When I started my company at age 24, I had a big idea for a beauty salon and decided to dive in headfirst without worrying about obstacles. The approach served me well because it got me moving, but I ...

Core values are the equivalent of the rules of a sport: It would not be a sport if there were no rules. Atlassian has had the same five core values since Scott Farquhar discovered them three years ...

Every day, people are showing others what their guiding principles and morals are. By the decisions you have to make, big and small, you indicate the ethics and code of conduct by which you operate.

The company anchors everything in its core values, which guide how it hires, develops, recognizes and promotes people.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As a long-time strategy consultant, I learned early on in my career that if I wanted my clients’ businesses to succeed — financially and ...

When I ran into a former client at the grocery store, and asked him how things were going, I expected some polite small talk. Instead, what he said blew my mind. The guy (let’s call him Jim) was an ...

As a first-time founder, you might read that your brand-new company needs a mission, vision or purpose statement and a set of core values. But what do you do with that statement and those core values ...

After spending the last year researching and writing my new book, Outsmart Your Smartphone: Conscious Tech Habits for Finding Happiness, Balance, and Connection IRL, I've learned that we sometimes go ...

We live with infrastructure beneath the service: the pipes in the ground, the electrical wiring behind the walls, or the vast digital architecture of modern life. But don’t forget another foundational ...

“Hi, I’d like a No. 4 with a bottle of water to go.” “Will that be for here or to go?” “Uh, to go.” “That’ll be $17.75. Thank you, your order number is 43. Next in line!” Five minutes after I ordered ...

This article is a companion to a presentation given by the author Tuesday at the 2023 Public Radio Content Conference in Philadelphia. A few years ago a post to the Public Radio Program Directors’ ...