In small business, you meet all types of employees, customers and vendors. In my career, most people were incredibly generous. Unfortunately, sometimes you will have to deal with jerks in every part of the business and you need to know how to deal with them. On the Small Business Radio Show this week, Michael Brenner […]
Image copyright Activision Blizzard US gaming publisher Activision Blizzard has reversed its decision to withhold prize money from a player who expressed support for the Hong Kong protests. Professional gamer, Ng Wai “Blitzchung” Chung, said in Mandarin, “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age,” on a live broadcast after a tournament. He was banned for
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Bob Iger, the chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, said that the country’s most influential businesses have a duty to effect social change and fill in the gaps of public policy. “I do think companies, particularly large companies, have an obligation to try to solve some of these problems on behalf of their
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Many social media marketers today find themselves at a challenging crossroads–social platforms are growing increasingly complex, with more features, formats and content types, and audiences’ expectations for social content are developing alongside these platforms. On top of these growing demands, many social teams are increasingly pressed for time to dig through the wealth of data
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That said, to help companies address the problem of bleeding money due to attrition, TinyPulse, a leader in employee-engagement pulse surveys, recently put out a report that shines the light on what drives employees to exit. After analyzing data from over 25,000 employees across the world from January to October 2018, their research boils it down to five reasons. Do
Siri was originally positioned by its founders as a transactional alternative to Google on mobile devices. The idea was to link directly to third-party services and avoid the blue links of search results. Now, the last of its co-founding team still at Apple, Tom Gruber, has reportedly left, according to a report from The Information.
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What habits do successful managers practice when it comes to employee engagement? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Hector Macdonald, Strategic Communications Consultant and Author of Truth, on Quora: What habits do successful managers practice when it
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Bosses have unique power in the world. Their ability to uplift or destroy invades every aspect of your working life, and can even bleed into your private life. The best bosses know how to harness this power for good, challenging where they must and encouraging where they can. Good bosses empower their employees and help
StockSnap / Pixabay Being a boss is no joke. Like being a great parent, if you’re truly great, you agonize constantly that you’re doing it wrong. And like most professionals, you’re really REALLY busy. So how do you keep your employees engaged and happy? These simple statements and questions are the groundwork for being a
For nearly five decades now, ever since Robert K. Greenleaf wrote his seminal essay, The Servant as Leader, leadership thinkers have attempted to replicate, rehash and reinterpret the concepts of great leadership. Stripped down to its basic and most practical form, leadership has always been and will always be about meeting the needs of people
