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  John W. Ancelet, Jr.

  

  Airbnb's Founders Knew They Were Growing Too Fast. Here's How They Saved Their Culture

  Inc Magazine - Alison Eyring

  During one of its fastest growth periods, Airbnb's leadership deliberately hit the pause button and set out to design their future company. Growth needs more than a vision. Working with some of the world's top business leaders responsible for driving growth, I see lots of companies with great …

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  John W. Ancelet, Jr.

  

  5 Questions to Ask About Corporate Culture to Get Beyond the Usual Meaningless Blather

  Harvard Business Review - Bill Taylor

  There aren’t many leaders who would disagree that a healthy, productive culture is a defining element of business success. Yet so many companies with lofty-sounding “mission statements” and “core values” have the most toxic workplaces imaginable. Too many leaders still treat the people factor in …

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  John W. Ancelet, Jr.

  

  Study: Employees With Toxic Bosses Actually Work Harder and Stay Longer

  Inc Magazine - Jessica Stillman

  Don't get too outraged. Bullying bosses get their comeuppance in the end. Humans (and even monkeys, as this hilarious experiment shows) have an innate sense of fairness. We want good acts to be rewarded and bad ones punished in proportion to their impact. Of course, that's not always how the world …

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  John W. Ancelet, Jr.

  

  6 Mistakes Managers Make That Cause Good Employees To Quit

  Inc Magazine - James Sudakow

  Even honest managers with good intentions can do things that unintentionally drive their best people searching for another place to work. Here's what to avoid. Why do good people quit? There are a lot of answers, but most speak to the huge impact that your supervisor has on how engaged you are at …

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  John W. Ancelet, Jr.

  

  We Asked 169,000 Workers About What Makes Their Workplace Great. Here's Their Take

  Inc Magazine - Greg Harris

  You might think you have a great workplace. Here's what employees really want. A great corporate culture isn't something you can buy. It's organic; it has to be cultivated. Inc.'s Best Workplaces celebrates companies that actively strive to build vibrant and engaging cultures. More than 1,600 …

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  John W. Ancelet, Jr.

  

  5 Workplace Practices That Are on Their Way Out

  Inc Magazine - Jacob Morgan

  A lot of change is coming in the future of work, but we can start by removing these five outdated work practices from our offices: Some things, like hair scrunchies and jazzercise, simply run their course and go by the wayside. The same should be true for things in the workplace, but sometimes it …