7 Keys to Hiring Your Start-up's First Employee

Hiring your first employee is a huge step for your start-up. In addition to the sudden sense of responsibility (you’re now in charge of someone else's livelihood!), it’s a strong signal that your company has real merit: Someone has chosen to turn down other opportunities to help make your idea happen . And in many cases, he or she is embracing a significant amount...

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4 Tips for Better Employee Scheduling: Avoid Scheduling Abuses and Save Money

In recent months, scheduling abuse and “unfair scheduling” in the retail industry has come to light as a huge issue. As someone who has been subject to scheduling abuse myself, I can assure you that it is, in fact, a widespread problem that the retail industry not only needs to address, but is actually well-equipped to deal with.   So what is scheduling abuse...

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3 Employees You Should Fire Immediately

As a business owner, your time is limited; you hired a team of capable professionals because there's no way you can do it all. Even if your organization runs like a well-oiled machine, there's usually at least one team member who causes you more stress than the others. You may not even realize it, but these "time-suckers" hurt your business by drawing your...

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20 TIPS TO IMPROVE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE

High levels of employee engagement in an organization are linked to superior business performance, including increased profitability, productivity, employee retention, customer metrics and safety levels. That’s way we all want employees to be engaged at work, right? But how can we actually get there? #1 – Communicate clear goals and expectations...

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6 Steps To Improving Your Current Employees’ Soft Skills

Let’s face it: Soft skills like critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and adaptability are necessary for all employees to have. However, the majority of attention in the management world has been focused more on hiring employees with those skills than developing them in current employees. The term “soft skills” refers to skills like collaboration, problem solving,...

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Start-Ups Finding the Best Employees Are Actually Employed

When Ron Johnson was pitching his idea for an e-commerce delivery company to venture capitalists last year, one of the sticking points was his vision for how to treat employees. Mr. Johnson’s company, called Enjoy, sends experts to deliver and set up tech products in homes and offices. But rather than requiring people to work as independent contractors, a practice...

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