Entrepreneur
Supporting learning strengthens employee engagement, which sustains your firm when economic uncertainty looms.

 

So how can small companies create a culture of learning to cultivate the kind of engagement that will carry them through whatever economic cycles await us? Try these four strategies.

Ideas.Ted.com
You brought them on board because of their success, intelligence and ideas, but these qualities can generate friction with their colleagues.

 

Tech executive Scott Belsky explains the four ingredients you need to turn new employees into respected and valued team members.

Fast Company
The bad news: Your audience remembers only about one-fifth of what they hear. The good news: There are ways to change that.

 

The secret to having others absorb and retain what you say is to truly engage them in the way you present your ideas. Here are five ways to do just that.

Fast Company
What got you that first job might be the ability to keep your head down and work hard, but keeping your head down doesn’t help if you want to get promoted.

 

Networking requires a distinct skill set. Here’s how to master the process at different stages of your career.

Forbes
In business circles, leadership development is a big talking point. You can’t throw a rock on the internet without hitting something about the importance of leadership skills in business — and for good reason.

  

Empowering your employees to become leaders builds trust, eliminates the need for micromanagement and allows employees to feel a sense of ownership of their own work.