Would your employees say that they feel appreciated in the workplace? Not when they’re talking to you…but when they are talking to those closest to them? These days, it seems as though everyone is leaving their jobs. Many say they’ve grown tired of low pay and poor treatment by management or customers. In March of 2022, 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs. Where are these people going? Everyone…
Employee Health: Why Support Is Critical for Worker Retention
by / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship• Health & Fitness / May 20, 2022Employee health and well-being are probably one the most important things to take care of. Whether you are a worker or a boss, sooner or later, you will get sick or injured and need to take a couple of days off to get better. Focusing on employee health helps keep your employees happily working for you over the long haul. This just makes sense. Someone is sick and…
Having a thriving, great company culture takes time to grow. So…do you have a “green thumb” for this? You’re might be wondering what exactly “company culture” is. No, it’s not something you’ll find in a petri dish. Instead, the company culture is the purpose, expectations, and ethics of a business workspace. It doesn’t matter if you have one other employee or a thousand employees. Culture is always a…
We all know that entrepreneurs want to make money. Some manage to do it when they are still young, with some doing it before they can even vote…these kids learned to make money quickly. They became young entrepreneurs, made it big, and are now rich. Most young people spend their youth hanging out with friends and working their first jobs like in retail or fast food. Others get…
Listening: Why It’s a Critical Skill for Startup Success
by / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / May 4, 2022Listening is one of the most important skills we have. In business, it’s a critical part of the startup process. Today, it’s not as easy to speak to someone with all the technology in our lives. With all the beeps of phones, appliances, and vehicles, people tend to catch only 25-50% of everything that they hear. Enter the entrepreneur. Wanting to start a business sounds exciting and adventurous,…
Plenty of people have become self-made millionaires. But how did they do it? Did you know that 68% of millionaires — with at least a net total of $30 million — were self-made, according to a 2019 study by Wealth-X? A self-made millionaire, let alone a young one, tends to do things a little differently from the rest of us. Researchers who have studied them over the course…
Conducting Performance Reviews: Three Things to Keep in Mind
by / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / May 3, 2022The employee performance review has long been a much-debated subject. Many employees tend to not like them. To them, it feels like they are under the spotlight. Many employees also think that performance reviews are not that effective at making employees work better. There is a huge difference between an unhelpful interview and one that can actually have value and vault employees to new heights. Having a one-on-one…
Want to Have a High-Impact? 10 Habits of Great Managers
by / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / May 3, 2022Being a leader can be extremely difficult. Luckily, there are many ways to improve your leadership by emulating the habits of other effective managers. Being an employee, a manager can feel like an intimidating and expressionless machine. To a manager, they wonder if they are even liked. But, for a manager, employees should be seen as human beings and not machines. Managers have a lot of work that…well…needs…
Should You Start a Company in Your 20s? Five Things to Consider.
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / May 2, 2022Need help with starting up a business? Should you start a company? Here are some tips and tricks to get you started! Traditionally, entrepreneurs had an easy step-by-step process to start a business. Generally, it looked something like this: Get a college degree. Get your first job. Build your network. Save up some money. Start your first business. That all sounds nice and dandy, right? However, these days,…
What motivates you? What motivates the founders of any successful business? Turns out both of you very likely have a lot in common. What motivates a young entrepreneur? Most seem to be driven by desires such as wealth and power. However, a successful and satisfied entrepreneur is one that focuses on positive outcomes that benefit all and not just themselves. Below are some motivations that most founders, even…