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      Category: Management Tip

      January 25, 2019

      15 unmistakable qualities of a bad manager

      Your manager typically has a HUGE influence on what your job actually looks like from day-to-day, and what your career path will be in the future. There’s a quite popular saying that goes: “employees don’t quit their jobs, they quit their managers.” And there’s a lot of truth in that saying if you think about…

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      January 14, 2019

      Sales Management Tip: The Value of Having a Dynamic Account List Management System

      Many businesses that employ a sales force do not realize the importance of having a dynamic account list management system.

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      August 27, 2018

      Management Tip: Bottom Line: Identify, Hire and Retain The Best Talent. Period.

      This is a re-post from several years ago, and after reading it (and many other original posts that appeared on this site) the validity of the claims in this article still stand. Despite a changing world, some strategies remain effective. 

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      April 25, 2018

      Study Reveals That A Bad Boss Can Make Employees Sick

      For 75% of Americans, bosses are a major cause of stress at work. A Linkedin article published by Quartz magazine reveals that a bad boss can be as harmful to employees as passive smoking. The article also says that the longer you stay in a job working for someone who stresses you, the greater the damage…

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      April 12, 2018

      Gallup: Why Managers Must Ask 5 Questions to Empower Employees

      It’s likely that you can easily recite your team members’ roles and responsibilities — what they do. But do you clearly understand, and can you explain, why they perform well in their roles? The most effective managers Gallup has studied share the ability — regardless of industry or organization type — to understand and describe…

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      April 1, 2018

      Noncompete Agreements Take a Toll on the Economy

      Despite sky-high housing prices, Silicon Valley remains the vital center of the U.S. tech industry. Once an industry takes root in a particular place, it’s very hard to pull it away. Which makes it all the more important to understand: Why did Silicon Valley become Silicon Valley in the first place? One prominent theory is…

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      March 18, 2018

      This Is Why Your Boss Is Terrible, According to Management Experts

      We all know that bosses can be jerks. Now economists think they understand why — although the reason may surprise you. As it turns out, most companies end up promoting their best-performing employees, giving them responsibility for supervising others workers. The problem, new research shows, is that the skills that made employees succeed at their initial…

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      February 8, 2018

      Study: This is how much non-compete clauses hurts employees

      Blinded by enthusiasm for our new jobs, too many of us do not look too closely at the language within our employment contracts. Fewer than 10% of new employees will try to negotiate their noncompete clauses, according to the U.S. Department of Treasury. But buyer beware: those seemingly innocuous paragraphs can have an outsized impact on…

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      January 29, 2018

      Non-compete agreements: Retention tool or liability landmine?

      Non-compete contracts, or restrictive covenants, have garnered a lot of media attention of late. Once considered applicable only to high-level employees, non-competes have trickled down the corporate ladder to the rank and file as companies try to protect their investment in staff. The practice of using non-competes has become so widespread that in March 2016…

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      October 29, 2017

      What to Know Before Signing a Noncompete or Nondisclosure Agreement

      Despite the job market’s uncertainties and unpredictability, most experts say noncompetition and nondisclosure agreements are becoming increasingly common. Why? As the economy becomes more technology-oriented, employers are more concerned about preventing the technical and intellectual property they’ve developed from being copied by others.   Rick Levi, a partner in the Midwestern law firm of Earnest, Foster,…

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