It's increasingly important that virtual meetings deliver ROI. But what goes into making them successful? This post offers five tips for leaders and managers
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Five Practices for Making Virtual Meetings Successful
Posted by WorkSpace under TechnologyFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5308 days ago
Could Your Employees Be Your Real Customers?
Posted by WorkSpace under Customer ServiceFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5310 days ago
Who are your real customers? Is it people and organizations in the marketplace that has a need for what you offer? Or is it a group of stakeholders closer to home
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Five CEOs Who Eschew Offices to Work Alongside Employees, and Why
Posted by WorkSpace under ManagementFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5310 days ago
On the thoughtLEADERS Blog, Mike Figliuolo recommends that more CEOs do their work from a cubicle, reaping returns including walking the egalitarian talk and understanding the workplace culture better. This post shares 5 small business leaders who have gone down this path
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Western U.S. Has More Faith in 'Move Your Money' to Help Small Biz Grow Than Other Parts of Country
Posted by WorkSpace under FinanceFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5313 days ago
This post expands on the results provided in a Winning Workplaces feature article on the "Move Your Money" movement. Specifically, it shows respondents' assessment of the movement's impact to spur small business growth by U.S. geographic region
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Great Workplaces Employ More Low-Income Workers, and That's Good for Our Economy
Posted by WorkSpace under Human ResourcesFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5314 days ago
The 40 finalist companies for our 2010 workplace recognition award have "cracked the code" on not breaking the bank on talent investment, while reaping better average returns than their fellow applicants
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Small Businesses Pull Their Weight on Wellness Initiatives, Too
Posted by WorkSpace under Employee BenefitsFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5316 days ago
This week BusinessWeek profiled the wellness practices of big companies including Whole Foods and Papa John's. But small businesses are doing great things in this area, too. This post highlights 16 health/wellness practices used by some of the most successful small firms in North America
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How Seven Small Businesses Broke Down Silos...And Why You Should, Too
Posted by WorkSpace under ManagementFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5316 days ago
A business strategic advisor suggests that it's best to not tear communication silos down, but to work around them. This post argues that tearing them down is better in the long run, especially for the smallest employers
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Three Reasons Why You Should Speak Your Mind, a la Steve Jobs on Flash
Posted by WorkSpace under TechnologyFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5318 days ago
Apple CEO Steve Jobs' proclamation last week that Adobe Flash is unnecessary led SmartBrief to recommend that business leaders keep their thoughts to themselves. This post, however, contains 3 reasons why CEOs might want to follow Jobs' lead and be highly vocal when and where they see the need
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For Cape Cod Wind Project, Local Jobs and Greater Entrepreneurial Impact Trump Scenic Concerns
Posted by WorkSpace under StartupsFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5321 days ago
While tourism businesses on Cape Cod are cyring foul based on a local firm's quest to have the first American offshore wind farm, this post argues that other entrepreneurs on both coasts and job seekers' resulting gain are worth any "eyesore" concerns
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Top 10 Performance Bonus Practices of Our 2010 Small Business Award Finalists
Posted by WorkSpace under Employee BenefitsFrom http://blog.winningworkplaces.org 5321 days ago
If you're looking to implement or revise a performance bonus program in your company, this top 10 list of practices -- from the top 40 firms among almost 500 that applied for Winning Workplaces' 2010 small biz award -- can point you in the right direction
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