By Beth Miller, special to Overdrive It’s a challenge many small business owners face: How to attract and retain a talented workforce. When a business is made up of average or below-average employees, leaders are… Read more »
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Creating a Unique Company Culture
By Shona Mackin, special to Overdrive and CEO of Social Face I knew I was on track with my company culture plan when, on the office suggestion board one day, an employee had written “dress… Read more »
Company Culture at 30,000 Feet
By Floyd Marinescu, an EO Toronto member and CEO of C4Media, Inc. On a flight home from a Forum retreat in Barbados, I noticed something different— the WestJet flight attendants seemed happier. Even the guy… Read more »
6 Ways to Make Life at the Top Less Stressful
The success of your company, your products, your people—it all rests on your shoulders. If you don’t already have a plan to ease the pressure, you need one. It can be stressful and lonely at… Read more »
Lowering Employee Turnover Using Behavioral Profiling
By Jonathan Slain, an EO Cleveland member, and CEO of Fitness Together One of my resolutions for 2013 was to systematize hiring at Fitness Together. After reviewing many options, I decided to use the Everything DiSC Workplace… Read more »
Top 5 Recruiting Mistakes that Entrepreneurs Make
By Beth Miller, special to Overdrive Starting up a business is no easy task, and it’s not surprising that the vast majority of entrepreneurs fail the first time around. Although there are a number of… Read more »
Driving with a Blindfold?
By Dr. Eyal Ronen, an EO Israel member, and founder of Spotlight Leadership Just last week I went on a really long drive. It was a road I’ve traveled hundreds of times before—I know every… Read more »
Lessons We Learned in Growing our Business
By Les Kollegian, an EO San Diego member and CEO/CCO of Jacob Tyler Your company’s growth can sometimes seem like controlled chaos. Add a consultant here, subtract a client there, divide up this budget and… Read more »
6 Secrets to Attracting top Talent
John Younger, an EO San Francisco member and president, CEO and Mojo Master of HireMojo I’ve started five successful companies. In each case, achieving success was ultimately tied to attracting and hiring great people. I also have the dubious… Read more »
The Most Overlooked Key to Leading a Successful Company
By Les McKeown, Inc. contributor As we’ve already seen, the essence of business success is the ability of an organization to make– and implement — high quality decisions, not just occasionally, but consistently. In most… Read more »