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Entrepreneurs

Menial Tasks Eat Up the Majority of the Workday for Most Employees

Employees in the U.S. spend the majority of their time at work scheduling and organizing, instead of engaging in meaningful, creative tasks, a new study finds.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

9 Habits That Destroy Workplace Relationships

By John Rampton

Building a Business

Why It Might Be Time to Abandon the Office

By Mathias Jakobsen

Entrepreneurs

Here’s Why the 8-Hour Workday Doesn’t Work

By Travis Bradberry

Building a Business

Federal Government Hopes to Get a Grasp on the Sharing Economy

Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez says he traveled to Silicon Valley to try to update how the government tracks the workforce.

By Catherine Clifford

Tech

At This Store, Robots Will Replace Human Employees. But, Wow, They Are Adorable.

Softbank, the Japanese telecommunications and Internet corporation, will staff a cellphone store with (almost entirely) humanoid Pepper robots for a week.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

How to Design Innovative Hubs for Big Ideas

Take cues from these collaborative workspaces in the education, medical and artistic fields.

By Aaron Call

Business News

Report: Robots Will Cause the Loss of 5 Million Jobs by 2020

Women will be the biggest losers as their jobs are often concentrated in low-growth or declining areas such as sales, office and administrative roles, the report said.

By Reuters

Building a Business

Dingy Basements and Cluttered Garages. How Startup Spaces Inspire Office Design.

The 'unintentional design' of today's makeshift startup spaces might inspire innovation at your organization, too.

By Aaron Call

Building a Business

Why You Should Choose a Champion, Not a Mentor, for Guidance

Keep that fire in your belly and determination in your eyes, and you will find the perfect person to champion you.

By Jeanette Cajide

Building a Business

9 Workplace Lessons to Help Improve Your Daily Grind

Understanding is temporal and changes whenever you gain new information, experience or shift your vantage point.

By Gregory Ciotti

Building a Business

Give the Gift of Time With a Family Leave Policy

Companies need to help get a child and parent off to a healthy start -- because they'll never have that opportunity again.

By Donna Morris

Building a Business

5 Ways to Not Waste Your Employees’ Time at Meetings

Are meetings simply keeping your employees away from their work? Adopt these rules to make them as productive as possible.

By Ray Gillenwater

Building a Business

‘Intrapreneurs’ Can’t Change Their Industry Inside Drab Office Walls

Take cues from entrepreneurs and their approach to space to allow your most creative minds to flourish.

By Brian Shapland

Building a Business

Millennials: Death to the Cubicle!

A human-centered design and flexibility in the workplace is all the younger generation is asking for.

By Christopher Kelly

Building a Business

How to Recognize Your Employees, 5 Days a Week

Why wait until Friday for happy hour? Give your team a boost every day.

By Cord Himelstein

Building a Business

The Hidden Side of Work: 3 Myths That Block Your Navigation

Keep doing your job if you want to tread water, but find your job-within-the-job if you want to really succeed.

By Jesse Sostrin

Building a Business

9 Ways to Power Through a Drowsy Afternoon

Sipping coffee in the midafternoon to stay awake is when we can best appreciate the wisdom of the siesta.

By Jacqueline Whitmore

Building a Business

5 Inexpensive Workspace Improvements That Boost Productivity

Don't underestimate how much natural light, a few house plants and some fresh paint can brighten the bottom line.

By Firas Kittaneh

Entrepreneurs

12 Ways to Spot a Potentially Violent Person in the Workplace

What happened in Roanoke wasn't the first tragedy and won't be the last.

By Robert Siciliano

Building a Business

5 Ways to Reduce Workplace Distraction Without Treating Employees Like Children

Frustrated bosses can be tempted to ban employees from checking their cell phones and Facebook pages. The better move is to make it easier for team members to stay focused.

By Heather R. Huhman