Although Dictionary.com defines leadership simply as “an act or instance of leading,” being a great business leader is so much more than that. It is being able to motivate and inspire both individual employees and teams to take certain actions in order to reach higher levels than they’d ever dreamt …
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Top 3 Workplace Trends for the First Half of 2015
As Nathaniel Branden, the late Canadian-American psychologist who specialized in self-esteem once said, “The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” Thus, in order to fully accept the changes in the workplace, one must first understand that they exist. So, what changes …
Should You Use an Employment Agency to Find Your Next New Hire?
“Outsourcing” seems to be the hot word in the business world nowadays. After all, you can outsource almost everything, from marketing to production to sales. It only makes sense then that you consider outsourcing your hiring process, which usually means using an employment agency to help you find …
Customer Experience for the Win: Radio Interview with Denise Graziano
Denise Graziano is interviewed in this episode of Monday Morning Radio about the importance of customer experience for a business. Customer experience, says Denise, is what sets successful businesses apart, more so than price or even the business’ products. Yet, 60% of businesses are not addressing …
4 Reasons Why an Employee May Require Too Much of Your Time
The goal is for employees to work independently and complete tasks. The opportunity to parallel task, using more people to get more done in less time, is one of the primary benefits to growing the team. For many small business owners, myself included, the idea of hiring first comes about when you …
3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Hiring Someone You Know
As a small business owner, you are in a great position to offer people in your community the ability to support themselves and their families by providing them with a job. But what happens when the person asking to work for you is someone you know personally? What if it is a family member or …
