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Employee management is not what it used to be a few years ago. Research shows that the old management paradigms, such as hierarchical management, are shifting into employee-friendly management styles. One reason for this shift is that employees are hungry with an unfulfilled desire to have their...

Firefighters spend all day putting out actual fires. As a CEO, metaphorical fires are a common occurrence in the workplace. Some of the same tactics that actual firefighters use can be put to good use against your own fires as well. In this post, we’ll take a look at some lessons about...

The pandemic has impacted businesses in ways no one would have imagined. While office workers shifted to teleworking, brick-and-mortar stores shut their doors and quickly adopted e-commerce.

What is “Upskilling?” Oxford simply defines it as teaching or learning additional skills. From an employee’s perspective, it can mean increased job satisfaction and a higher level of perceived value placed upon them by their employer. To a business, upskilling your workforce can create a more...

When you think about profit centers in your organization, no doubt the HR function doesn’t cross your mind. But realistically speaking, this function plays a vital role in driving profits in your business, albeit indirectly. 

Having an efficient HR can improve your organization’s effectiveness...

The biggest problem in a stalled growth trajectory for a company has nothing to do with the failures it has along the way. Instead, it is entirely about not learning from those failures and growing from them. Many of the greatest companies that have ever existed only managed to get where they...