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4 Ways to Balance Company Rules With Values
How do you keep your business flexible and efficient at the same time?
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Building a Business
Profit’s Not the Only Thing. Businesses Driven By Values Succeed in the Long Run.
By Maite Baron
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Inspire Employee Loyalty With Recognition Rooted in Company Values
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7 Ways to Build Credibility, Trust and Character That Will Grow Your Business
Wary of scams, rip-offs and shady marketing tactics, customers are starting to see the world more in terms of real and fake.
Human Resources
Why Access Is the Key to Women’s Equality in the Workforce
Women need experiences, resources and support to take a seat at the table.
Human Resources
How Strong Company Values Build the Team Fledgling Startups Need
Cash-strapped startups can attract and retain committed employees by offering opportunity and a mission.
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5 Ways to Celebrate Small Wins on Your Way to World Domination
Find ways to share your dreams with your employees.
By Zach Ferres
Thought Leaders
5 High-Performing Habits to Instill in Your Culture
Whatever your organizational values, vision and beliefs are you'll need the behaviors to support them.
By Jeff Boss
Thought Leaders
The 8 Values Every Company Should Live By
Values are an important part determining how great a company's culture can be.
Marketing
What Volkswagen Can Teach You About Values-Based Marketing
A strong brand message can communicate your company's values, differentiate it from competitors' and make your target audience take notice.
By Jack Holt
Building a Business
Are Business Ethics at a Low Ebb?
The fate of startups may eventually be tied to their ability to respect customers, partners, staff and society. Is it time to adopt CEO Dov Seidman's idea?
By Andrew Keen
Building a Business
Boost Employees’ Engagement by Truly Inviting Their Feedback
Managers are bypassing an important resource if they don't solicit staff opinion. Check out six ways to do so.
Thought Leaders
The 3 Advantages of Putting an Entrepreneur in the C-Suite
While it may be disruptive at first, big businesses can benefit from a leader who had previously started their own companies.
By Wain Kellum
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5 Insights for Veterans Competing in the Civilian World
The transition to civilian from the structure and values of the military might be the toughest mission yet.
By Lida Citroën
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How This Ceramics Company Is Moving Forward By Scaling Back
Heath Ceramics is focusing on building value over volume.
By Carren Jao
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The Entrepreneur’s Simple Guide to Business Concepts
Here are quick phrases to help clarify and solidify terms that many people get confused.
By Jim Joseph
Marketing
The 5 Types of Customers Fatal to Startups and How Employees Attract Them
Small businesses cringe at these customers, but it might just be the internal team that keeps them coming back.
By Matt Straz
Building a Business
Lessons From a Family Business 5 Generations Strong
An Idaho banker reflects on the values that have passed, along with the bank, from parent to child for more than a century.
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4 Ways to Motivate Your Staff to Take Big Risks
Actively encourage risk taking within your company by using core values, positive pressure, hiring processes and storytelling.
By Mike Watson
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When Employees Live a Company’s Core Philosophies, Profits Follow
A 'transfer of ideas' must be done with care so each individual understands and appreciates the firm's values.
By Joe Judson
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The 3 Ways Respecting Your Team Builds Your Business
As leaders do unto employees, so employees do unto customers.
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Do You Let Employees Show Their Tattoos? Starbucks Doesn’t – But That May Change.
As Starbucks considers revising its visible tattoo ban, we ask you: Do you think tattoos are important self-expression or unprofessional in the workplace?
By Kate Taylor
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Before Incorporating a Social Mission, Consider These 5 Things
While more and more companies are weaving a social mission into their vision, it needs to be done correctly. Here are a few things to keep in mind.
By Davis Smith
Thought Leaders
Lessons Learned on a Pizza Shop Owner’s Long Entrepreneurial Journey
The first Papa Johns' pizza was baked in the renovated broom closet of a bar. The facilities are better now but a lot else is unchanged.
Building a Business
4 Reasons Why Startups Committed to Social Responsibility Succeed
Difficult though it is to calculate ROI on doing good, startups find social responsibility connects them sooner with customers, investors and committed employees.
Thought Leaders
Could GE’s Winning 4-Point People Strategy Work for Your Venture?
Your startup is not a conglomerate (yet), but this manufacturing firm can teach you how to manage your talent.
Human Resources
The North Star to Guide Your Startup: Core Values
A set of beliefs can guide a young company as it chooses new staff and lays a strong foundation for the future.
By Steven Cox
Building a Business
How to Hire Someone Aligned With the Company’s Mission
Follow these steps to ensure you'll find the right candidate and keep them on course for the entire journey.
By Ryan Smith