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Fighting employee turnover in the retail environment

Posted on May 25, 2013 · Posted in Motivation, Productivity, Teams, The Happy Workplace

Guest post from Chris Garrett. The average employee in the modern business setting spends more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else. For most of us full-time work…
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How to show employee appreciation – easily and often!

Posted on May 11, 2013 · Posted in Motivation, The Happy Workplace

This guest post from Arlene Chandler offers some tips on how to show employee appreciation easily and often! Expressing employee appreciation is a big part of holding onto quality workers,…
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Customers, and how to keep them happy

Clients, and How to Keep Them Deservedly Happy in 2013

Posted on May 8, 2013 · Posted in Happy Customers

This guest post from Hayley Scott offers some advice on how to keep your clients happy. Business leaders around the world are tasked with not only maintaining operations, but also…
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Leadership Skill: translating vision

Posted on April 30, 2013 · Posted in Leadership, Middle Management, Uncategorized

A key leadership skill is being able to translate vision  so that it makes sense, and then knowing what to do about it. Too often middle managers don’t get the…
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Motivating Performance

4 Ways to Positively Motivate Your Employees

Posted on April 20, 2013 · Posted in Managing Performance, Motivation, Productivity, The Happy Workplace

Here are 4 ways to positively motivate your employees in a guest post from Julie Hartwell. For as long as desk jobs have existed, so have discouraged employees. For every…
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Career Planning to Get Ahead

Posted on April 17, 2013 · Posted in Personal and Career Development

Career planning can be an unpredictable business. Here we talk about how can you plan to make your career move from getting by or getting on, to getting ahead. Thinking,…
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Career paths

Career Paths: Getting by, Getting on and Getting Ahead

Posted on April 11, 2013 · Posted in Personal and Career Development

Which of these career paths do you feel you are following at the moment – are you getting by, getting on or getting ahead? How do you take control of…
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What difference do managers make?

Posted on February 13, 2013 · Posted in Managing Performance, Middle Management, The Happy Workplace, Uncategorized

What difference do managers make? A good question, and perhaps many of us have questioned exactly that of some managers we have known! Whilst we might agree that managers are…
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Leadership Styles and Culture in the West and Asia

Leadership Styles and Culture in the West and Asia

Posted on February 2, 2013 · Posted in Leadership, Personal and Career Development

From country to country, leadership styles vary greatly based on political reign, cultural values and historical events. Kate Simmons offers some advice for any manager who is thinking about re-locating…
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Employee Career Development Plan

4 Steps to the Perfect Employee Career Development Plan (With Template!)

Creating an employee career development plan is a great way to support each of your employees and their career paths. This guest post from Pierce Boylin shows how it can…
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