4 Ways to Ensure an Inclusive Work Environment
Inclusion is one of today’s hottest business buzzwords. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts are front and center for many major corporations. Inclusion has become a measuring stick by which companies are assessed by their stakeholders and customers. Incorporating some kind of diversity policy is quickly becoming a must-have PR insurance policy, and failure to…
Read MoreThe Great Resignation: 4 Strategies to Overcome Disengagement & Attrition
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were a record 11.5 million job openings at the end of March 2022. We’re still in the midst of the Great Resignation, and with employees leaving positions, companies are spending a lot of time and resources hiring new employees. In the meantime, current managers are struggling…
Read More3 Ways to Get Your Organization to Embrace Change
In the business world, being unable to make a shift — be it to new leadership, new partners, new processes, or new approaches — is often seen as resistance. Being resistant to change has become a term for the moment, implying that resistance is simply an irrational reflex or a cognitive misunderstanding. Further, some “experts” will even tell…
Read MoreHere’s Why Your Small Business Needs a Proxy
Having a good idea, even a great one, is certainly not enough to start and run a business. You need to consider many aspects before you start your first steps and while developing your company. The first of those aspects are security and marketing. They seem a little different, but in fact, they are closely…
Read MoreWhat All Managers Need to Know About Employee Retention
Do you dread the process of finding a replacement to fill an open position? You likely do both because of the cost involved, the uncertainty about work ethic from the person you’re hiring and the lost time where you must train a new person to do the work. Retaining the employees you have is much…
Read MoreWhat is CFD Trading and How Does it Work?
There’s a sense that the coronavirus pandemic and its associated lockdowns across the world saw a huge increase in the number of active financial market investors. Many of these were part-time and casual in nature, while they largely targeted speculative asset classes such as forex. In terms of investment vehicles, contracts for difference (CFDs) also…
Read More5 Stages of Disruption Denial Cause A Startup Dilemma
How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology. Investors will likely…
Read MoreHow Underserved Entrepreneurs Can Fight Against the Odds to Succeed
Starting a business is terrifying. There are numerous hurdles you’ll face in your first year, from suppliers letting you down, to unhappy clients, losing staff, and much more. It’s no surprise that 20% of small businesses fail in their first year according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (The numbers only get worse in years…
Read MoreNot Your Average Influencer: B2B Influencer Marketing
Can you believe I am even saying that phrase? “Average” influencer. The concept of a social media influencer has been around since 2009 with the influx of bloggers and YouTube. The term “Influencer Phenomenon” was actually coined that year. However, the idea of influencing C2B purchasing has been around since 1760. Google “Josiah Westwood” if…
Read More5 of the Biggest Trends Impacting Retail Right Now
Retail trends are changing fast. New technology, like AI, IoT and big data analytics, is helping businesses of all sizes collect more information and adopt data-driven decision-making strategies. At the same time, the industry is also grappling with a tight labor market, ongoing supply chain disruptions and significant market uncertainty. We are in the midst…
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