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5 Things Businesses Should Do Now To Ensure 2015 Success

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With the end of the 2015 fiscal year nearing, businesses may be reviewing their consolidated revenues and thinking of ways they can increase their profit margin as they enter the new fiscal year or second-half of the calendar year. A company will not be successful without employees who desire to, and do, perform their job well.

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How To Hire Rock Star Employees

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While most people think of a musician when they hear that word, small business owners should be able to think about their employees as rock stars too. In a 2015 small business survey, 42% of small business owners identified hiring new talent as their biggest challenge. Employees are a big investment for any business.

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Sluggish Summer: 3 Tips To Rejuvenate Employees And Keep Your Business At Top Performance

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The summer brings humidity, heat, vacations and the well-known fact that employee productivity decreases this time of year. Have an employee appreciation day. This involves entertainment or a fun activity allowing employees to socially engage and interact with one another, but during business hours.

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Startup HR Advice: How To Retain Millennial Employees

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According to a study commissioned by Elance-oDesk & Millennial Branding, millennials were the largest generation in the workforce in 2015 but employers were having a hard time hiring them and, once they were hired, it was also hard to retain them. Millennials are a generation of multi-taskers. Technology.

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The 2015 Lean Startup Conference is the Biggest Yet

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Check the full schedule here — and keep these six big incentives to join us in mind: New speakers for 2015 Half of this year’s 100+ speakers and mentors are new to our conference. 16-19, 2015 in San Francisco, CA. It’s a big deal that only gets bigger with every year. We aren’t gathering together to simply talk at you, either.

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As Year-End Approaches, 4 Things Businesses Should Do Now To Ensure 2015 Success

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In addition, although executives in the business make the decisions, it is the employees — the underdogs — who are out on the frontline, selling, interacting with customers, and creating the products that keep the business functioning. How did they interact with customers? What did they need to be more effective? What Do You Stop Doing?

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Inclusive Mentorship: Janice Omadeke’s Book Maps Path to Success

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Omadeke founded the Mentor Method in 2015 in Washington, D.C. The business created mentorship software to engage, retain and develop talented and diverse employees. After New York-based The Cru acquired the Mentor Method in September of 2022, Joseph Kopser suggested that Janice Omadeke write a book about mentorship.