Clinical Assistant Professor Kathryn Eaton, shares her experiences of being a landlord in the Phoenix real estate market. This particular article focuses on how to handle the unexpected with confidence and poise.

Every year various periodicals make lists of the "best places to do business" based on criteria such as business costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life. Arizona usually ranks in the middle of the pack.

Cultivating meaningfulness at work is important because research shows that people are happier, healthier and more productive when they are doing “meaningful” work.

If there is one axiom in business, it is that every business owner wants to have an advantage over their competition regardless of the type of business they have. The question is always how to have a competitive advantage.

Last Tuesday was Equal Pay Day. Is this still an issue? What can I do as a woman to be sure I get paid equally?

An idea is just an idea, and if it's good, you're likely not the only one with it. So, in some cases, you can stop worrying and start building.

There is nothing like hearing positive, sincere words about your work. The performance enhancing value of praise and personal attention from the boss were uncovered in a McKinsey survey of 1,000 executives.

In “Why girls do better at school than boys,” The Economist shared a study this month that suggests female students are performing better in school than male counterparts; it also demonstrated presumably unconscious biases of teachers toward female students.

Sidnee Peck, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, provides words of wisdom for a questioning business owner.

Research shows that perceptions of inequity are associated with lower job satisfaction, engagement, performance and mental health, as well as higher turnover. The opposite is true when workers feel they are treated equitably.