By Rob Miller, EO Vancouver member and co-founder of Miller Titerle LLP About a year into our business, my partner and I became concerned that our employees were not as happy as they could be. While… Read more »
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How to “Outbehave” the Competition
By Gregg Lederman, managing partner of Brand Integrity Recently, I was checking in to a hotel and was greeted by the front desk receptionist. She was wearing a button with bright red letters that read,… Read more »
Profit Begins with Your People
By Ben Baldwin, an EO Toronto member and the co-founder and CEO of ClearFit Have you ever hired someone who didn’t turn out to be what you expected? Did that seemingly well-spoken, educated and experienced… Read more »
Maximize Your Reference Checks
By Jonathan Davis, founder of UmpHub, LLC. I received a reference phone call yesterday. It was from a staffing firm inquiring about someone who worked for a previous company I was involved in. The poor… Read more »
Are You Cut Out for the CEO Role?
By: Michael Kaiser-Nyman, special to Overdrive Good CEOs are made, not born. But the same can’t always be said for founders. A founder has a vision and a passion for her product or service, and… Read more »
New GoDaddy CEO’s Growth Strategy
By: Catherine Clifford, special to Overdrive You may have heard of GoDaddy, but you may not know what the tech company does. New chief executive officer Blake Irving wants to change that disconnect, especially in… Read more »
Managing a Global Workforce
By: Michèle Hecken, an EO Edmonton member, and Special to Overdrive When you’re building a company across borders with a multinational team, dealing with people from different cultures and relying on them to get things… Read more »
The Brain Science of Startup Positivity
By Dan Martell, special to Overdrive You’re an entrepreneur. You chose this lifestyle and its ups and downs. Insanity aside, how do you survive it? Sure, there’s the age-old “positive thinking leads to positive outcomes” mentality, but… Read more »
Why Getting Away from it All Makes Business Sense
By David Niu, an EO Seattle member and the founder of TINYpulse.com They say entrepreneurship is all about taking risk. In February, I took a big one: I sold everything, stuffed the rest into storage… Read more »
Talent Selection: Who Will Help?
By: Beth Miller, a Special to Overdrive Talent management, including talent selection, is Human Resource’s job, right? Yes, and no. Yes, HR should be involved in the process. But employees in other departments also need… Read more »