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If you read the title of this article, you may be thinking to yourself: how can there be positive results from a team member's departure? If you consider the circumstances and implement the right strategy, there are potential positive results to be gained. Whether that team member was a positive or negative influence, the opportunity of [...]
Sometimes we have people ask us questions about how to get started on the social media marketing basics. Here are some websites we recommend when you’re getting into social media marketing: A great resource list to start with. Ryan Scott wrote an article on HubSpot in 2015, entitled “How to Learn Social Media Marketing: 41 Resources [...]
There are a lot of you out there who work in either recruiting or Human Resources. This article will most likely be a review for you all - or at least I hope it is. If not, we need to talk about recruiting. Frankly, this article is targeted at all of you who are leaders in [...]
With the exception of a few people, the vast majority of leaders and executives dislike conflict in their teams and within their workplace. A conflict can create a lot of tension and high emotions which have the potential of creating problems. As leaders and executives, we generally want to avoid unnecessary drama within our teams. However, [...]
Hiring the right person for an existing role or a new one can be a significant challenge. For many organizations, hiring a new team member seems to be a painful process - but it doesn’t have to be that way. Instead, it can be a great opportunity to bring in highly skilled expertise, fun energy, and [...]
The messages which we communicate in our office are very important. Not only do we communicate them to our team members, we are also communicating those messages to ourselves as well. The messages on our walls communicate critical messages. Are they distractions or are they pointing us to the work that we need to accomplish? Are [...]
When you were a little kid, you had some opportunity where you wanted something really, really bad. To get what you wanted, you thought about your options and then went in for the big pitch. Whether your target audience was one of your parents, grandparents, relatives, friends or someone else, you gave it everything you had [...]
I have found that I can gain advice on a lot of subjects. It all depends on who it is and where the advice is coming from. I’ve also found that I can get cheap advice from a lot of different places. If I implement that advice, it can be very expensive. Regardless, I need for [...]
When looking for a business advisor, it is important to find someone who has a balanced approach. You want a balanced advisor that can speak and share insights on many subjects. Many business advisors who offer their services on the market are usually strong in a particular area. This could include sales and marketing or in [...]
After struggling for a while with the process of getting my business up and running, I talked to my financial advisor and asked for his advice. As a part of the services he offered, he had listed “small business advisor,” so I figured that he would be my best option. I also thought he would [...]
