Business cycles mark the periodic growth and decline of a nation's economy. Here are its natural phases, how they happen, and what they mean for you.

As the chief operating officer of a staffing company, I've outlined five ways business leaders can consider scaling their companies up and down during a crisis to position it for better days ahead: 1.

In other words, you can’t scale up until you tear things down. As an entrepreneur, once I got a few successes and failures under my belt, I realized that sawtooth growth should happen on purpose.