Burnout is becoming a very serious epidemic in the professional workforce. And as a business owner or team manager, it’s up to you to identify the early warning signs and help your team through related challenges so they don’t become serious problems. What is Burnout? Job burnout has been described as “a reaction to prolonged […]
Leadership
7 Carrier Onboarding Best Practices To Follow
Best Practices To Follow To Ensure Compliance Onboarding carriers demand a great skill of leadership cooperation and commitment. Most successful shippers can onboard their carriers because they have the required skills and the best practices to follow. Read on here for best practices to follow to ensure compliance in onboarding your carrier. Be Focused Enforcing […]
Ready to Up Your Leadership Skills? Emotional Intelligence is the Key
What makes a great leader? Is it skill? Expertise? Education? IQ? Actually, according to author Dan Goleman, all the greatest leaders do have one thing in common: emotional intelligence. The phrase, “emotional intelligence” first came to light in a research paper by psychology professors, John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey, in 1990. Dan Goleman then […]
7 Ways to Care for Employees’ Well-Being
(Unsplash CC0) Here’s the thing about your employees. The majority of their waking hours are spent looking after the needs of your business, so caring for their wellbeing is something you should place as a priority. There will be obvious benefits to your business, of course, such as greater productivity from your cared-for employees. But […]
5 Practices for Better Employee Management
Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay Having a good management strategy for your employees is often the main difference between successful and less successful businesses. Employees that are motivated, engaged, and highly productive are always there to give their best for the business. They arrive on time, invest all of their efforts into work tasks, and […]
ESOP 101: 7 Tips For Creating An Employee Share Option Plan
Every business owner knows that a committed and talented workforce is more important than anything else in a company. Their high productivity, determination, proactive support, and commitment to quality work are all incredibly crucial no matter how big or small the company is. That’s precisely why every employer must offer employee benefits packages as a […]
Total Quality Management: Making the Most of What You Have
For larger businesses, the rationale of Total Quality Management (TQM) is quite apparent; TQM ensures that nothing falls through the cracks during production. It’s defined as an organization-wide process or program that’s designed to maintain high but sustainable levels of quality and excellence by developing best practices that enhance efficiency and productivity. As a company […]
Employee Motivation: The Hows and Ways To Motivate Your Workforce
As competition in the corporate world is becoming more inflated, workers are being given a truckload of targets to reach their competitive benchmarks. We all know how pressure and burden can discourage an individual. Keeping employees motivated is becoming a challenge. When your employees are unmotivated, it can cost you around $550 billion annually. But […]
Businesses Are Starting to Become Part of the Sustainability Solution
Our current linear, take-make-waste consumer model is leading to ever escalating climate change that will see temperature increases by as much as 6 degrees Celsius. That might be a worse-case scenario by some observers, but at this pace we’re likely to see a 3-degree increase. Simply, if we continue at this rate, we’ll emit 65 […]
Avoid These 5 Pitfalls of Hybrid Office Work
The COVID-19 pandemic gave millions of people a glimpse of what life could be like outside the cubicle. While a few people discovered just how much they liked going into the office every day after being forced to work from home for months on end, most found that they liked the flexibility and comfort of […]
