One issue that many managers face is keeping their employees motivated. It’s hard to keep employees engaged over a long period of time, as their work becomes more routine. These challenges are even more pronounced for managers of remote teams, who don’t have the advantage of having all their employees in the same space. Remote …
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When it comes to tools for measuring employee engagement, surveys are one of the most common ones out there. Even with the advent of many new SaaS applications, they remain a popular way with employers to check how their employees feel about their workplace. But what about the employees? And the results that you get? …
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In an age where remote work is becoming the norm, employees can now quit and find a new job more easily than ever. And while that is great news, it poses another danger for business owners – they need to work harder than ever to retain their employees. With most companies looking to downsize their …
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Work shouldn’t be just about work. Especially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, it has become clear that we need something to keep our minds off the current events and help us bond with the people we work with. In an age where many of us work remotely, there are two excellent ways to …
As a CEO running a remote startup of just a few people, I always viewed culture as something only bigger companies dealt with. You know, like Google. Afterall we didn’t have an HR department. We didn’t have a large budget to buy games, or even an office to put them in. We just each had …
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I struggle with productivity everyday. Who doesn’t? No one. Which logically means that our employees, like every other person on earth, struggle with productivity. Now imagine that you run a business with 10, 50, or a 100+ employees – how much is low productivity costing you? After all, if you’re spending $30k a month on …
Being a startup founder is hard. It’s a lonely world where you need to make constant sacrifices, work more than 16 hours a day, and constantly struggle. Startup founders are often focused on growing the business, gaining new customers, building their product, developing marketing strategies, and solving about a hundred other problems every week. With …
Small businesses and startups are constantly looking for ways to attract customers and build brand recognition. And if there’s one thing that always works, that’s freebies. Enter swag essentials. While it is true that marketing has changed significantly over the past few decades, one thing remains constantly effective – free stuff. Here are some stats …
Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, these are all extremely successful entrepreneurs. But they also have one other thing in common – they all had mentors. When the Apple founder passed away, Mark Zuckerberg said that he had been an irreplaceable mentor. The Dropbox founders, Arash Ferdowsi and Drew Houston, are mentored by Hadi and …
Today more than ever, companies consider employees to be their most important asset. Or do they? It’s not enough to just declare this; you need to make sure a large portion of your employees is actually engaged in their work. It’s very simple: your growth strategy depends on your employees’ commitment and contribution. Without these …
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Return on investment is a favorite marketing mantra. Not for Ted Rubin. He prefers “return on relationship” — using, evangelizing and ultimately trademarking the term since 2009. “In a fast-paced, digital world, defining and maintaining our relationships has become unexpectedly difficult,” Rubin said. “Social media has enabled us to connect with an infinite number of …
94% of executives believe that distinct business culture is essential to success. And 88% of employees agree. But despite that, many companies still struggle with finding the right balance between leadership and collaboration, assigning rigid roles to their employees and making collaboration more complicated than it could be. And that can have significant implications on …
