• Who Should Get Promoted? 4 Signs of a Promotion-Ready Employee

    Who Should Get Promoted? 4 Signs of a Promotion-Ready Employee
    It's vital that your firm has a healthy internal job market where opportunities are advertised and offers are made via a fair and transparent process. The alternative -- a promotion culture that is rife with favoritism and secrecy -- will demoralize employees and drive away talent.Admittedly, it can seem like a waste of time to go through an internal hiring process when we think we know who the right ...
  • The Law of Comparative Advantage and How It Can Benefit Your Life

    The Law of Comparative Advantage and How It Can Benefit Your Life
    At some point or another, you probably took a class in economics -- and there's a good chance that class left a bad taste in your mouth. Unfortunately, economics seems, to many of us, to be one of those subjects you either understand or you don't.But the fact of the matter is that, when economics is really broken down, everything is very logical and super applicable to everyday life. One of the theories that is especially useful for most ...
  • Is It Time to Let That Employee Go?

    Is It Time to Let That Employee Go?
    Yesterday, we shared a piece from Dr. Paul White about deciding when it's time for you to quit your job. Today, we're going to turn that topic on it's head: How does an employer know when it's time to let an employee go?Fred Mouawad, CEO of project management software company Taskworld, takes ...

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