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3 Top Investments to Improve Employee Engagement

Looking to foster more passion in your employees? Try these three steps by  Victor Lipman (via Forbes Magazine) to improve employee engagement. 1. Link Individual Prosperity to Business Prosperity This is not just about providing financial incentives. Financial incentives should, in fact, be applied sparingly as research shows that these can actually impede motivation and performance in circumstances requiring creativity and innovation. Learn to tap into people’s natural drives for autonomy...

3 Essentials of Market Research

Video Source: SmallBusinessBC via Youtube Market research is the most critical element of starting and growing a successful business, yet it is often overlooked completely or glossed over. Most entrepreneurs in the start-up stage are so enamoured with their idea that they are actually reluctant to go out and do research that might prove it to be unviable. This might seem illogical – surely it makes more sense to...

9 Critical Mistakes Leaders Make

In this succinct and informative video, Harvard Business Review interviews 9 experts on leadership to discover what they think are the most critical mistakes leaders make. 1. Irresponsibility Good leadership comes from being responsible – for your company, employees and customers. Poor leadership results when you put your self-interest before the interest of the institution that you run. 2. Betraying Trust Trust is the most valuable currency not only for doing...

3 Keys to Reviving Work Ethic in Millenials

Think younger workers lack a solid work ethic? Canadian HR Reporter interviewed Eric Chester, author of Reviving Work Ethic, on the matter. Here are his thoughts: Value Differences Younger workers don’t have a poor work ethic, just a different one. New workers are entering the workforce with a different values and beliefs. It is important to understand that these values and beliefs are not necessarily bad.  They just offer a...

Fear and Your Future

What is standing in the way of your brighter future? You and your fear.
Seth Godin, author of Poke the Box, states that the amygdala, the part of the brain that is designed to make us fearful of that which ...

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Adapt Your Leadership Style to The Size of Your Team

What separates a good leader from a great one is the ability to adapt and evolve as their team does.  George Bradt give us guidance on the different focus leaders must adopt as the size of their team grows. Here’s how your leadership style might change and grow with your team: The Start-up Team Leading teams of under 10 people should be approached with a start-up mindset that focuses on problem...

3 Critical Skills for Business Success

Did you think school was over?
In the today’s business world information is currency, so it pays to constantly be filling up your bank account to create a profitable future. Adam Toren from Entrepreneur Magazine touches on 3 areas worth studying ...

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6 Ways to Develop Future Leaders

There are many benefits to grooming potential future leaders from within the company. These include familiarity with company operations, the strength of existing connections with other workers, and a deeper understanding of the corporate culture. The Wall Street Journal offers these six tips to mould potential leaders from within your current team: 1. Job Rotation Give your workers a chance to broaden their expertise by working in different parts...

6 Top CEOs Share The Key to Success

Success can be reached via many different paths. Some say it’s a strong idea. Others say it’s passion or drive. Six of BC’s top CEO’s agreed on one thing – people are key.
Finding the right right people, getting them ...

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5 Reasons to Hire Older Workers

Be the first to get access to vast amounts of untapped talent that is older workers. Just like with fine wine, age and character makes perfection. Most of the applicants over 50 are looking for employment because of relocation, the sale of a business or returning to work after a long holiday. That being said, here are just four reasons to give them a shot. Older Workers are More Focused Research shows that...