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Building a Business

How Small Companies Can Cultivate Homegrown Senior Development Talent

Follow these steps to create a better pipeline of tech talent that's ready to tackle the problems we need solved.

By Cahlan Sharp

Building a Business

True Colors: What Your Team Members Reveal by Coloring, Yes, Coloring

By Kelly Lovell

Marketing

How to Get Employees to Promote Your Company by Identifying Your ‘March Madness’ Moment

By Kevin King

Thought Leaders

3 Ways to Help Creative Employees Thrive — Even If That Means They Leave the Job

By Kuty Shalev

Entrepreneurs

Solving the Engagement Conundrum Through Brain Science

A contributor who's both a neuroscientist and an entrepreneur, argues that employers might consider creating "unfocus" time for employees.

By Srini Pillay

Thought Leaders

Quarterly 1-1s Are a Waste of Time

In this world of rapid change, quarterly meetings aren't enough.

By Beth Miller

Thought Leaders

When You Have a Truly Engaged Employee, Thank the Family.

The hours in the office and nights on the road is time your indispensable employee is not home.

By William Bauer

Thought Leaders

6 Mistakes That Rookie Leaders Make Which Can Cause Them To Fail

The transition from expert to leader is one that many struggle to navigate.

By Gordon Tredgold

Entrepreneurs

You’ll Never Believe Who the Happiest Employees in Europe Are

A new study reveals the most engaged workers in Europe are in the IT field.

By Rose Leadem

Thought Leaders

If Your Potential Managers Don’t Have These 7 Skills, Don’t Promote Them

An alarming 82 percent of the time, companies promote the wrong person.

By Gordon Tredgold

Building a Business

All Business Is Personal: Employees Need Human Connections at Work

Employee engagement starts with meaningful relationships. Companies that don't support those interactions will see productivity tank as their best talent walks.

By Harry West

Human Resources

7 New Trends Top Companies Use to Separate Performance from Compensation

Whether you place emphasis on teamwork or individual performance, it's essential to research which method will work best for you.

By Steffen Maier

Thought Leaders

Is Your Employee Development Broken? Here’s How to Fix It.

Every few months, business leaders cross their fingers and wish for good news about the latest employee-engagement survey. This January, they were still disappointed.

By Andre Lavoie

Human Resources

Why Team Input Is the Key to Successful Benefits Planning

To understand what benefits fantastic employees truly value, why not just ask 'em?

By Kelsey Raymond

Thought Leaders

Pain-Free Performance Reviews? Possible. Here are 5 Tips for Getting There.

The "annual" performance review system is broken. And fixing the system won't be easy. But start with more frequent, less critical feedback.

By David Niu

Thought Leaders

4 Ways Managers Can Commit to Improving Employee Engagement

Help management team members communicate their intention to treat employees as people, not just assets.

By Andre Lavoie

Building a Business

How to Give Millennials the Employee Development They Want

The future of your company could depend on how well you understand young workers' need for mobility and provide training to help them achieve agreed-upon goals.

By Kes Thygesen

Entrepreneurs

Employee Engagement and the Pursuit of Happiness

Most workers aren't happy. They're just going through the motions.

By Erin Peck

Thought Leaders

Crowdsource Your Next Boss?

New research shows that those employees who collaborate and communicate the most have leadership potential.

By David Niu

Building a Business

The Retreat-Planning Playbook: A Starter’s Manual

Planning a company getaway for the coming new year? Here are tips on how to save money, re-energize your team and company.

By Kelsey Raymond

Building a Business

5 Companies Getting Employee Engagement Right

Improve company culture and have a team full of happy, productive and passionate people.

By Steffen Maier

Building a Business

How Google Uses People Analytics to Create a Great Workplace

Hint: It's about the people, for the people, and by the people -- and you can translate the big ideas to your much smaller company.

By Steffen Maier

Thought Leaders

Why You Should Treat Every Day Like Thanksgiving

There's a big return on investment for expressing gratitude regularly.

By John Brubaker

Building a Business

Are Your Most Loyal Employees Also the Most Likely to Be Disengaged?

Do you have any "workplace prisoners" in your office? Time to set them "free."

By Heather R. Huhman

Building a Business

Why Employee Engagement Programs Backfire and What You Can Do About It

To create true engagement among employees, leadership teams need to first understand what employees want.

By John Boitnott

Building a Business

5 Things Smart Entrepreneurs Can Do to Engage Their Workforces

Leaders usually do a better job of telling employees what they do wrong than championing the behavior they want to see.

By Chris Dornfeld

Thought Leaders

This Is How to Train Your Managers to Boost Engagement With Millennials

Young professionals are detached from their company's purpose, which can kill engagement and productivity. The main issue comes down to making work meaningful.

By Andre Lavoie