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Between their Black Friday Best Buy expeditions and Cyber Monday mania on Amazon, many holiday shoppers plan to celebrate Small Business Saturday this weekend. Conceived in 2010, the “holiday” puts the spotlight on local...
When Jon Goldman would get on the phone with potential customers, often the first thing they’d ask is, “So what is it you do?” even after they had visited his website. He discovered a...
Establishing and maintaining good work relationships is the key to a positive workplace. Effective businesses encourage the development of positive relationships between managers and employees as well as amongst coworkers. All businesses can...
How to create effective teams, teamwork, and team building is a challenge in every organization. Work environments tend to foster rugged individuals working on personal goals for personal gain. Typically, reward, recognition, and pay...
With the power and authority granted to the supervisor, great responsibility takes place. Supervisors work closely with employees of any given business. While some supervisors act as managers and tell people how to do...
Are your employees confident in their ability to do their jobs? Do they have the resources they need to do their work well? Or are they afraid of making mistakes and constantly trying to...
Employers have good reason to want employees to be content in their jobs. Unhappy employees can make costly errors and have low production rates, both of which increase the operating overhead of the business....
Company culture is important because it can make or break your company. Companies with an adaptive culture that is aligned to their business goals routinely outperform their competitors. Some studies report the difference at...
Whether you are part of a large company or a single entrepreneur, relationships are the foundation upon which you build increased profitability. This has always been true to some degree, but in the new...
We’ve become digitally social texting, tweeting, posting, emailing. However, we have yet to evolve to the point where face-to-face contact is no longer necessary. There’s something about being in the same room with someone...
