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Strategies

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  • Mark Gordon
  • November 15, 2013
Horizontal vision

Work flows at a 700-employee manufacturing firm on the Gulf Coast with few meetings, and even fewer titles. It's unconventional, but highly successful.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • November 15, 2013
Open book

Most private companies don't share financial results with employees. But Conditioned Air in Naples does, and it reaps the rewards.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Janet Leiser
  • November 15, 2013
Two for one

Culture, accountability and documentation are key to success at IT Authorities. Co-CEOs Jason Caras and Jason Pollner plan to do it the right way this time around.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • November 15, 2013
Smart and healthy

Entrepreneur Scott Fischer says he renewed his focus on employees during the recession, saving his company from an uncertain fate.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 15, 2013
The delegator

Employees at one of the largest master-planned communities in Florida get a healthy dose of freedom at work. That freedom, though, doesn't always come easy.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • November 15, 2013
Encouraging innovation

Entrepreneur Elaine Myrback started her technology company 15 years ago. Now she encourages her employees to come up with ideas to help the business grow.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jamie Kane
  • November 8, 2013
The truth about hidden sales costs

The following sales costs aren't on your profit-and-loss statement, but that doesn't mean they're not affecting your bottom line.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 8, 2013
Corporate Report: Nov. 8

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 8, 2013
Stimulate success

Josh Evans, president of J.R. Evans Engineering, and Elizabeth Fountain, vice president, help property owners appeal for exclusion from high-risk flood zones.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • November 8, 2013
Take it home

CEOs used to move to Southwest Florida to get away from it all. Now, they're bringing their businesses, too.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 8, 2013
Look again

Change doesn't come easy at a 98-year-old business. A key tactic at one statewide department store chain, says an executive, is to recognize 'value is not just about price.'

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 1, 2013
Corporate Report: Nov. 1

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Denise Federer
  • November 1, 2013
The challenge of agility

Among all the obstacles business leaders face, agility can be the toughest. But for the long-term health of a company, it might also be most important.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • November 1, 2013
BriefSkate

While skateboarding between his graduate astrophysics classes, Alexei Novitzky decided he was sick of juggling his backpack and skateboard around campus. So he started to experiment.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 1, 2013
Defender Pad

The idea behind DefenderPad, a laptop radiation shield and heat protector, isn't necessarily new.

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