Thought Leaders How to Deliver a Really Good Toast at a Party From the archives: The Esquire guy gives advice for celebrating your employees' victories and your competitors' failures.
Entrepreneurs Buying a Gift for Your Boss or Your Staff? Read This First. Who are you really buying that gift for?
Entrepreneurs The Right Way to Interrupt Someone at Work The art and science of successful interruptions.
Entrepreneurs Want to Understand Millennials? It’s Simpler Than You Think. We all just want to be heard.
Thought Leaders The Don’t-Be-a-Schmuck Guide to Rescheduling Yes, it happens to everyone, but there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it.
Entrepreneurs Why Your Emails Could Use an Exclamation Point (or Three) Punctuation and other markers -- emoticons, slang and the like -- serve as stand-ins for facial expression and vocal intonation.
Thought Leaders Don’t Pop Your Top: 5 Thoughts to Keep You Calm in an Angry Moment Even when anger takes over your brain, your inner Hulk can stay restrained.
Entrepreneurs What to Do When a Colleague Needs Emotional Support in the Office How and how not to help a colleague in need…
Entrepreneurs Tips for Interviewing Every Hiring Manager Should Know A few requests from job hunters to interviewers.
Online Presence To Post or Not to Post: 3 Rules to Keep in Mind for Keeping Social Media SFW The Esquire Guy explains the duties and casualties of company ambassadorship.
Human Resources How to Convincingly Fake Confidence, Happiness and Other Necessary Feelings in the Workplace And the award for best office actor goes to …
Thought Leaders How to Give a Speech When You’re Terrified of Giving a Speech Nervous? A lighthearted look at strategies that work.
Entrepreneurs Are You Hiding Behind Squishy Words? Stop. The words we use to describe the work we do should connote both promise and obligation.
Marketing When It Comes to Branding, It’s All About Color (Infographic) Is your logo bright blue? Dark green? Eggplant? A look at the message you're sending your customers.
Thought Leaders Your Fill-in-the-Blank Motivational Speech Select from the following answers for a rallying cry you can apply to any business challenge.
Building a Business Entrepreneurship: The Game (Infographic) Your game is being an entrepreneur. And here are your badges.
Marketing The Art of Stretching the Truth The Esquire guy on what to say when you have no idea what you are talking about.
Entrepreneurs How to Soften Rejection With a Positive Message The Esquire Guy on how to make rejection sound better.
Business Accounting Quiz: Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Millionaire? Check all that apply, then add up the points to determine if you're millionaire material.
Entrepreneurs How to Navigate the Tricky Terrain of a Business Lunch Who should pay? Are you talking too much? The Esquire guy breaks down the business lunch and why it's so much more than just a meal.
Entrepreneurs What Makes a Perfect Collaboration? Weakness, Conflict and Doughnuts The Esquire guy on who to share ideas with, how to get started and a way to figure out who should get the credit.
Building a Business 15 Rules for Talking Business Over Drinks How to behave in any bar meeting. Remember: Don't have what he's having.
Marketing A Small Talk Survival Guide for the Schmooze-Averse Nice weather we're having, isn't it? The Esquire guy offers tips for making small talk.
Business Funding Momentum and the Art of the Investor Pitch Too much crocodile salesman in your pitch? The Esquire guy helps you sharpen your skills.
Thought Leaders What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know About Public Speaking How can you go from 'public speaking isn't my thing' to full-fledged confidence? The Esquire guy helps you step up to the podium.
Online Presence How to Find Your Authentic Voice on Social Media How do you engage customers on social media--without sounding like you're marketing to them? Let the Esquire guy be your guide.