6 Soft Skills Even the Most Technical Employees Need
The smarter tools and processes become, the more heavily companies rely on the soft skills of their employees to keep things running smoothly. There are many important soft skills that even the most technical employees need. According to the 2018 Workplace Learning Report from LinkedIn, most respondents named training for soft skills as their top priority in 2018. Technical skills can only go so far if the people using them don’t know...
10 Ways Entrepreneurs Deceive Themselves
Oh, the lies that entrepreneurs tell themselves. Even when all signs point to the contrary, it can be very easy to make up excuses for why your business isn’t succeeding. Here are some of the worst lies that entrepreneurs tell themselves, and the (sometimes) hard truths – 1.The money will come eventually…
3 Ways To Discover Your Passion
There’s no feeling like knowing that one big thing of ours that gets us up early in the morning and has us up late at night. It’s part of that zest of life that everyone needs to experience, both personally and professionally, and it’s called Passion. Unfortunately, most people aren’t living as passionately…
12 Must-Have Skills For Startup Employees
The ability to focus and execute is essential in a startup business, and the employees who can ignore bright, shiny objects and accomplish their objectives are golden. It’s a balancing act, surely, but the essential and well-executed project is more valuable than a dozen could-have-been-great and abandoned…
How To Set Your New Hire Up For Success: The 4 P’s
When a new hire goes rogue or fails to meet expectations, employers are often blind to their role in the failure. Instead of asking, “Could I have better supported my employee?” they instead say, “I hated to do it, but I had to let Suzie go” or “I had to put Bill on probation.” We erroneously have a habit of…