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When Should a Small Business Hire an Executive Team?

Up and Running

Think of it as an investment in your company — you’re dedicating resources (compensation) to highly skilled employees who will hopefully bring your business to the next level. Depending on your business, you may need an executive-level role unique to your organization — like chief creative officer or employee well-being executive.

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Common Employee Performance Management Challenges and How to Fix Them

Up and Running

For many startups and small businesses, talent management can sometimes be deprioritized from the everyday chaos and operations. As they begin to grow , they start to recognize that using a spreadsheet or using memory to keep track of employee performance just doesn’t work. Unclear objectives & tasks.

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5+ Customer Retention Tips From Experts for Small Business

ReadWriteStart

Marketing can be challenging and expensive for small size companies. Small Businesses spend a lot of time identifying their customers and making strategies to retain them. I recommend ABTACH, to retain customers, especially if you have a small business. This can be your first retention strategy.

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5 Ways to Improve Employee Retention in Small Businesses

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Employee retention is a challenge for many small business owners. Losing good employees not only disrupts the workflow but also costs money and time to replace them. If you’re running a small business, you may feel the impact of losing a trained employee more acutely than larger companies do.

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Are You a Giver? How Reciprocity Results in Employee Retention

Mike Michalowicz

When I started my first business I think I was pretty focused on the numbers end of things – the cash flow, sales, marketing, more marketing, quarterly goals, budgeting – you get the gist. The way you and your employees interact, collaborate, and support each other can significantly impact an organization’s ability to thrive.

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How To Survive The Loss Of A Main Customer

YoungUpstarts

Running a small business can come with a slew of challenges. The loss of these major customers can have a dramatic impact on both internal (employees) and external contributors (investors). Company culture may also be a contributing factor in the manner in which employees deal with hindrances.

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Increase Employee Retention With Workplace Diversity

Mike Michalowicz

Lately there’s been a lot of talk about The Great Resignation, and how we as leaders and small business owners can increase employee retention. I’m working on a book that relates to this very thing and finding that one of the most important aspects of employee retention is diversity in the workplace.

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