People Skills
4 Ways to Handle Conflict in Your Workplace
No matter how hard you work, you’re going to experience conflict in your workplace. It’s an inevitable part of being in charge. However, in a startup or small company, you need to be able to…
Small Yet Simple Ways to Show Employee Appreciation
Your employees thrive on the work hard philosophy, and consistently help your business grow and thrive. Sure, a paycheck is a way of saying thanks, but it’s a mandatory way of doing so. Perhaps you…
How to Keep a Savvy Millennial Team Happy & Engaged
Opinions continue to fly about the nature of millennials. People argue over what they care about, how they view the world, and whether they’re entitled layabouts or driven idealists. In reality, of course, there are very…
How Can Your Startup Retain Staff as You Grow? Do These 8 Things
A company is only as good as its employees, but startups have additional pressure to attract the right talent and retain it. When the budget doesn’t allow for turnover, it’s especially important to find the…
Don’t Sink Your Sales Team with This Bad Management Choice
What makes a successful sales rep? Here are some often mentioned attributes: Total focus on their own accomplishments, and The ability to work independently. What makes a good manager of sales reps? I don’t think…
How to Avoid Compromising on Team Alignment with Your Remote Workforce
While the trend of remote workforces is growing larger by the day, many business leaders are unsatisfied with strategies that frequently compromise on business fundamentals to the detriment of their companies. Team alignment is one…
5 Leadership Secrets for Diffusing Tension and Managing Conflict
As a startup founder or employee, how do you mitigate tension and manage conflict when it arises? Conflict will certainly arise. The difficult person in your group can spark a roaring fight among the group…
5 Tips for Successfully Managing Distributed Teams
Everyone knows that it’s best (and easiest!) to have a project team sitting cozily in one office or even one room. My firm belief, however, is that a globally dispersed team can achieve the same…
4 Simple Ways to Develop Leadership in Your Team
As a small business owner, you have made your dream a reality. Part of that dream is finding the right team to help run your business. There’s a lot of value in being a mentor…
Do You Make Any of These 5 Common Management Mistakes?
Nobody’s perfect. Especially where small businesses are concerned, even the best managers make mistakes. Today, we’re going to talk about the blunders that are made more often than any other—and how you can avoid making…
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