Best Practices Series

There are three ways to tell whether you have true leadership potential, according to this article: You lead only when you have to; you observe more than you take action; you focus on the team. Read More

Platforms that enable enterprises to build and host custom applications are the next big thing in hosted services, according to Forrester Research, which says the emerging platform-as-a-service sector… Read More

There is value in linking your innovation with the product pipelines of companies in related fields, writes Jason P. Davis. That's what allows Microsoft to ensure there are new games available for eac… Read More

Senate Democrats have largely abandoned hope of winning 70 to 80 votes in support of immigration reform, with Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., saying he would seek to block a key amendment seeking … Read More

If your company has suddenly decided to raise the sales quota, you can rise to the occasion by concentrating on opportunities that are in the later stages of the sales funnel, writes Dan Perry. Also, … Read More

Since 2011, Microsoft has required its key suppliers to use the Global Reporting Initiative's reporting tools to explain the ways in which they meet the tech giant's Vendor Code of Conduct. "Aligning … Read More

Human resources professionals should ask employees what voluntary benefits they'd most like and market the options to them at a time and place that's convenient to the workforce, says Audrey Boone Til… Read More

When you sense your interview isn't going as well as you'd like, take a moment to collect yourself and don't be afraid to change things up, Sara McCord suggests. Ultimately, don't take a rocky intervi… Read More

Lawsuits brought by the District of Columbia and more than a dozen states against Standard & Poor's Financial Services have been coordinated. The suits allege that Standard & Poor's failed to issue im… Read More