Business leaders don’t need to be professional mediators to artfully avoid conflicts, listen smarter and become more adept at negotiating conflicts among employees, clients and vendors.
Categories HR and Management
Human resources (HR) might just be the most underrated job in your company.
That is, if you even have an HR person on staff. But even solopreneurs and freelancers will someday need to hire, fire and lead PEOPLE -- three of the toughest business activities we can think of. Great hires can make or break your company, and bad management can turn brilliant hires into underperforming drones. Sounds like a catch-22, right? But you can do better with practice (and advice).
Below, BusinessCollective authors share their most candid and practical management secrets, from must-ask interview questions to what it’s really like to give a bad performance review.
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Hiring executive-level talent for your startup team is one of the most important things you’ll do as a leader. Eight YEC members share their advice for making the right choice.
12 Ideas to Improve Employee Engagement
Over and over again, the research confirms that engaged, happy employees are productive, idea-generating employees. What can you do in the new year to make your team members feel motivated?
How to Hire and Manage a Remote Startup Team
Is your team ready to leave the office and go virtual? If you get the logistics right, remote work can actually make your business more productive.
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