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How Managers Can Make Work More Meaningful

Employees are motivated when their work has relevance. Business adviser and author Lisa Lai offers these tips for how managers can make work more meaningful for those on their team.

Leadership Lessons from Our COVID Year

Employees are more than a box on an organizational chart. Because of the challenges of the pandemic, they’ve become partners in the future of your business. They need to be treated that way.

5 Keys to Better Performance Reviews

If your one-on-one reviews leave employees rolling their eyes — managers often are the last ones to discover this — here are five tips from HR service provider...

Changes Afoot for Incentive Travel Programs

A full recovery is expected at some point, but the look of group travel may be forever changed

A Good Hand: An oil rigger’s insights on management, motivation and making work matter

In 2013, Michael Patrick Smith, in his mid-30s at the time, moved from New York City to Williston, North Dakota, to find work in the oil fields of the Bakken Formation, which was then the epicenter of the fracking industry in North America. Smith, a theater major, playwright and musician, had no experience in that line of work, but he was dissatisfied with his office job and flailing at life in general.

Too Long…Too Boring…Too Many Distractions

Event organizers tried to turn multi-day live events into multi-day virtual events. Why did these virtual events fail for sponsors? These virtual attendee sentiments are common:

E-commerce That Avoids Channel Conflict

“Wait — let me get a pencil and paper to take that down. (Pause) OK, what was it you wanted?” No B2B buyer wants to hear that...

Your Social Media Strategy Is Missing One Critical Element

Imagine if cars came without engines. They would look nice, but they wouldn’t do much. You could wash and wax the car all day....

Expand Your Use of Digital Channels to Hit Quota

Ask sales and marketing leaders what digital channels they leverage to generate leads and help their teams hit quota and you’ll likely get the...

Marginal Gains Can Boost Overall Performance

Neil Patel, a leading voice for more than a decade on how to use digital marketing to help grow your business, says the secret...

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