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How to Break Employee Bad Habits

by Simon Davies December 15, 2015 Follow @SimonTheoDaviesDecember 15, 2015 Nobody is perfect, and employees are no exception to the rule, but it can be hard to identify when you need to intervene. Previous jobs can cultivate bad habits that aren’t always easy to remedy and under-performers may actually be craving extra responsibility. Here are … Continue reading How to Break Employee Bad Habits →

How To Change These 8 Bad Business Habits Before They Break Your Company

Business Improvement

by Brian Sutter December 13, 2015 Follow @SmallBizBrianDecember 13, 2015 Bad habits in communication, hiring, inventory management, accounting and other areas can destroy your business. Drop them and pick up these best practices instead. Business owners may not think these bad habits are affecting the financial success of their companies, but slowly—and surely—things will start … Continue reading How To Change These 8 Bad Business Habits Before They Break Your Company →

How to Break Bad News to Employees: Mastering the Dreaded Part of the Job

Employee Advocacy

by Jamie Nichol December 11, 2015 Follow @CultureIQDecember 11, 2015 Being a manager is tough. Everyone wants to be the boss who inspires and uplifts employees, encouraging them to take risks and succeed, but even outstanding managers find themselves having to break bad news occasionally. Sharing bad news, whether about a canceled project, rejected raise, … Continue reading How to Break Bad News to Employees: Mastering the Dreaded Part of the Job →

10 Black Friday Emails That Almost Made Us Break Out Our Wallet

Black Friday

by Sasha Seddon November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 Our bellies are not the only thing bloated post-Thanksgiving. The inbox is overstuffed with Black Friday messages, tempting the user with clickbait subject lines and purse string-loosening calls-to-action (CTAs). To give you inspiration for future campaigns, we’ve drawn up a list of the ten sends which most … Continue reading 10 Black Friday Emails That Almost Made Us Break Out Our Wallet →

3 Productive Ways to Take a Break at Work

Productivity

by Cord Himelstein November 18, 2015 Follow @mcfrecognitionNovember 18, 2015 According to a recent study of Staples employees, many of them feel guilty about taking breaks at work other than their lunch break, despite working longer-than-average shifts. Even with 90 percent of bosses encouraging regular breaks and 86 percent of workers agreeing that they make … Continue reading 3 Productive Ways to Take a Break at Work →

Hiring Pitfalls: How Recruiters Break Trust With Candidates

Career Development

Jamie NicholNovember 5, 2015 Earlier this week, the CultureIQ recruiting committee met to refine our hiring process. We all came to the meeting armed with our personal job searching horror stories. Our goal: Don’t let that happen here (and also to recruit high-potential talent that aligns with our values and required job function… but we’ll … Continue reading Hiring Pitfalls: How Recruiters Break Trust With Candidates →

How to Break Into the Instagram Market

Instagram Marketing

Tanya KnowlesSeptember 28, 2015 With over 300 million active users, much more than that of Twitter, this social networking website has become one of the most powerful weapons of internet marketers today. Confused? I am talking about Instagram. “Over the past four years, what began as two friends with a dream has grown into a … Continue reading How to Break Into the Instagram Market →

SEO HACKS: 3 Bad SEO Habits You Need To Break Today

SEO Audit

Liz MurphySeptember 26, 2015 Here’s the thing about SEO (search engine optimization): Whether you’re a marketer or a business owner managing your own web presence, it matters. A lot. But trying to define what it means to “be good at SEO,” can be a challenge. Rules are constantly changing, and the algorithms used to place … Continue reading SEO HACKS: 3 Bad SEO Habits You Need To Break Today →

You Don’t Need to Break the Bank to Screen Candidates Better

Effective Hiring

Catherine MiklausSeptember 24, 2015 Recruiting and hiring new talent is hard these days. There’s a lot of noise online and a lot of opportunities to do it wrong. Nobody wants to make a wrong move and wander into discrimination territory. And to further complicate matters, labor laws keep evolving. New technologies promise the world, but … Continue reading You Don’t Need to Break the Bank to Screen Candidates Better →

How to Break Through to the C-Suite

Marketing Guide

Trisha WinterAugust 27, 2015 As a CMO, I am hunted. With over 1,800 marketing technologies vying for my business, I get a barrage of phone calls and emails from eager business development reps trying to get me to consider their offering. So how do I manage? I delete all emails from anyone I don’t know … Continue reading How to Break Through to the C-Suite →