A new entrepreneurship study conducted by Ace Hardware reveals that many small business owners think that, when it comes to the secret of their success, hard work trumps a background in business or finance.

Ace Hardware, a retail chain headquartered in Oakbr [ … ]

How Datotel overhauled its employee-appreciation, -recognition, and -incentive programs

By Nadine Heintz |  Sep 1, 2009 George Bates

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For entrepreneurs, there's never a right time to buy a house, start a family, have a life. While you are building a business, work-life balance inevitably suffers

By Meg Cadoux Hirshberg |  Sep 1, 2009 Esther Pearl Watson

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Harvard Business School professor John Kotter, author of Leading Change, talks about how to lead during a recession

Great managers know when and how to lavish praise on their workers

Despite a crippling bike accident, CEO of Savvy Marketing Group and avid cyclist Grace Ueng is back in the saddle

Reported by April Joyner |  Oct 1, 2009 Andrew Cutraro

"Before the accident, it was push, push, push. I'm still very determined, but now I overla [ … ]

Readers weigh in on work-life balance

No Time Like the Present

I clip maybe one in 5,000 articles, and today I clipped Meg Hirshberg's "If Not Now, When?" [Balancing Acts, September]. It's the best business advice I have read in years. My husband and I are l [ … ]

Whether free or for a fee, here are five alternatives to the hotel treadmill