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Your Guide to Creating an Employee Development Plan That Works
An effective employee development plan prepare employees for unforeseen situations. It has great significance when it comes to the success of an organization. Once, employees came to work with a specific skill set and they might have remained at that level for much of their career. Today, things are different. Employers (and employees) demand more […]
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How to Become a Growth Organization
There is a lot of discussion today surrounding employee strengths and weaknesses. However, we need to turn our attention to the organization’s strengths and weaknesses, as well. The wrong structures and processes in place can dampen growth and drive away needed human talent, resulting in stagnation, or even regression. So, how does an organization become […]
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Tips to Improve Employee Growth and Development
Few things are as critical to running a successful business today as encouraging employee growth and development. In the past, it wasn’t so essential. You hired an employee to perform a task, and they might stay in that position for the duration of their employment. Today, employees demand career progression opportunities, or they will seek […]
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Lessons from Startup Employees
Most people have heard the rather depressing statistics around business failures. The percentage of startup failures varies widely by source and methodology, so I’m not going report any specific percentages. For a good discussion of why many such studies are problematic, see Small Business Failure Rates: Why All The Stats Have It Wrong. Regardless of […]
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Small Business Growth: Knowing the Stages and Challenges
When you think of the businesses that drive the economy, what comes to mind? No doubt the tech giants come to mind – Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and so on. Or maybe you think about long-standing corporations such as Exxon/Mobil, GMC, General Electric, and IBM (all of which are still in the top 50 […]
