Here's how you can use your company wellness plan to make fitness fun and engaging instead of boring or invasive for your employees.
Employee-based wellness programs are nothing new. For years, corporations have been trying to reduce absenteeism, strengthen productivity, and cope with rising healthcare costs by encouraging healthier behaviors in the workplace.
Read MoreA resume will get them in the door. But what about their personality? Here's what you need to look for in a new hire.
If you're on the hunt for a new position that will let you shine, practice demonstrating these top seven traits that CEOs look for in star employees.
Read MoreAre you a great leader? The way you treat your people when others say the worst about them might make the difference.
How do great leaders treat their teams' worst performers?
I've been thinking about this question in the wake of the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a prisoner of the Taliban. Since his release, critics (including some soldiers from his unit) allege that he deserted. Some say he should face a court-martial, or that we we shouldn't have traded as much for him as we did.
Read MoreStick to this list and your employees will be committed to their jobs, as well as your company.
Building a company culture of engaged employees takes years and requires consistent execution. I boiled down our culture strategy into 10 essential components I call the "10 Cs of Culture."
Read MoreYou have in your pockets a snooper's best friend. You take it everywhere: from your office to your bedroom, from the dining room to the lavatory (and hopefully clean it after). It records almost everything you do and can be made to turn against you in a matter of minutes. Believe it or not, the modern day smartphone is a private citizen's worst privacy nightmare.
Think about what you have in there: email addresses and phone numbers from your contacts, calendar appointments, photos, and probably even personal financial information. On top of that, smartphones can continually track your location to build a detailed profile of your whereabouts.
Read MoreSo rare is it in the modern world to see a leader — in government, business, public or private sector or anywhere in between — do the right thing with conviction that it is almost unrecognizable when it happens.
Read MoreLast year, Paul English, a co-founder of the travel booking site Kayak--which Priceline bought for $1.8 billion in 2012--looked at his calendar. Ninety percent of his meetings and outings, he realized, were with people in tech or nonprofits. He wanted to broaden his circle. So he started driving for Uber. In his Tesla Model S. On Halloween. After hosting a costume party.
"I went out driving from midnight to 2 a.m.," English says. "People thought it was kind of hilarious that someone dressed up like a vampire was driving a Tesla."
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