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What Is a DISC Assessment? | Understanding Human Behavior

FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemail Communication is a difficult task in any situation, but especially in the workplace. We work to strike this balance of not becoming too personal with employees that might lead to favoritism or you being taken advantage of, but getting to know them well enough to work with them. To know how to best communicate with […]

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Seven Steps to Start a Consulting Business

FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailThe baby boomer generation has been discussed, dissected and debated since its emergence in the mid-1940s. Seventy-six million strong, the group was the center of a new youth-oriented America with changing social norms, new suburbs, and growing modernizations and opportunities. Boomers have also dominated the American workforce. As they reach the winter of their careers, […]

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Four Steps to Improve Poor Performance

FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailUnderperforming employees are not hard to find. They are perpetually tardy or absent, or procrastinate and mismanage projects. They are cavalier about company rules, create conflict in the ranks or seem to do just enough to get by. They abuse the system. For fellow employees these individuals are a sore thumb, a drag on productivity […]

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Four Ways to Grow Your Business

FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailWhile many economic indicators have pointed to the economy’s recovery, small businesses are still feeling the pinch. According to a May 2013 survey from email marketing company Constant Contact, 59 percent of small businesses say running their business is harder today than it was five years ago. Plus more than half say the bad economy […]

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Futren’s Strategies for Employee Retention

FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailBusinesses in the hospitality and food and beverage industries face many challenges. They ride the ups and downs of the economy more closely than the healthcare, government, or high-tech sectors, and average two to three times the rate of employee turnover, according to 2012 numbers from the Society for Human Resource Management. One small business […]