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Communication & Networking

How Small Business Leaders Can Use Google’s Teamwork Study

In 2012 Google began studying teamwork in the company. Called “Project Aristotle,” results were released in 2016.

Google in-house researchers studied 180 teams at the company and analyzed over 250 team attributes through more than 200 interviews.

The final results reported five key characteristics that allowed teams to achieve high-levels of success. In order of …

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Communication & NetworkingEmployer BrandingMarketing & Personal BrandingRelationship Networking

How to Make Your Customers Feel Valued

When your customers feel valued, they stay loyal to your business. Loyal customers also help you get new customers by telling about your business to their friends and coworkers. They do free word of mouth marketing for you and as a result, your business grows. Therefore, you need to value your customers and make them …

Brand Identity & Self-DiscoveryCommunication & NetworkingRelationship NetworkingWorkplace Success

Working Without Vacation Drains Your Career

Summer is already here and soon employees will start thinking about vacation. However, according to Glassdoor’s recent study, 54% of Americans only used half of their vacation days during the past 12 months. Only 23% of them used all of their vacation days. Employees do not want to use all of their vacation days because …

Teamwork and Collaboration
Career DevelopmentCommunication & Networking

Teamwork Never Fails – Stop Blaming Teamwork at Your Small Business

Five years ago facilitating a client’s leadership retreat I asked a simple question… “What is teamwork?” Of the 12 leaders in the organization, a small regional credit union, we heard the traditional answers and one that stood out. The one that stood out was:   “Teamwork is a series of individual interdependent successful efforts.” That definition…
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Career Barriers and How to Fix Them
Brand Identity & Self-DiscoveryCommunication & NetworkingLifestyle & Habit BuildingRelationship Networking

Biggest Career Barriers

Everybody has dreams of getting ahead in their careers and become very successful. Nonetheless, this is easier said than done. Everyone will face some challenges and barriers in their careers but the important thing is not to give up and find ways to overcome those barriers. Below are the most common career barriers and how …

Challenges Entrepreneurs Face
Career DevelopmentCommunication & NetworkingRelationship NetworkingSkill Development

10 Challenges that Entrepreneurs Face

Starting a new business is a risky task and entrepreneurs face many challenges every day. Below you can find 10 of them.

Career Change: Abandoning your current career to become an entrepreneur can be very risky for an individual. Especially, if you reached a certain point at your career, then leaving everything behind to start…
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