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How to Attract and Retain More Millennial Workers for Your Business
With the increase of millennials in the workforce, businesses need to understand the differing values of this generation in order to be able to recruit and retain new employees. Currently, 40 percent of companies employ…
Don’t Look Like an Amateur: Why a Professional Email Address Matters
First impressions count, now more so than ever. In the fast moving and increasingly competitive world of business, whatever your industry, judgments are made at the first point of contact. That might be online, in…
5 Simple Tactics That Will Make You a Better Leader
Whether you’re an entrepreneur who’s started hiring staff for the first time or you’ve been in the management game for a decade, odds are good that your leadership skills have room for improvement. That’s because…
5 Budget-Friendly Ideas for Celebrating Employees
Keeping employees motivated and feeling appreciated is one of the most important ways for an organization to improve productivity and morale in the workplace: “Research shows that feeling appreciated—which comes from recognition from others—is one…
3 Golden Rules for Going It Alone in Digital Marketing
There is no doubt that the digital revolution has changed the face of most aspects of business. But perhaps as a discipline, it is marketing that has really altered beyond recognition. Many of the traditional…
4 Ways Finding and Retaining Customers Starts with Management
The goal of management in any business is finding ways to create customers. This means sound policies for developing relationships not just with existing customers, but with as many potential customers as possible. Here are…
Famous Desks of the Rich & Genius
Take a moment and think about the style of your desk—is it colorful and cluttered? Is it clean and minimal? Your desk style may reveal more about you than you think. For example, Einstein was…
7 Science-Backed Ways to Improve Office Productivity
Many employers actively seek out ways to improve office productivity only to run into unhelpful and unscientific advice. Suggestions like providing coffee and candies to your staff are not helpful and can even result wasting…
A Mixed Bag of Personalities: How to Handle Difficult Customers
We’ve all been there as children, standing in front of the sweets counter deciding which sugary treats to buy. My decision was always made up when I saw a big bag of jellybeans. I’d spend…
Join the Gig Economy and Be Your Own Boss
Freelancers make up 34% of the U.S. workforce, and that figure is projected to keep rising. Long ago freelancing was something you did only if you were an artist or a writer, but today just…