Posts Tagged ‘Team’
3 Key Hiring Lessons for Growing Startups
When we first started building our company, I was relatively new to the hiring process, and it was daunting. This time, however, I feel a little more seasoned, and am actually looking forward to putting what we learned a couple of years ago into practice.
Read More Quality and Meaning for People
In the open-talent economy, employees have options, and talent is a scarce resource. Business leaders are thinking like talent economists and sustainability…
Read More Putting a Stop to “Mean Girls”: Bullying in the Workplace
If the national spotlight on bullying has taught us anything, it’s that bullies aren’t just ornery kids picking on helpless classmates in the schoolyard. Bullies have invaded social media, and they’re becoming more prevalent in the workplace.
Read More Sickness in the Workplace: 7 Ways to Reduce the Impact on Your Business
Sickness is estimated to cost more than $576 billion each year in lost productivity, worker’s comp, and lost revenue in America alone. So as a business owner why wouldn’t you put some systems or strategies in place to reduce sickness in the workplace?
Read More The Benefits of a Corporate Activity Day for Your Staff
People often enter team-building activities with feelings of trepidation, suspicion, and nervous intrigue. If you’ve ever sat in a circle of chairs while sporting an illegible name badge and peered across at a colleague with a droll smile, then you might sympathize with these negative perceptions.
Read More Why We Decided to Do Away with Meetings and Remove Bosses from Our Startup
Our start-up is now 6 years old, and during that time we have learned a lot, but mainly from mistakes. However, there were only two initiatives that were correct from the beginning and are still present until today.
Read More Why Parents Make Great Entrepreneurs
Starting and growing a business presents many of the same challenges as raising a family, and many of the same skills and attributes come into play in both pursuits. In fact, we firmly believe that parents are uniquely suited to be entrepreneurs.
Read More Your Business Could Be Suffering Because You’re a Bad Boss
The high-level of stress entrepreneurs deal with often precludes them from seeing how they interact with their team members. If you’re a bad boss, not only do your employees suffer, but so does your business.
Read More “Why Does My Boss Hate Me?”
Just about every company is trying to innovate these days. And change, even if it is designed to bring out the best in an organization can—often inadvertently—bring out the worst in us.
Read More Top Tips for Productive Delegation
How often do you find yourself complaining about how busy you are? Stop to think about it. Contrary to popular belief, work overload is not necessarily a badge of honor.
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