7 Steps to Reducing Turnover and Increasing Engagement, Productivity, and Profits All your employees want to be told what kind of job they’re doing. But your newest hires crave feedback even more. New employees want positive feedback, constructive feedback, and...
Are You Tired of Losing Your Best Employees?
5 Ways Your Business Can Keep Your Best Employees from Bolting for Bigger Companies Losing your best employees is one of the most frustrating experiences for small and mid-size business owners. Your invest time and energy training them. Then, they do everything right...
9 Time-Saving Tips to Keep Your Best Employees from Leaving
New-Employee Training Guide Reduces Frustration, Increases Retention One of the greatest frustrations for small and mid-size businesses happens right after a new employee gets hired. You’ve probably struggled through a murky and ever-shifting onboarding process, and...
Worried the New Year Is Going to Rob You of Your Best Employees?
You Might Be Right – But Here are 3 Culture-Shifting Strategies You Can Use to Keep Your Best Employees from Leaving Should you be worried that some of your best employees might be considering switching jobs in the New Year? Actually… yes, you probably should. It...
This Is Where Your Next Great Leader Will Come From
3 Research-Backed Methods for Hiring and Retaining Great Leaders In a plentiful job market, great leaders are tough to find because everyone is looking for work and putting on their best faces trying to stand out. In a tight job market like the one we’re currently in,...
4 Outdated Management Styles That Will Drive Your Employees Away
Business Leadership Rooted in the Past Won’t Lead You to the Future They say you’re not a leader if no one is following you. But in a business setting, doesn’t being ‘in charge’ automatically make you a leader? Your employees are, in a way, forced to follow...
The Single Worst Thing You Can Do to Waste a New Employee’s First Day
Plus, 7 Essential Employee Onboarding Strategies That Will Attract and Retain Your Best Team Ever As unemployment creeps ever more downward, employers are asking: “What else can we do to keep our best people?” Here’s the answer: Employee...
Negative Employee Feedback: The Secret to Retaining Your Best Employees
Giving negative employee feedback is one of the keys to business growth. Everyone makes mistakes. No one performs perfectly. Everyone can improve. So – learn how to give constructive feedback in a way that empowers employees. Here are 7 ways to give negative feedback that your
CEO confesses 5 hiring mistakes he used to make
5 Under-the-Surface Hiring Mistakes That Will Erode Your Company Culture and Growth There was a great column recently written by A.J. Mirabedini, the CEO of GKIC, a small-business marketing training company. A.J. offers the wisdom of experience, revealing several...
The Secret to Hiring Top Talent In a Low-Unemployment Economy
How to Fill Your Most Crucial Positions While Having More Free Time Irony is a funny thing. We want the economy to do well, because that means our businesses will grow. But now that businesses are growing, unemployment is super low. And low unemployment means it’s a...