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Overcommunication and How to Do It Right
Good, seamless communication is at the core of any business. And given the current situation, this has never been truer. With many of us now working from our own homes, all the communication we have with our co-workers, supervisors, bosses, and even clients is now...
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Why You Should Be Using Stay Interviews for Talent Retention
We’re all familiar with how organizations interview people prior to joining the company and again when they’re leaving the company. However, there is another kind of interview that organizations don’t tend to carry out all too often---stay interviews. This type of...
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5 Essential Tips for Hiring Remote Workers
If there’s one thing that has become acutely apparent recently, it’s that COVID-19 is not going away any time soon. As much as we hate to acknowledge this, we’re just going to have to grin and bear it and learn to live and work with it for the foreseeable future. And...
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Staying On Top of Employee Wellbeing During COVID-19
The term ‘working from home’ has never been quite so literal. Prior to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this could mean working from the library or a coffee shop, hot-desking at a co-working space, or catching up on emails during a working lunch. However, coronavirus...
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The Four Stages of Quarantine
For many of us, it feels like time has lost all meaning in this new stay home reality. And although some parts of the world are returning to relative normality, many of us are still stuck at home for one reason or another. With days feeling...
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GDPR Compliance for US Companies
While the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a law of the European Union (EU) on data protection and privacy, its remit far exceeds the physical boundaries of the EU and European Economic Area (EEA). In fact, it includes the United States, the EU’s largest...
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The Evolution of Org Charts: From the 1850s to Now
While org charts have gained significant traction in recent years, they are by no means new. In fact, the origins of the earliest org charts go back all the way to the 19th century when Daniel McCallum, a Scottish-born railroad engineer who was the general manager of...
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How Effective Org Charts Can Transform Your Business
Does your business have an org chart strategy, or even use them? If not, it should. Organizational charts are the graphical representations of structures within an organization. Although they commonly take the form of full company org charts that map out the overall...
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Onboarding 101 – Welcoming a New Team Member
You know yourself just how daunting and nerve-wracking it can be to start a brand-new job. Walking into the office on your first day and not knowing anybody, where to find anything, or how you’re going to fit in. You’ve probably been there before, and these are all...
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A Quick Guide to the Corporate Chain of Command
In an organization, the “chain of command” refers to the reporting hierarchy and relationships, from bottom to top. Not only does a clear and unambiguous chain of command establish accountability, but it also fosters productivity, creates lines of authority, and...
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