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June 21st – First Day of Summer – Encourage employees to schedule PTO

            Typically, the season for vacations and a general slow-down demeanor, Summer also delivers a variety of challenges to small businesses. For example: while vacations are important to keep employees (and you, business owner!) fresh and healthy while enjoying family and personal pursuits, those same vacations can cause reductions in productivity,

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How to Create the Win-Win Performance Review that Benefits You, Your Business, Your Team

March brings a number of changes including Daylight Savings time (which, as of 2023, will be permanent) and Spring, a day of equilibrium as we begin to experience more daylight through the next several months.  As we traditionally look to this month for signs of renewal in the ground and trees around us, it’s an

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It wasn’t just sport at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Throughout mid-February, my focus often shifted to the Winter Olympics. Oddly, while I follow just a few sports throughout the year, the Olympics has been a longtime favorite, grabbing my attention for wild snowboarding, altitude-defying freestyle skiing, immeasurably gorgeous figure skating, crazy fast luge, bob sleds and more. I’ve always been a huge fan of

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November: Gratitude Month

Having just enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s a timely reminder that November has been National Gratitude Month, an opportunity to showcase the success of your employees, your clients and your business through the contributions of your employees. Acknowledging employees’ advances – new trainings achieved, implementation of their recommendations, enhanced internal processes, sales goals exceeded, etc.

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