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Tips for Retaining Great Employees

Tips for Retaining Great Employees

Your business is only as effective as your employees make it, so it’s essential to recruit and retain competent and talented employees. It’s not only up to you but your company and team as whole to do everything they can to make everyone feel welcomed and valued. ...

How to Foster Creativity In The Workplace

How to Foster Creativity In The Workplace

Employees tend to enjoy creative work environments where they feel they have the freedom to be imaginative. These are some suggestions for how to foster creativity in the workplace.   Give employees the chance to brainstorm.   Some employees have great ideas...

Successful Delegation: 101

Successful Delegation: 101

At a certain point in any leader's career, delegation will be inevitable. Moving up in position, experiences, and skills means many tasks will become so easy that you are wasting your time and expertise. If you want to tap into better productivity and save energy for...

How to Be a Motivational Leader

How to Be a Motivational Leader

Motivational leadership is all about providing inspiration to other people in addition to motivating them to achieve their goals. Motivational leaders are not born competent persons, as most of them have to work hard to gain much-needed qualities. Since becoming a...

What is a Digital Marketplace?

What is a Digital Marketplace?

Digital marketplaces are ideal for providing support for small businesses. Any digital marketplace takes time to build, but established bloggers already have a platform. Bloggers have more opportunities to optimize on SEO, and they should use that to their advantage....

How to Regain Focus in Stressful Times

How to Regain Focus in Stressful Times

Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any wilder, this epic year throws another curveball at us. From the onslaught of a viral pandemic to unprecedented political turmoil, 2020 just keeps dishing it out. Oh, did we mention the worst wildfires in recent history and...

Staying Focused While Working Remotely Part 1

Staying Focused While Working Remotely Part 1

The digital era has helped to usher in the popularity of freelance and remote work. This year the pandemic has created the need for even more people to work from home. Alongside remote work comes a number of challenges. For people who are not used to working from...

The Creative Power of Healthy Debate

The Creative Power of Healthy Debate

In the 20th century, there seems to have arisen an idea that businesses function best when everyone is "on the same page" or when there is very little conflict or friction. While it is true that there is a certain level of conflict or friction that can inhibit or...

Ways to Run Your Company Through Uncertainty

Ways to Run Your Company Through Uncertainty

Every business owner knows to prepare for lean times, but it's hard to protect your business against the hardship that a pandemic, or a resulting lockdown, can cause. This is a rare moment in history and it's opening up our eyes to the possibility of a more uncertain...