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How to Build a Rock Solid Company Culture
We’ve all heard about how important company culture is. From retention to revenue, there is no doubt that culture plays a huge role in a successful company. The question really isn’t, “Why should I invest in culture?” but rather, “How do I create an environment in which my team members love to work?” So how...
How to Start and Grow a Unique Small Business
I recently checked out a new sandwich shop downtown called Even Stevens. Oh boy, I thought, another sandwich place. What a unique idea for a small business. I was prepared to be underwhelmed. The shop was lucky it had a good location. Turns out Even Stevens’ strategy completely altered my expectations. For each sandwich you...
Why Your Company Needs a Learning Management System
Today’s successful businesses recognize the importance of using cutting-edge technology to gain the competitive edge. These days, plenty of ambitious companies are implementing e-learning into their employee training strategies, and the results have been nothing short of fantastic. The right learning management system (LMS) can dramatically improve the initial training and orientation process for new...
3 Lessons in Business Expansion Taken from Amazon’s Playbook
Recently, Amazon announced that it will be expanding into private label consumable products, which has us wondering: Is there anything Amazon cannot do? Ever since starting out as nothing more than an online bookseller, Amazon has followed a very calculated growth path. Let’s take a closer look at this new move to show how you...
Best Practices To Get The Most Out Of Your Team Building Activities
All companies and professional teams, from small to large businesses, eventually face workplace challenges, whether they are related to communication, environment, project management, or the like. Many business owners don’t think of team building activities as solutions to these problems, but in reality, they can go a long way in solving a variety of...
4 Tools To Help You Make Better Business Decisions
As a small business owner, you might be tempted to make critical business decisions based on gut feelings, your entrepreneurial instincts, and even wild guesses. While this is great when it comes to starting a new business and making a name for yourself to begin with, this strategy seldom works over the long-term basis. Instead,...
4 Ways To Improve Productivity In The Office
It's great to be your own boss, but it’s challenging to stay focused when no one's watching over you. Productivity can slip for any number of reasons, whether it's getting distracted by personal email or feeling fidgety after sitting still for too long. So, how can you be the boss and still improve productivity...
Refresh Your Business: 5 Office Items to Refresh This Spring
Spring is a season of renewal. You can see it happen outside your office window as the trees bud, the flowers bloom, and the birds chirp. So why can’t it happen INSIDE the office too? Today I want to encourage you to think about the ways you can renew and refresh your business this...
Build Your Team: 6 Small Business Hiring Tips
As a small business, hiring employees can be a blessing and a curse. On one side, you aren’t as hampered by policies and procedures as larger corporations are. On the other hand, there is so much interdependence in a small business that a lot could be riding on a new hire to take the...
3 Team-Building Tips to Create an Active and Innovative Team
To whom do you owe your success? While some business owners credit mentors, advisors, or their own hard work, others say they have triumphed thanks to competent and trusted team members. As I was going through my personal interview archives, I rediscovered this interview with Erin Walter of Nuphoriq, who thanks her team for...
5 Rules of Business Growth from CEO of Chet Holmes International
Business growth is the name of the game, no matter if you are a startup looking to turn your ideas into a viable business, or a mom and pop store trying to reach more customers, or a multi-million dollar business looking to scale up to the next level. Depending on where you are with...
Celebrity Chef and Entrepreneur Tim Love Shares Startup Tips for Business Owners – #SXSW2016
As a successful restaurateur and chef, Tim Love knows what it takes to grow a successful business, with four popular restaurants under his belt and a spot on Restaurant Startup, a CNBC television show where budding restaurant owners pitch their ideas in hopes of investment funds and guidance from top celebrity restaurateurs. At SXSW 2016, I...