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Improve Company Performance Through Appreciation

This week we’re kicking off a 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. Up first: Appreciating Others. Appreciating Others, as the name would suggest, is all about … Continue Reading

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Properly Onboarding Staff For Success

People often don’t realize how difficult it can be for new employees to become contributing members of an organization. Helping new employees get on board is much more challenging than most companies think. It’s common to adopt the attitude, “Well, they’re on board and making good money, now let’s see how they do!”  But, according … Continue Reading

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Finding High Quality Staff

Every organization wants to hire quality people. High quality employees are those who truly make a difference to your business. The ones who can raise the bar and clearly separate you from the competition. But they’re hard to find, mostly because these people are usually already employed. There is good news, though. Your competitors are … Continue Reading

Staff Training

Staff Training is Vital to Success

Properly training staff is one of the most common problems that companies face. It is often pushed to the side in order to focus on more “important” issues. But staff training couldn’t be more important. People impact every aspect of your company. And you must train them accordingly. Employee training and skill development is an ongoing responsibility … Continue Reading

Anticipating Problems

Hindsight May Be 20/20, But It’s Not Profitable

In case you didn’t already know, shoulda, coulda, woulda isn’t the smartest way to run your company. Instead of dealing with problems after they’ve already shown up, you need to be proactive in forecasting which issues might turn into real challenges for your company. The easiest areas to forecast are those with hard data to … Continue Reading