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Six Ways A Small Business Can Use Outsourcing

Strategy Driven

Some of the outsource administration you could consider are: Surveying, polling, and focus group tests. If you don’t keep an eye on your finances, then you could be making an expensive mistake. It can also be handy to have a contact for any questions you may have about the business finances, based on your circumstances.

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19 Tips & Ideas on Starting & Running Your Own Business

Miles Anthony Smith

But don’t be discouraged; for many the hard work is worth it when you consider the freedom over your own time and finances. The successful entrepreneur knows how to manage those fears, and understands that failure can just be another step on the road to success. Here are 8 signs that you might not be ready for it (yet).

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It’s a Match! How to Create an Equitable Compensation System That Fits You

HR Digest

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. No company exists in a vacuum and understanding how to create an equitable compensation system depends on what stands as fair.

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Workforce Analytics Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

Harvard Business Review

But like many companies, they didn't know how to act on it. So early on, Finance and HR collaborated to simplify the process, reducing the number of data metrics. First, how can we improve the performance of our agents and teams? Second, how can we simplify our processes? Third, how can we improve call-volume?

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. To begin, leaders can make inclusion visible and part of the company’s core values.

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How to Launch a Working Parents’ Support Group in Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

But now our meetings consist of working moms and dads sitting awkwardly in a conference room, talking about how hard it all is. There’s so much goodwill, but nobody really knows how to make this thing work.” Every organization has an existing working-parent network — organic and unseen, perhaps, but functional.