By Rob Simons One of the many characteristics that makes each person unique is the way we communicate. You probably know someone who is a “talker” and loves to engage in small talk. And you probably have other friends who can’t stand small talk, and who just want to know what’s on your mind and […]
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Organizational alignment has become both a buzz term and a “to-strive-for” business ideal. The definition of what it is varies across the web. Just a few versions that turned up after I did a quick Google search include: Process of harnessing the creative and productive energies of all members of your organization in contribution toward
We get excited about billboards around MailChimp HQ. And if you’ve spotted any of them, you may have noticed that our tastes tend to run toward the nontraditional: shrimp photography, rice mosaics, dripping paint, and simple blue backgrounds (AKA: “taking back the sky”). A billboard can be just an ad, but it can also be a
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Remember Generation X? They never got as much attention as the baby boomers—and now, the same thing may be happening to Generation Z, the generation behind the millennials. With Generation Z starting to enter the work force, however, it’s important for small business owners to know how to manage this demographic. Generational expert David Stillman
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You’ve probably heard this buzzword: agility. Although you’ve heard it and seen it, do you know if it’s something your organization should practice? What does agility really mean when it comes to shaping your human resources? Agility in the HR industry Many HR departments think of their role as developing and executing company-wide standards and systems.
Post sponsored by Rivier University By Brian Neese “Transformation,” “disruption,” and “millennials” topped a 2015 survey of business jargon terms that workers are sick of hearing. Unfortunately, these are just the latest entries in corporate speak, joining “low-hanging fruit,” “touch base,” “bandwidth,” and “innovation.” Business jargon, or specialized language used in the industry, has a
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In this era of millennial marketing, social marketing, and influencer outreach, there are simply thousands of strategies your business can use to get where you need to go. Fortunately, we don’t have to think up these strategies on our own, but can look over the shoulders of businesses who have succeeded in paving the way
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Words have a way of losing their original meaning over time. Take the word “deadline.” It conjures up images of an old movie with a cynical, chain-smoking reporter hunched over his typewriter in the dead of night, feverishly writing his big story in time to meet the deadline lest he face the wrath of his
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When you’re looking to hire someone, not everything you need to know is on the resume. Sometimes, you need the right soft skill to make sure the candidate will not only fit but thrive in your corporate culture. To find out what those crucial abilities are, we asked members from the Young Entrepreneur Council this question: Q. What
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Think back to your previous jobs and it’s likely that you can remember departments that were siloed, each focused on its own wants, needs, and goals. The mail room, for example, might have wanted to end its workday at 4 p.m., even though the packaging department frequently had last-minute shipments. No matter what industries you’ve
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