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July 4 ~ 10 Fun Facts ~ USA

On vacation for July 4? Doesn’t matter. Chances are you’re not working too hard anyway. No stoppin’ the lazy days of summer seeping into the workplace. Since you’re slacking anyway, take a look at what’s behind the greatest summer day off: 1. Fake news? Well, kinda. John Trumbull’s 1818 oil painting is often described as […]

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The Instant, Easy Way to Know if the Applicant is Right for the Job

If character is revealed by what you do, not by what you say, how can HR managers find someone of “high character, a self-starter, a team player, who is proactive in solving problems” — as so many employment ads read? How can you really know if a job applicant walks the talk? The real […]

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Human Resources in Conflict

Human Resources in Conflict If you are in the process of raising kids, you are well aware that your advice means little because, simply, you lack credibility. Yet if a favorite teacher, a coach or their best friend’s mom say the same thing, the wisdom is absorbed and retained until their next favorite influencer comes […]

Business Management

3 Quick Ways to Handle Mistakes

If you are a new leader or manager, your team automatically looks up to you and seeks your advice and direction. That’s a double-edged sword. The door of respect is open, but that door can close if you make a wrong move. If you ignore your mistake, deflect or blame someone else, the door can […]

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Employee Engagement

ESCAPE the Case

Competition Meets Cooperation When your the teams you manage have a chance to interact and have fun on activities (seemingly) unrelated to work, you reap the added benefits of increasing team chemistry and boosting morale and employee engagement. Effective team building programs span the range, from simple trust-building activities to corporate campouts, all on company time. The last […]

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Best Ways to Build Team Chemistry

When it comes to achieving team goals, it sure helps if there’s team chemistry to begin with. But if your team is new, or is taking on a project together for the first time, team chemistry doesn’t happen instantly. The optimal way to get your teams engaged is to take them out of the office […]

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CLICHÉS at Work: Why does there have to be a box?

When Venture Up’s 22-year-old creative director, Mason Lengyel, was in kindergarten, many of his teachers remarked how creative he was, saying, “He thinks outside the box.” This made no sense to Mason. “Why does there have to be a box?” We ran into this tired expression again today, in an article listing “40 most annoying […]

Business Management

Springtime Resolutions to Motivate You and Your Staff

Knowing that 80 percent of New Year’s Resolutions fail by February, isn’t it time to shift our bold aspirations to the spring, the natural time for renewal? If you never made any 2018 resolutions to begin with, you’re just in time to set fresh goals and make positive changes to rejuvenate the workplace. Whether you […]