Start Lean, Stay Lean: 4 Ways to Shape Up Your Operation
As a startup founder, you have a lot of dreams to accomplish on a limited budget. One way to make sure you accomplish your goals is by focusing on efficiency right away. You can start...
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How To Create a Phenomenal Company Culture
If you want to create a thriving, successful company, you must focus on creating a distinctive company culture. Industry professional Mark Stiffler knows this means setting the tone from the top and establishing values and...
Company Culture: The Workplace Perks That Impress Top Performers
With websites like Glassdoor acting as a Yelp for workplaces, more companies than ever are looking to outdo their rivals in a bid for top employees. Many modern companies are leaning away from the “all-business”...
A Healthy Work Culture = Happy Employees, Happy Customers
Roughly 25 years ago, I teamed up with Dr. Larry Patterson to found Eye Centers of Tennessee (ECOTN). When we launched the business, you could count the number of people who believed in our venture...
How 5G Will Transform Entrepreneurship (and Give Remote Work a Serious Upgrade)
The remote work phenomenon is well underway. More and more companies across industries are realizing the multitude of benefits that come from going remote, not least of which are an upturn in employee productivity and...
How to Turn Your Passion Into a Successful Business
Mark Twain once said, “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” However, over 87 percent of America’s workforce is unable to reach their full...
Culture Predictions: How to Build an Award-Winning Startup Culture
While every organization works hard toward meeting its business objectives, this year we will see workplaces taking a greater interest in promoting work-life integration along with emphasizing employees’ pursuit of goals outside of the office....
3 Management Strategies for Building a Reliable Remote Staff
According to a Gallup survey released in early 2017, remote work has consistently been on the rise since 2012. Forty three percent of employed Americans surveyed said they worked remotely in 2016. The polling agency...
Performance Management Considerations That Will Mold Your Company Culture
Over the past few years, our understanding of company culture and its importance has skyrocketed. It has been the subject of many discussions, and experts have discussed at length how a healthy company culture positively influences retention,...
6 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
Some people are born leaders; they’re naturally decisive and communicate with ease. Being a highly effective leader, however, is a learned behavior—these leaders don’t just communicate and make decisions, they improve the company’s bottom line...
Former Apple Consultant Ken Segall on the Power of Simplicity [Book Excerpt]
Is there anyone in business who doesn’t recognize the power of simplicity? It’s an inescapable fact of life that human beings are attracted to simplicity and turned off by complexity. When I started my life...