Professionalisms
How To Stop Toxic Leadership From Spreading A Virus In Your Company
Toxic workplaces sometimes start at the top. Difficult, abrasive leaders can create a culture of tension, fear, and abusive behavior at every organizational level, says Dr. Katrina Burrus.
3 Tips For Developing A Sky-High Growth Plan
Middle market companies are ambitious to grow, and they need the right marketing strategy that can guide the whole enterprise to new heights. Karen Hayward of Chief Outsiders shares her thoughts.
How To Thrive Amidst Change & Disruption In The Short-Term Rental Industry
In order for short-term rental hosts and property managers to best position themselves to thrive amid an ever-changing backdrop, they must respond quickly to the changing market conditions. Pamela Knudsen highlights five particular areas to address.
How To Prepare Your Online Store For The Holiday Season During COVID-19
This holiday season will be totally dominated and led by e-commerce stores. To prepare your online store for the holiday season during COVID-19, you’d best get started now.
The Untold Benefits Of Optimizing Your Website For Mobile
When looking to acquire more customers and ultimately increase sales, a well optimized website is the best course of action for any business to take.
Does Your Culture Inspire Courage… Or Stamp It Out?
Ed Hess explains why courage must be part of your organization’s culture. Here are nine indicators that courage is alive and well in your workplace… and six red flags that fear might be preventing your employees from doing their best work.
What Are The Benefits Of Workplace Safety
Every worker has a right to demand for a safe working environment. We look at why workplace safety is important for both the employee and employer.
6 Things You Should Look For In A Life Coach
Life coaches help their customers reach different life goals, ranging from career-oriented objectives to building meaningful relationships. Acquiring the help of a reliable and certified wellness professional can help you achieve your various life goals.
Fostering A Company Culture Of Ongoing Professional Growth
It is important to reinforce a culture of enjoying learning and growing. James Van of SoloLearn shares a few tips that will help your company grow a culture of learning, curiosity, and strategic learning initiatives.
Customer Service Excellence In A Pandemic Era
In business, a crisis like COVID 19 forces us to be creative, innovate, adapt, and do things differently. Joanna Swash of Moneypenny shares 5 tips to ensure you deliver exceptional customer service during these unsettling times.
How Strong Is Your C-Suite Bullpen? Preparing The Next Generation Of Leaders
A leader’s primary role is to coach and to create an environment that perpetually develops new leaders. Jennifer Mackin, ForbesBook author of "Leaders Deserve Better" shares some tips on how senior management can align business strategies with their people strategies and develop leaders in the process.
8 KPIs You Need To Track For Ecommerce Growth
Tracking KPIs should be a regular part of looking at ecommerce growth for your business. Check in with your numbers at least once a month to track any emerging trends straight away.
Making Your Case: The Four Es Of Payment Automation
When writing a business case for payment automation, draw attention to the permanently simplified (and cheaper) workload that automated processes would bring, rather than focusing on the temporary unfamiliarity of your solution.
5 Steps To Building A Remote Work Environment That Sustains Over Time
How do we make remote work last over time? How can we keep this from feeling like there’s no real connection or organic collaboration? Larry English, author of "Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams" shares his thoughts.
Turning Your Successful Small Business Into A Thriving Online Brand: 5 Key Steps
A strong online brand is vital for securing sales, but it also plays a critical role in fostering trust and connection in an age where face-to-face interactions are far from guaranteed. Shayne Tilley, Head of Marketing at 99designs shares some ideas to build a stronger digital brand.
A Landslide Of Layoffs Is Coming — How To Do The Dreaded Deed Kindly
As the pandemic continues, so do the job losses. If you’re a leader, you may find yourself having to lay people off or make “temporary” furloughs permanent. Award-winning author Deb Boelkes says how you do it matters — and she offers some guidelines on delivering the bad news with love.
What You Need To Know Before You Hire Your Next Remote Team Member
Hiring a new remote team member? Take the time to get a more full and complete picture of someone’s work history, personality, strengths and weaknesses to determine who is the best match for your role.
7 Reasons Startup Businesses Still Need To Collaborate With Marketing Companies
A collaboration with a marketing company could help embed the core principles of effective marketing into your startup’s most important business processes from the very beginning.
How “Human” Is Your Workplace? These Four Questions Reveal The Truth.
Ed Hess says the old, fear- and ego-based ways of working and leading won’t survive in the Digital Age. If your workplace doesn’t meet these four criteria, you may be on your way out.
How To Command Your Workforce At A Startup
Command your workforce in the right way in a startup enterprise. Use these four tips to help you manage people in your startup enterprise, building loyalty and faith in your leadership over time.
How Great Presentation Design Can Make Up For Weak Public Speaking Skills
Most people aren’t naturally confident on a stage. It takes time and practice, though an impressive slide design can certainly help make up for weak public speaking skills.
Bookkeeping Blunders: 7 Common Startup Accounting Mistakes
Avoid these startup accounting mistakes and start your business off on the right financial foot. Keeping your financial foundation strong will help you turn your startup into a successful business in no time flat.
Pieces Of The Same Puzzle: How Business And Marketing Plans Work Together
Although a marketing plan is key to running a successful business, it’s not a substitute for a business plan; the two strategic documents have distinctly different goals and serve different purposes.
Mid-Pandemic Marketing 101 For Professional Service Companies
Professional services have always been a people-to-people business, but now the industry is in a situation where professional interaction has radically changed. This represents a tectonic shift — in the services provided, the way they’re provided and business development efforts.
How ‘No-Excuse’ Leadership Can Help Businesses Succeed After The Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic slowdown created an uncertain future for businesses across the country. Troy Nix shares how 'no-excuse' leadership can help you succeed in these challenging times.
Ensuring Wellness Of Post Pandemic Employees
As a workplace psychologist, Dr Craig Knight, Founder and Director of Identity Realization Limited, is often asked what the psychological effects of COVID-19 are on employees.
5 Reasons Why You Should Provide Stipends To Your Employees
If you wish to attract and retain good talent, you may want to look into providing company stipends. It may be an added cost, but it’s a worthwhile investment for your employees.
How To Create A Successful Fundraising Event
Planning and organizing a fundraising event are exciting, but it takes a lot of work from your end. By having clear goals of your fundraising campaign, you can know whether you’re going to the right path or not.
Top Five Mistakes Small Business Owners Are Making During Pandemic
Joseph Meuse, Founder and President of Business GPS shares the top five business mistakes his company sees small business owners making again and again.
How To Ensure The Safety Of Your Employees In The Workplace
As an employer, it’s crucial to ensure the safety of your employees in the workplace. Before they result in illness or injury, any safety hazard must be fixed using proactive, effective, and aggressive approaches.