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Navigating the Dynamics of a Split Office
Experts are divided over when workers will get back to the office after COVID-19. Google and Harvard agree that the return should be staggered in order to protect workers. The Harvard report…
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The Sky’s the Limit for Drone Use Across All Industries
Although awareness of and appreciation for commercial drone systems are growing, many businesses across a variety of industries are unaware of the opportunities drones offer to achieve better business practices, streamline solutions…
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A 5,000 Mile Kiteboarding Journey to Turks and Caicos
How does one shift from a corporate banking career in Budapest, Hungary, to becoming co-owner of a kiteboarding business located 5,000-miles away in the Turks and Caicos Islands? If you’re Anett Pasztor,…
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Intuitive Intelligence: An Entrepreneur’s Best Friend
Intuitive intelligence is the missing link in helping your company culture stay ahead of today’s challenges and better anticipate the ones to come. It’s an entrepreneur’s best friend. It’s revolutionary because most…
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Innovation in Sales Management: Sharing a Sales Manager
The concept of shared sales management, while far from the standard, represents an opportunity for smaller companies to approach sales leadership innovatively to achieve the revenue and growth goals they seek. For…
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8 Ways Your Business Lawyer Should Protect Your Company
Lawyers are trained to be reactive. If you have ever watched The Paper Chase or Legally Blonde, you have some insight into how law school takes already high achievers and trains them…
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Was Your Small Business Denied a Loan? Here’s What to Do
Getting denied for a loan as a small business is fairly common. According to the Private Capital Access Index (PCA Index) by Dun & Bradstreet and Pepperdine University, 47 percent of small…
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Nineteen Important BRANDING LESSONS from the Top Five Retailers in the United States
The top five retailers in the United States made nearly $230 billion in 2018. ($228.4 billion to be exact.) They must be doing something right. Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Walgreens, and Home Depot…
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The Myth of the Retail Apocalypse and How Direct Selling can Return to Growth
In the wake of highly publicized bankruptcies, store closings, and layoffs from some of America’s largest retailers, publications like the Atlantic and Bloomberg have published recent stories on the “retail apocalypse.” However,…
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How Business Owners Can Save BIG on College
Business owners with college-bound children can save thousands of dollars a year if they plan ahead and adopt a few simple strategies. While it’s best to plan when children are young, even…
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7 No-Stress Tips On How To Write Your Business Plan
Writing any type of formal document can give you flashbacks to high school English class—and that’s not always a good thing. For many entrepreneurs, creating a business plan is an intimidating task,…
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High-Quality Employee Photo ID Cards Offer Many Benefits
Does your business need a photo ID card program? And if it does, what’s the best way to implement it? If your employees go into your customers’ homes or places of business…
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Artificial Intelligence: How Companies Are Using AI Today
Over the last few years, technologies have emerged allowing enterprises to store all of their organizational data – in native formats – in what are known as large ‘Data Lakes’. This system was…
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Inclement Weather Checklist for Employers
It’s afternoon on the day before forecasts are calling for a snowstorm. The excitement and trepidation around the office are contagious—will the storm be as strong as projected? Will it be a…
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The Importance and Value of the Customer Experience
Many companies are actively seeking to understand their customers to design and deliver an enhanced customer experience. With 74% of surveyed retailers and suppliers stating that “understanding consumer preferences” is critical to…
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In Pursuit of Diversity in the Workplace and the Boardroom
Business Aviation, a subset of the aerospace industry, is illustrative of a male dominated field with a relatively small percentage of women and minorities employed in flying, sales or technical positions. As…
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Renewable Energy = Economic Development and Jobs
Today you can as easily drive by a field of wind generators or solar panels than one of waving grain. When you think about renewable energy, you may reference cleaner air or…
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Ethical Issues: Political Sexual Misconduct
NBC – Matt Lauer Miramax – Harvey Weinstein Where in the world is Harvey, Kevin and Matt? I’m not sure but it seems like a lot of people are looking for them.…
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What’s Wrong with Our Leaders in the Workplace Today?
We have lost our way as leaders in the workplace. As we make our way through the 21st century, it is apparent that the ability to effectively manage people is quietly diminishing.…
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Improve Your Business and Yourself This Year
Have you noticed there are some business owners who just seem to get it right every time? It seems like anything they touch turns to gold. How do they do it? What’s…
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What it Means to Start a Business
What does it mean to start a business? You need to look at what problem you are solving and where you want to be in 1 year, 5 years or 10 years.…
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Ways Your ‘Negotiation Personality’ Can Undermine Your Success
Here are three questions you may have never asked yourself prior to entering into a negotiation, but should: What kind of negotiator am I? What kind of negotiator would I like to…
