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A Business That Never Sleeps: Running A 24 Hour Business

Strategy Driven

For instance, if you’re looking for a task that can be carried out remotely, you could consider hiring staff from another country that operates in a different time zone. Train them to deal with emergencies. When operating 24/7, it’s impossible for you to always be on shift. Take advantage of outsourcing.

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Is Your Business As Safe As It Could Be?

Strategy Driven

Hackers nowadays have tactics that allow them to access files without being detected unless you have a trained eye, which is a worrying concept, especially if you’re keeping important company information. Provide training for your staff. Every workplace has its own set of risks.

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How to Be an Education-First Leader and Why It Matters

Thin Difference

The ROI of learning is clear when you realize that companies who invest in recurrent, intentional employee training yield 24 percent more of a profit margin than companies who overlook this resource, according to the Association for Talent Development. This extends past asking your team to read a handbook or attend a seminar.

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Current Method / Better Way Matrix Team Building Activity

Mike Cardus

Can break inertia (stuckness) in how your project team operates. Reference : First saw this technique in ‘The Team Handbook’ by Scholtes, Joiner, Streibel. It ranges from simple things like arriving at work and when we break to complex things like employee onboarding and hiring practices. Current Method / Better Way Matrix.

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LGBT-Friendly Workplace: 3 Ways to Make It Inclusive

HR Digest

Adopt Basic LGBTQ+ inclusion Policies Put Your Pronouns, use inclusive language The best way to keep someone from feeling not inclusive is by making an effort toward inclusion in your day-to-day workplace operations. Building queer inclusive language into company’s structure is a great first step.

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What is Wrong with Performance Appraisals?

Mike Cardus

Fifteen minutes before I saw this banner the operations & human resources managers were telling me about their individual incentive program to increase output. All work with seemingly identical equipment, materials, training, job descriptions, etc… are identical. The standards are reasonable and achievable.

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Encourage Employees to Talk More

Tony Mayo

– Alex “Sandy&# Pentland MIT Human Dynamics Lab in Harvard Business Review Another study, at a bank’s telephone call center, showed that operators who spent their breaks speaking to coworkers not only got more work done but experienced less workplace stress. Does something here remind you of your favorite quote?

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