When it comes to recent economic trends, on the one hand there is a migration happening of consumers from urban to rural areas. On the other, though, consumers are not spending like they have in the past, regardless of where they live. This creates a unique challenge for owners and leaders of rural-based small businesses. [...]
Back in March I wrote this post, which expanded on a point made by Marisa Keegan at Fistful of Talent to argue that employers should draw a line in the sand and hire for attitude and fit over skills. The justification for doing so is a greater tendency for your employees and teams to create [...]
Since Monday I’ve been blogging about our big news of the year (so far): the announcement of Winning Workplaces’ 2010 Top Small Company Workplaces in the new, June issue of Inc. Magazine. On Monday I shared ROI metrics that support their investment in innovative people practices. And yesterday I discussed two quantitative data points where [...]
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