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How to Come Up with Ideas That Will Actually Excite Your Team
When trying to come up with new product features or integrations at my company, Do, we give thoughtful consideration to each and every idea and always make sure to involve everyone — no matter their…
The Biggest Reason You’re Losing Talented Employees
When you hire someone new, you invest a lot of time and money up front. In fact, The Society for Human Resource Management estimates the cost of each new hire is more than $4,000 for…
5 Key Ways to Stay Close to Your Team from Afar
Remote work has exploded as a form of steady employment across the globe. Approximately 43 percent of American employees report spending at least some of their time working remotely, whether they finish tasks at home…
Show a Little Gratitude
I believe that gratitude is a brilliant marketing strategy. I’m astonished at how many businesses give their customers the distinct impression that they’re a little put out by having to sell them something. You’ve felt…
5 Tips to Create More Powerful Employee Engagement
An engaged workforce is a productive one. Here are 5 tips for creating more powerful employee engagement in your organization: Clarify what’s expected of employees It’s essential that your team members know what’s expected of…
Follow These 5 Principles for More Productive Meetings
What are the magic ingredients for a successful meeting? A meeting in which participants build relationships, exchange ideas, unearth insights, make decisions and get the information they need to move work forward? We all know there’s…
4 Tips for Holding Better One-on-One Meetings with Your Employees
Are you having regular one-on-one meetings with your employees? Yes? Great! As a good manager, you probably want to make them better. No? Don’t worry, now’s the perfect time to start. A previous post discussed how employees can…
What’s Your One Goal for Each Person on Your Team?
Too often, as managers, if we do coach, our coaching is ineffective. One of the key reasons is that we are unfocused on what we are trying to achieve with each person. What happens is…
Smaller Teams are More Productive Than Larger Ones
Back in 2013, Gallup released a report titled “The State of the American Workplace,” which stated that smaller companies tend to have more active, engaged employees than larger companies do. This seems to be a…
3 Reliable Ways to Increase Employee Engagement with a Limited Budget
Everyone knows the importance of employee engagement. Engaged employees do better work. They find innovative solutions to problems. And they are less likely to leave your company than disengaged employees, which means that when you…
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