Difficult Employees? 8 Reasons Why You Should Be Using the DISC Personality Assessment

123rf17397653 smallMiscommunication. Misunderstandings. Employees working outside their strengths. These are the kinds of problems that doom a business to mediocrity…or worse. However, through the power of the DISC personality assessment you can reverse these problems and create the dynamic, engaged, and productive team you need to excel. The journey starts here, where we give you a thorough overview of what DISC is – including what the acronym stands for – and why it’s so powerful.

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The Law of Rewards - Why Do You Make What You Do - And How to Change It

ma7483 smallCan you list the outcomes expected of you in your current position? If you can, and you can meet those expectations, it’s the beginning of understanding and leveraging The Law of Rewards. In this article, Brian Tracy gives us three action items we can do right now that will increase our value and therefore lead to being rewarded by better pay and a higher standard of living. Sound like something you want? Read on…

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How to Improve Sales and Increase Business Profits

123rf50597143 smallYou need to optimize everything you do to maximize success. For example, unless you take a comprehensive, strategic, and thoughtful approach to social media marketing, you won’t realize the potential of its benefits. In the same way, you can squeeze more value out of upselling than the occasional additional sale with 8 strategies to increase your success. Discover some of the keys to high success in business today in How to Improve Sales and Increase Business Profits.

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Staff Training – Why Now Is the Time to Improve Skills

123rf53103293 smallA good employee training and development program pays off with a wide range of benefits. I this article we even discuss how many business owners should view a quality training program as an investment in their retirement accounts. Further, in Canada you can turn your $10,000 investment in an employee’s training into $25,000. Those are just two of the insights provided here: Get them all.

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Terminating an Employee: 9 Signs You Need to Let a Team Member Go

terminated employee smallOne of the toughest jobs for any business owner or manager is firing an employee. However, it is sometimes the most important job of leadership. The secret is knowing when it’s necessary to let someone go and when there are other strategies you can take to improve the situation. In this article, we give you nine specific cases where termination is a necessity, tell you why, and offer alternative strategies where they are appropriate.

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B2C Decision-Makers Agree - The Email Address Is the Most Valuable Piece of Customer Data

LiveIntentForrester Most Valuable B2C Customer Identification Data June2017 smallEmail marketing is consistently said to be the most effective digital tactic, so it’s perhaps not too surprising that B2C decision-makers are more likely to see customers’ email addresses as valuable than their phone numbers or social logins. That’s the view of more than 100 US B2C marketing/advertising decision-makers.

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China’s WeChat App Hits the U.S. Market

wechat smallBy providing an all-encompassing mobile device ecosystem – chat, payment, games, email, video, dating, travel, and more – WeChat has taken the Chinese market by storm. Now WeChat is opening its ad platform to U.S. companies.

The potential for growth seems enormous, but is that upside more than counter-balanced by security and privacy concerns? Read on and see where you stand.

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