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Reduce Expenses and Improve ROI with Job Benchmarking – Column #144
Marcus Straub Businesses experience turnover for a variety of reasons, and the expenses associated with finding, hiring, training and developing new team members are...
Are You Distracting Yourself With The Competition? – Column #143
Marcus Straub Over the course of my career as a coach and consultant, I’ve met with many business owners who’ve lost their way in the face of “competition” with other...
Hire Intelligently and Develop Top Performers – Column # 142
Marcus Straub The easiest and most effective way to build a competent, motivated and engaged team is to hire intelligently. Unfortunately, the typical path to hiring...
Would You Follow Your Example of Leadership? – Column #141
Marcus Straub Whether you’re aware of it or not, you’re leading at work, at home and in your community. You lead by your example in all the areas of your life. Your...
Create Raving Fans Out of Your Team Members – Column #140
Marcus Straub Business owners who want to create sound ventures that survive in challenging times and thrive in easy times should consistently endeavor to create raving...
Outstanding Leaders Offer Praise And Recognition – Column #139
Marcus Straub Business owners and managers focused on moving their companies to ever higher levels of efficiency, effectiveness, profitability and success are always on...
How Much Do You Care About Your Customers? – Business Times Column #138
Marcus Straub The more you and your team care about customers — and consistently demonstrate it — the higher their level of satisfaction with the products and services...
Are You Epowering Your Team Members To Think? – Business Times Column #137
Marcus Straub Business owners and managers frequently ask me, “How do you teach people to think?” This is a powerful question, one which can pave the way to a...
Does Your Business Operate From A Greater Purpose? – Business Times Column #136
Marcus Straub There’s a commonly held belief in business that success is the result of selling as many products or services as possible at the highest price possible to...