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5 Ways Pampering Employees a Little Pays Off a Lot
A culture of achievement begins with showing your team appreciation, in word and deed.
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5 Ways to Empower Your Employees
Employees only act as empowered as employers make them feel.
By Andre Lavoie
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4 Ways to Instill and Promote Transparency in a Workplace
Transparency matters for a company's culture, because it builds trust and stronger relationships among employees, management and the company itself.
By Sam Hodges
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Happy Developers Lead to Better Products. Here Are 9 Ways to Motivate Them.
When trampolines, sleep pods and ping-pong tables don't cut it, look elsewhere to encourage your code gurus.
By Zach Ferres
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Defeat ‘Vacation Mode’ With These 3 Ways to Keep Your Team Motivated
How do you keep your team members engaged and on task when they're daydreaming about those trips they're planning?
By Gina Folk
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4 Ways Innovative Companies are Celebrating Their Employees
Award programs that grow from the company culture encourage employees to work hard and feel good about it.
By Matt Straz
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5 Phrases You Need to Stop Saying to Your Employees
If you want people at your company to grow and be happy, be more direct and helpful.
By Andre Lavoie
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5 Ways to Take the Grind Out of Working 9-to-5
Between what life requires and technology allows, commuting to the office for an eight-hour workday increasingly looks like a pointless ritual.
By Matt Straz
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Reality Check: 5 Things You Need to Realize About Your Employees
Employers don't always get a behind-the-scenes look at the goings-on within various departments and their employees, but it's time to remove the curtain.
By Andre Lavoie
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The 10 Biggest Motivation Killers and How to Fix Them (Infographic)
Here's what's slowing your team down at work.
By Kate Taylor
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5 Strategic Steps to Help You Double Your Revenue Next Year
Create a carefully crafted plan combined with a fierce dedication to execution that will require a shift in your thinking.
By Jeff Shore
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5 Affordable Benefits Employees Appreciate But Few Companies Offer
Companies that help employees with small daily challenges and support their personal development attract better talent and earn staff loyalty.
By Matt Straz
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Young Talent Demands These 6 Things for Their Loyalty
The same traits entrepreneurs seek in young talent are also the traits that make it most difficult to retain them.
By Peter Gasca
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Money Is Nice, But It’s Not Enough to Motivate Employees
Sure, there are superstars who will do amazing work without your input, but that's not how most people are.
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7 Ways Quality Boosts Business That Quantity Can’t Match
Whether sales leads, social media fans or employees, quality is the entrepreneur's friend. Quantity often just masks a problem.
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Why It’s Smart to Treat Your Employees Like Your Best Customers
Businesses that value employee satisfaction have no problems keeping their customers happy.
By Matt Straz
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4 Ways to Reignite the Flame With Burned Out Employees
Bring back that new hire enthusiasm with these tips.
By Andre Lavoie
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Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Make Reducing Workplace Stress a Priority
Leaders are wise to pay attention to how their team bears up to the demands of the job. Different people respond and cope differently to stress.
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How to Keep Good Employees From Looking for Other Jobs
You gotta know how to hold 'em...
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Why Paying a Living Wage Is Smart Business
Low wages and skimpy benefits are no bargain if good employees can't afford to keep working for you.
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The Fine Line Between What You Do and Don’t Owe Employees
As their employer, here are four things you are expected to give to your workers, and four you aren't.
By Andre Lavoie
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6 Ways to Build a More Cohesive Team
Small but thoughtful initiatives to enhance communication and avert tensions can significantly improve your team's results.
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6 Must-Do Steps to Ensure New Employees Start on the Right Foot
If you haven't put much thought or effort into your onboarding process in the past, the following tips will ensure that your relationship starts out on solid ground from day one.
By Eric Siu
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Facts and Fallacies in the Engagement and Retention of High-Potential Leaders
Next time you want to engage an important employee, use this on-the-job approach.
By Stephen Hrop
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Reduce Turnover in Customer Service With These 3 Tips
Here's how to keep your best consumer-facing employees.
By Max Yoder
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4 Reasons You Need to Embrace Transparency in the Workplace
Companies have found success, both with employees and customers, by sharing information.
By Andre Lavoie
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The Surprising Perk Employees Want That Costs the Company Nothing
Many startups offer free meals and ping-pong but employees most value open communication.
By Matt Straz