It’s summertime and the living is easy for small business… and a bit slower paced than usual too. In between employees taking time off for vacations and a lighter workload overall, coaxing your sales team into mustering up enthusiasm to head into the same old, routine meetings requires a little...
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Whether you’re working at a startup or a major corporation, no summer ever passes without employees requesting time off to get out of the office and enjoy a quick getaway. In an annual survey conducted by Project: Time Off, full-time employees are getting more paid vacation days (22.6 as of 2016)...
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A few years ago, I read an op/ed in The New York Times called “The ‘Busy’ Trap” that stuck to my ribs. This article is based on the notion that everyone is busy and forces themselves to stay busy for two reasons. The first is based on superiority, feelings of importance and being needed as...
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Women’s History Month is in March every year; a celebration of bold, trailblazing women throughout history honoring the contributions they made that paved the way for others to follow in their footsteps. However, as March comes and goes, so does the end of this month-long event, leaving many female...
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We’re now entering month two of the New Year, and we have to ask: how are those resolutions coming along?
Be honest, are you finding yourself already skipping the gym some mornings? Are you making exceptions for fast food dinners because they’re quicker, easier, cheaper?
Most of us will hit a wall,...
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The holidays aren’t just for eight nights of presents or milk and cookies for Santa, it can also be a great time to start a side hustle. The holidays are an expensive time of year! Building a business around the holiday hubbub is a good way to make some extra cash.
Here are three businesses you can...
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We recently had our first big move! It’s an exciting, stressful thing, to move offices. We made a lot of memories in our old office, but our new office is big and beautiful and, most of all, a symbol of the progress we’re making as a company. Though we’re all settled in now, there were definitely...
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From playing softball with the company team to a simple round of solitaire on the computer, people love the interactivity and goals set up by games. The recent success of Pokémon Go has shown that a simple goal can motivate an entire group of people to get up and walk around their neighborhood,...
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The foundation of any business is the workforce it employs. As time passes on, employees will fall into a groove where they know the best and most efficient way to get things done. However, this routine most likely becomes so inherent that employees get in the zone and forget to implement the...
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