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Video The 172nd Infantry Brigade, the Arctic Wolves, had an extra long deployment in support of Operation Iraqui Freedom.  They were supposed to go for a year, but the year turned into 16 months, with some of the brigad...

Employees expect a lot from their leaders and when they don?t get what they expect they begin to lose trust and respect for their leader. As the workplace continues to transition from a knowledge to a wisdom-based enviro...

By Trina Spear, Co-Founder of FIGS

A new study suggests that Facebook's lead as the primary social network for young people is well and truly over but is that an overstatement?

Beyond his impact within his own 1.2 billion-strong Roman Catholic Church, the pope may well redefine modern concepts of success, wealth and prestige for our larger society.

Any new pope will get attention and get people talking. Francis has shown a particular ability to actually move people in new and better directions. That is the true definition of leadership, a term which is too often us...

I love marketplaces. Great marketplaces provide immense value to at least two sides (buyers and sellers).  They also demonstrate network effects ? and get stronger as they get larger.  They are also tend to be high mar...

As we approach the end of 2013 perhaps some of you may have a New Year's resolution of starting your own business. You would not be alone of course.

Community shares enable commercially viable social enterprises to raise finance from supportive investors

How has Facebook changed since 2004? Here's a look at some of the site's most notable redesigns and features.

A belief that codes of conduct remain the best way to guide business forward is at the basis of the United Kingdom's 'comply or explain' approach to corporate governance. Its Corporate Governance Code is regularly review...

As an avid cyclist, I can admit that we are perhaps the most entitled group of people on the planet. If you?ve ever operated a motor vehicle, you already know this to be true.  We demand to be treated with the respec...

Leaders with warm, close relationships with their subordinates are consistently seen in a much more positive light by all of their colleagues. They produce high customer satisfaction, superior employee commitment and eng...

Declara CEO Ramona Pierson has done more than overcome personal adversity; she's built an intriguing new company based on social learning.

Disclosure: Long DEO and YUM shares

While there?s a lot of negative press at the moment regarding student internships, for small and under-funded companies, having good interns can make all the difference ? especially if they don?t have to be paid. In 2012...

The people of Wisconsin deserve a transparent tax system, including a transparent legislative and regulatory process.

When a moribund public company's board hires a new CEO, change is surely in the offing. If the new corporate general is trained in the business school lingo, she will evaluate each of the company's business units base...

Instincts are generally helpful and occasionally disastrous. For instance, ants have genetically programmed responses to chemical stimuli. If an ant smells the pheromone given off by a dead ant?s body, it responds by coo...

I spoke to Drake Baer, who is a contributing writer at Fast Company and co-author of the upcoming book "Everything Connects: How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation, and Sustainability". At Fast Co...

A simple ROI calculation ignores one very important component to startup success: the time value of money.

Joe Huff is passionate about social enterprise and that drives all of his decisions.