Consistent learning and training help employees develop their abilities and ensure that your staff continues to grow. A lack of professional advancement is among the leading causes of employee turnover. If you want to recruit and retain top talent, you must train your employees by providing effective learning and development opportunities for your staff.
With the right team building exercises, you can make all your team members closer to each other and keep your employees motivated.
Character, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is “one of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual.” It’s often composed of having the right values, doing the right thing, and being the right kind of person.
This startup connects you with your employees in a fun, quick way. Also, it’s free.
The more people attending a meeting, the more passive each participant will be because they can let other people carry the intellectual load. Our policy is to limit most meetings to no more than 5 participants. The costs of large meetings are high – a one-hour meeting with 10 participants costs the company…
Are you doing your job as a leader, or are you hampering your employees’ abilities through misdirected delegation? Should you step down in order for the company to step up? Are you aware of your individual impact on the bigger picture? You may have started out as the strong, inspirational skipper of …
The word “organization” and the word “organism” come from the same root word. Company culture bears many similarities to natural ecosystems. The way founders do business in the beginning of a startup are the seeds for what kind of company they will develop in two, five and ten years. Whether you know…
The successful young entrepreneurs at The YEC share 9 innovative company event ideas for startups. Help your employees get into the groove for a busy season while strengthening your company culture and having FUN with these team building activities. Getting everyone together and reinforcing team…
It is not easy to be the CEO of an up-and-coming startup, especially when you are frequently out of your office talking to investors and the actual time you spend in contact with your team is limited. It gets even more complicated when you manage multiple teams working in different cities. Is it really possible…
I never imagined the government of the United States of America was so vulnerable that a few loons could hijack the entire enterprise by simply refusing to work. I’m aware that governments and businesses are different organizations fundamentally, but, thinking about startups, which exist precariously…
It’s that time of the year again. Every March, tens of millions of people participate in an NCAA Final Four office pool. I’ve filled out office pool brackets since I was 10 years old, when my mom would bring hers home from work. But in 2009, I figured something out. We’re all doing it wrong. Stop me if…
