The internet empowers small businesses to compete, communicate, and collaborate like never before. Sadly, there are also some significant downsides, not least...
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How to Subdue the Potential Toxicity of Workplace Rhetoric
A survey conducted last year by The Harris Poll for job-search platform Glassdoor showed that 60% of 1,200 respondents felt it was unacceptable...
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5 Keys to Becoming an Industry Disruptor
Everyone has the potential to be an industry leader. These leaders are the ones who transform the world — who disrupt their industry...
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Are Problems Brewing in the Family Business?
Anyone in a family business knows that according to many statistics, the chance of the business surviving declines with each handoff to...
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How to Handle a Good Employee Quitting
We often spend more time with our work family than our real family. I use the word “family” because we end up...
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Never Too Early For a Young Business to Start Planning For Expansion
Like many young companies, King Drilling in London, Ontario, is looking to grow. But owner Chris King isn’t in a hurry about...
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Gaining Control Over the Fear That is a Hindrance to Business Success
We watched the Mars rover landing back in February, and the significance of the accomplishment was palpable. We could feel the historical...
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Tax Tips for Contractors
Tax season is here and contractors need to start working on properly filing for their business.Contracting businesses have a lot of moving...
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Controlling Group Health Care Costs in Your Business
For small-business owners, there are obvious advantages to providing decent employee health benefits. Among those advantages: improved employee morale, potentially fewer sick...
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Focus Marketing Efforts Through Platforms You Own
When Facebook told businesses it was all about getting “likes,” we put our efforts into getting “likes.” We thought the cards we...
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Effective Customer Service Starts by Following the Golden Rule
When Scarlett hung up the phone, she was close to tears. Even more unexpectedly, so was the customer service representative on the...
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Can You Require Your Employees to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Across the nation, COVID-19 vaccinations are being distributed slowly but surely, with the promise of wider vaccine availability in the months to...
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Don’t Succumb to Imposter Syndrome
There is a thing called “imposter syndrome.” It’s a persistent fear that you aren’t the expert everyone says you are. It’s the...
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Turn Website Views Into Customers
A lot changed in 2020. But one of the things that remained constant is the need for a well-optimized, high-converting website.How does...












