Features

Fatal Attraction
The job candidate has charm, charisma, and a glittering résumé. Who could ask for anything more? You can — and should.
By Jay Stuller

How Do Things Really Work Around Here?
Your company's org chart won't have the answer, but a new methodology may just do the trick.
By Jane Linder

Avoiding Power Failure
What's worse than not having any power? Having it without the knowledge of how to use it wisely.
By Patricia Seemann

Is Anybody Happy With Our Healthcare System?
Our healthcare system is in critical condition, so how are we going to fix it? Economist Rashi Fein and former U.S. Surgeon General Julius Richmond offer some solutions.
By A.J. Vogl

What Could You Live Without?
Cell phones? E-mails? Michael Moore? Our informal poll rounds up the usual suspects, but also produces some surprises.
By A.J. Vogl

Because It's the Right Thing to Do
Sometimes the bottom line isn't as important as following your convictions, which is why one CEO decided to offer domestic-partner benefits.
By Leo Hindery Jr.

The Incredible Shrinking Corporation
You can never be too thin, they say. Wrong, and some companies are approaching the point of anorexia.
By Susan Webber

Questioning Authority
Joe Montana, Hall-of-Fame quarterback
By Matthew Budman

Questioning Authority
Steve Salerno, social critic
By Vadim Liberman

Soundings

The Penguin Factor
By John Thackara

Your Move
By Marcus Buckingham

Let's Hear It for Sloth
By Wendy Wasserstein

Man-Made Islands
By Milind M. Lele

And more from...
William Greider, Peter Strupp, Tom Peters, Peter F. Drucker, and Shira P. White with G. Patton Wright.

Departments

Openers
"We're All in This Together"

Press Box
Still think bigger is better? Then you're one of the few who is not reading USA Today. By Ellsworth Quarrels

From the Board
Twenty years ago, ATB asked Americans to rate the value of various consumer goods and services. Today, the same question produced quite different results.
By Matthew Budman

"What's the Best Business Book You've Read This Year?"
Our annual look at the books that have most influenced executives. And some were actually not written by Jack Welch.
By Matthew Budman

Sightings
"The Body Is Obsolete."
By Vadim Liberman

Columns

Adventures in Cyberspace
Businesses should be responsible for fixing defects in their products, right? Wrong. Just ask software companies.
By E.J. Heresniak

The Irrational Universe
Dr. Jekyll on Monday. Mr. Hyde on Wednesday. How do you deal with someone whose personality goes up and down more than the stock market?
By Phyllis Gail Doloff

Entrepreneuring
Growing a business and managing it are two different things. Here's how to do the first.
By Larry Farrell