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Feed Subscription10 Steps To Great Leadership
I never went to CEO school. But here's how I learned to drive my business forward profitably. Hint: Its not just about number crunching
Read More »All My Employees Are in Sales
Everyone at my company understands that the next sale begins when the customer says yes, and making that sale is part of their job.
Read More »7 Questions You Must Ask Before You Hire
To hire or not to hire is never just one simple question.
Read More »Why You Need Angry Customers
Want to know which of your employees are doing a bang-up job, and which are falling down on it? Take a few calls from irate customers.
Read More »How Not to Get Sued For Christmas
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Read More »Face It: Your Employees Are Not Engaged
The Beryl Companies' chief executive offers three steps to establish employee enthusiasm and confidence. A recent human resources study found that an alarming 70 percent of workers feel disengaged from their jobs
Read More »Do Your Employees Follow You on Social Media?
How, and when, to react to employees' social media posts can be challenging. Here, some tips. I treat Facebook and Twitter pretty differently – I use Twitter ( @janinepopick ) for business and Facebook for both.
Read More »What Pro Wrestling Can Teach You About Business
Behind the spandex and the melodrama of those WWE matches, there's solid business advice. Seriously. There’s a professional wrestling term —please don’t ask me how I know this—that you should apply to your business
Read More »How Strong Leaders Build Trust
What makes your employees feel vulnerable and skeptical--and how to overcome it to build a higher-performing organization. Years ago I was one of a handful of people hired to help turn around a family owned and operated manufacturing plant that had just been sold to an investment group
Read More »Penn State: What Would Your Employees Have Done?
Mike McQueary's failure to stop the crime he witnessed was tragic, but not unusual. How can you be sure your employees would have done better?
Read More »My Favorite Gift
What do you give the entrepreneur who has everything? To find out, we asked several business owners to describe their most cherished gifts. For my birthday a few years ago, my now-ex-husband gave me bound copies of every Vogue magazine published in the 1960s.
Read More »5 Reasons to Sit in the Trenches
Your office says a lot about your leadership style.
Read More »My Favorite Tool for Organizing Data
Entrepreneur Ryan Goodman explains how he uses Roambi to turn spreadsheet data into interactive files that he can access on his iPhone. My company makes location intelligence software for businesses, so I'm very much a technology guy
Read More »Why You Should Put People First
Belfor Holdings CEO Sheldon Yellen explains why his billion-dollar company is nothing without his people. Sheldon Yellen had an inkling that he was out of touch with his 6,400 employees
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