Recently, I went to my usual barbershop. I was chatting with my barber as he gave me the usual cut. Then, the conversation flowed to the topic of cryptocurrencies. He explained to me, as he tidied my sides, his insights on Bitcoin and why he was getting into some altcoins. I don’t know if he […]
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Former Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson now has a successful Youtube channel– here’s her advice on how to build an audience. Source link
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Whenever I speak at events across the country, I break down leadership to its most basic and practical form: It’s about meeting the needs of people and developing them to their fullest potential. When employees don’t get the tools, training, time, development, clear expectations, vision, or resources they need to do their jobs well, employees
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“Just because we Canadians are polite, don’t assume that means we’re nice,” a Canadian friend once told me. I never really understood what that meant until now. Enter FreshBooks, a Toronto company that claims to be the leader in cloud-based accounting software–and which set out to rank the 50 U.S. states, in order of how polite they
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Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. People are always saying unflattering things about you. Even if you’re the Pope. The only time it can affect you, however, is when you hear about it. Or, worse, if someone makes the unpleasant comment directly to you. Which
Editor’s note: Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and management issues — everything from how to deal with a micromanaging boss to how to talk to someone on your team about body odor. Here’s a roundup of answers to five questions from readers. 1. Can I ask my staff to be nicer? I’m
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We’ve all heard the expression, “People leave managers, not companies.” It’s not corporate cliché; the research overwhelmingly validates the statement. Unless you’re Facebook. Their People Analytics team recently found that their employees leave not because of bad bosses but because of bad work. It was the job that made them quit. Still, jobs remain the jurisdiction of bosses responsible for designing the work that employees perform. In
Snap, parent corporation of social network Snapchat, has faced a number of recent leaks about the business, including a new round of layoffs. But the company’s reaction, a threat to sue or imprison employees who might talk to the press, was the second time in a week the company showed a disturbing lack of emotional intelligence. Snap
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Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. It was all just speculation when there were 238 cities begging — some in an unseemly fashion — to host Amazon’s new HQ. But now we have a 20-horse race. Which means that bookies can really hone
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The blame game – it’s so easy. When shit hits the fan, the easiest thing in the world is to point fingers and find some poor unsuspecting employee to blame. Hell, it’s so much easier just to fire whoever was responsible for creating such a panic in the first place. At least as soon as
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