Denis Wilson

Why Year-End Reviews Are A Big Fat Waste Of Time

The standard-model performance review is an unhelpful barrage of built-up criticism. Instead, give feedback consistently so that your employees hear the good with the bad and make improvement a matter of routine.

Why Year-End Reviews Are A Big Fat Waste Of Time

Mission Leadership: 4 Principles For Creating Corporate Commandos

Much of the post-Petraeus talk has centered on the crisis of leadership in the military’s top echelons. But on the ground, innovation doesn’t spring from “command and control,” but from mission leadership, something commando-turned-consultant Damian McKinney can teach you a thing or two about.

Mission Leadership: 4 Principles For Creating Corporate Commandos

Thick Skin Thinking: How To Use Negative Feedback To Your Advantage At Work

It goes against our nature to shout “Hooray!” when someone calls us out. But studies show that people who solicit and accept feedback are more effective leaders and more successful at work. Here’s how to take the sting out of feedback and make it work for you.

Thick Skin Thinking: How To Use Negative Feedback To Your Advantage At Work

Negotiate Like A Car Salesman: 5 Tactics To Help You Win Every Time

Whether you want a raise, different responsibilities, or more resources, knowing how to negotiate is vital. Here are 5 (non-sleazy, promise!) tricks straight from the car lot that will help you get what you want at work.

Negotiate Like A Car Salesman: 5 Tactics To Help You Win Every Time

The Business Turnaround Tactics Of Restaurant: Impossible’s Robert Irvine

In “Restaurant: Impossible,” chef Robert Irvine must turn around abominably bad restaurants (like an Italian joint-slash-petting zoo) in a matter of days. Despite tough-guy antics, he says compassion is key to the process. Here are his tips for doing triage on ailing organizations.

The Business Turnaround Tactics Of Restaurant: Impossible’s Robert Irvine

Pooch Power: What Dog-Friendly Workplaces Can Do For Your Business

Meet Louie, the slobbery, four-legged officemate who taught us a few things about how to work better.

Pooch Power: What Dog-Friendly Workplaces Can Do For Your Business

The Second City Way Of Better Brainstorming

Have you ever briefed your group on a topic and given the greenlight for freeform discussion, only to be met by blank stares and middle-of-the-road ideas? Second City Communications is here to help, with these six tips to quell people’s qualms about sharing ideas.

The Second City Way Of Better Brainstorming

Hip-Hop HR: Talent-Finding Tips From Shady Records’ Riggs Morales

As VP of artist and repertoire at Eminem and Paul Rosenberg’s Shady Records, it’s Riggs Morales’s job to find the next big thing in rap music. Fast Company recently spoke with the uber-prescient talent scout about what it takes to hire and hone stars.

Hip-Hop HR: Talent-Finding Tips From Shady Records’ Riggs Morales

With Guerrilla Networking, A Little Monkey Business Will Get You Noticed

The story of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, a helicopter, and how thinking a little bit bigger about networking will get you a lot further.

With Guerrilla Networking, A Little Monkey Business Will Get You Noticed

Why Being A Meaner Boss Will Help Your Company–And Make Your Employees Happy

Looking to hone your management technique for a more productive workplace and more satisfied employees? Make “no more Mr. Nice Guy” your mantra.

Why Being A Meaner Boss Will Help Your Company–And Make Your Employees Happy

Tech

Uber stock price: UBER shares surge 10% as Q2 revenue exceeds $8 billion

Four radical Chrome alternatives to reboot your web browser

SpaceX’s Starlink has soared, but a course correction may be on the horizon

News

Why Clash of Clans is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a fake 40-year history

Joanna Coles: Want to innovate? This is how to break out of your ‘yes bubble’

Here’s why you may not get a raise this year just because of inflation

Co.Design

What Steve Jobs learned from Buckminster Fuller during their only meeting

A $750 million attempt to reinvent the hospital

Your lipstick is full of plastic. This Parisian startup is putting an end to that

Work Life

POV: Hybrid may not be the golden solution we thought. Here’s why

This is the most humane way to lay off a virtual worker

Is my casual attire too loose for corner-office consideration?