Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a (sometimes forgotten) truism of business that no company can cut its way to growth. As the economy continues to slowly ...

Ever wonder why your company’s objectives seem so elusive and your strategy so hard to deliver on? The problem, says Richard Rumelt, probably isn’t your employees’ lack of engagement or failure to ...

The difference between inspiration and motivation is that inspiration gives you the idea and motivation causes you to put the idea into action. In business, inspiration is important in offering new ...

Managers sometimes spend significant resources in attempts to motivate their employees, as motivated workers are most often more productive. Motivation is a desire to complete a given task or achieve ...

Which motivational techniques really work is a topic of endless debate–but one trick may eclipse the rest, according to new research. Motivational “self-talk” reigned supreme in an expansive new study ...

Sales are the lifeblood of any business — but selling is hard. When you’re struggling to find new prospects, it’s easy to get down. When you’re struggling to turn prospects into customers, it’s easy ...

Motivation is elusive. Some days we’re pounding the keyboard, brainstorming ideas, and jabbering on the phone well past dinner; others, we look at the clock only to discover that lunch is still two ...