For many, the term “family business” may immediately evoke the image of a local, modestly-sized company struggling to make ends meet. However, according to SmartCEO, there are 5.5 million family owned businesses in the US, and together they generate more…
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Ask any successful business owner whether he or she prioritizes the backup of company data, and an emphatic yes is all but guaranteed. Just last May, Barkly surveyed IT professionals from over 300 organizations, and found that “nearly 100 percent…
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In terms of workplace impact, there’s certainly been no generation more passionately studied, discussed, and debated than millennials. In recent years, the millennial generation has challenged corporate America’s status quo, transformed workplace dynamics, and prompted organizations large and small to…
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There’s no escaping the fact that technology has completely revolutionized the way people and organizations communicate. Over 205 billion emails alone are sent out daily, and once you factor in conference calls, video conferences, texts, and social networking, it’s safe…
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According to Harvard Business Review, nearly half of all senior outside hires fail within 18 months of a new position. It’s no shock that the resulting turnover has major implications for businesses—one of the most obvious and painful, of course,…
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For the majority of organizations, the once-standard 40-hour workweek seems to have officially become obsolete. Gallup research places most full-time workers in the United States at clocking roughly 46-47 hours per week, cementing our place as one of the leading…
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Disillusioned. Cautious. Skeptical. Discouraged. These are all words you’ve likely heard used to describe American voters in recent weeks, but you may be surprised to learn they often hold true for those craving more authentic leadership in the workplace as…
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Seventeen to one. According to some media studies, if you pick up a newspaper, surf the web, or turn on the 24-hour news cycle today, that’s the ratio of bad news to good news you can expect to find. And…
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Zero to 60 in 2.8 seconds. That’s the speed of one of the Tesla models I had the opportunity to drive during a recent visit to their factory in Silicon Valley. Appropriately named “Ludicrous”, the car was impressive to say…
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On Independence Day, freedom has always been cause for celebration, but in the workplace, business leaders now have good reason to embrace the concept all year round. While employees have traditionally been the ones vying for greater autonomy in the…
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