With her singular brand of gorgeous dark humor, Joy Williams explores the various ways-comic, tragic, and unnerving--we seek to accommodate diminishment and loss. A masseuse breaks her rich client's wrist bone, a friend visits at the hospital long after she is welcome, and a woman surrenders her hus[...]

What motivates employees? As a manager, you need to know why people come to work every day, what makes them stay ? and what drives them to perform at their best. According to Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer, the best leaders are able to build a cadre of employees who have satisfying inner work live[...]

Maverick marketing whiz Mike Veeck is ready to share his simple, fail-proof formula for business success: Make work fun and you'll create a culture of creativity that attracts the best employees and encourages customers to spend their money.
Veeck stresses the need to reexamine the way business [...]