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If You Want to Be a Big Business, Master These Three Things While You’re Small

Few businesses start out big. For the most part, even the big box stores and multinational chains started out looking much like your business does today. Do you think Walmart started out as a huge, successful corporation, selling everything from tires to toys to housewares to fresh produce? In the early 1960s, Sam Walton opened what was essentially a five-and-dime discount store in a town in Arkansas.

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10 Characteristics of Highly Effective Employee Training Programs

Training employees can not only increase your business productivity but also retain employees for the long-term. [Read more…] about 10 Characteristics of Highly Effective Employee Training Programs

How to Spot a Toxic Workplace During Your Interview

When you show up for your job interview, your focus will no doubt be on presenting the very best version of yourself in order to convince them to hire you. But you should never forget that the interview is also your chance to test whether it’s a company you actually should want to work for. You’re interviewing them as much as they’re interviewing you. [Read more…] about How to Spot a Toxic Workplace During Your Interview

How To Choose The Best Communication Solution For Your Company’s Needs

What most organizations across the world have in common are breakdowns in communication, confusion, and misunderstandings. Your company is no exception. Problems with communication negatively affect other business aspects such as profits, relationships with customers, partners, and employees, and business in general. Recognizing these growing pains, technology experts have designed a great number of solutions to help companies overcome their communicative challenges. However, for most, having such a wide choice is both a blessing and a curse. Why? Because what works well for one company may not be a good fit for another. If you choose the wrong tool, you waste not only money but also time and effort. To make a wise choice, align your tool with your communication strategy and the needs of your company. Here is a guide to choosing the best solution for your company’s needs. [Read more…] about How To Choose The Best Communication Solution For Your Company’s Needs

The Benefits of Crisis Management in Your Marketing Strategy

Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Crises are always around the corner, whether or not you and your business are prepared to handle them. You may never escape the possibility of things going south, but you can develop a crisis management plan that can help reduce, if not eliminate, their devastating aftermath. [Read more…] about The Benefits of Crisis Management in Your Marketing Strategy

3 Reasons Your Business Needs an Internal Mentoring Program

Organizations of all sizes struggle to retain top talent and improve performance of those at all skill levels. A mentoring program is one way to deal with both of these issues. Internal mentoring programs have a number of benefits for employees throughout their careers, though the greatest benefits are for new hires. Here are three reasons your business needs an internal mentoring program.

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