management would really like to see someone from our team fill that position. m great at my job, but management is new to me. good management MORE >>

workers take work home to finish at the end of the day more than three times a week compared to 43 percent globally. workers in small businesses were three times more likely to work eleven hour days than large business employees. work well over eight hours a day and more than half regularly take work home with them. 56 percent of U.S. MORE >>

Don’t ask me where I found this burning desire to volunteer…I came from a middle class family and both of my parents worked full time…my dad had a job that required traveling so way back then, my mom was often single parenting Monday through Friday on top of working full time. There wasn’t any extra time to volunteer. MORE >>