When I built my first company, I didn’t understand that trust was so valuable. I had read every book in the world but didn’t fundamentally understand the basics. Building trust among your team is one of the most important qualities in developing a successful work culture. Over the years I’ve had to learn that it’s …

Obviously there are many reasons couples decide to divorce, and some researchers reckon it could even be in your genes. Regardless, being a divorcee is something you should never be ashamed of. But apparently, the job you or your partner does can also make a split more likely. Nathan Yau, a statistician, looked into recent …

Newsflash: Vacation time reduces anxiety, slashes stress, and cuts your risk of heart disease—by up to 32 percent, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. And yet, we as a nation are overwhelmingly forgoing taking time off. One report, per the U.S. Travel Association, indicates that more than half of all Americans leave …

From the early days of Apple, Steve Jobs knew he wanted the build a successful company. At one point, Apple hired two “professional” managers from outside the company. Then Jobs promptly fired them. “It didn’t work at all,” a young Steve Jobs says in a video making the rounds on YouTube. “Most of them were …

In a McKinsey global survey, 90 percent of respondents said that building capabilities (anything an organization does well that drives meaningful business results) is a top ten priority for their company. And clearly, they weren’t kidding. In 2012, the Association of Talent Development reported that U.S. organizations spent $164.2 billion on employee learning and development. …