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Effective Management Techniques to Reduce Employee Turnover

The Startup Magazine

Perhaps it won’t be wrong to say these staggering numbers are a wake-up call for organizations to take employee retention seriously. Otherwise, they will (sooner or later) experience the resource drain, high overhead costs & low employee productivity. What Is Employee Turnover? So, let’s get started.

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6 Hiring Principles To Grow The Best New Venture Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. He comments that in spite of the digital revolution, the hiring process hasn’t changed from its low priority, last minute, subjective roots.

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Top 7 Tips to Effectively Manage Remote Teams

ReadWriteStart

When it comes to managing remote teams, the steps are different for different companies. A few managers trust their employees, whereas others use tracking software to track their employees. Managing remote staff is one of the crucial management skills that every team leader should master.

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When Should a Small Business Hire an Executive Team?

Up and Running

As you find your footing and begin to scale, you might feel ready to hire a formal executive team. What’s right for one company may not make sense for another, but the goal is always the same — to hire talent that will ultimately help the business thrive. When is the right time to hire an executive team?

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5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day.

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Hiring Employee #1

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Tweet. --> It’s a big decision to make your first hire, because what you’re really deciding is whether you want to keep a lifestyle business or attempt to “cross the chasm” and maybe even get rich. There’s already a lot of great advice about hiring at little startups. (Powered by LaunchBit ).

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7 Keys To Making You A Team Leader And Future Manager

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the things I’ve learned in working with aspiring entrepreneurs is that managing and leading a team is a scary venture into the unknown for many people, even if they have worked as a business professional for years. Then when you have to hire people, you will pick the best. Understand both leadership and management.