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How To Avoid Hiring A Bad Apple

Hiring a bad apple has the potential to wreak substantial damage to your business. Research by Harvard Business School revealed recently that ‘toxic’ workers impact business performance to a much greater degree than ‘superstar’ employees. Albeit negatively than positively.

You can easily identify toxic workers. These are the people who your other staff doesn’t want to work beside, the ones who may be cited as the reason for people leaving your business, and who your clients and customers just don’t get on with.

But how can you ensure you don’t make hiring and employing them in the first place? Because Harvard’s research also reveals they traditionally perform very well at interviews.

Here are a few tips to consider if you want to avoid hiring bad employees for your small business.

How the Top Businessmen Ignite Brand Enthusiasm to Attract & Retain the Best Employees

There are leaders that know how to lead, others that know how to manage and others that know how to inspire. Your team members and employees are one of the most important resources for your success as an entrepreneur. So, you need to attract and retain...
Management

Motivate Employees as the Weather Lures Them Outdoors

A few times a year, workplace productivity is affected by the season. Productivity at the workplace inevitably trends downward during holidays or when warm weather approaches. Can you motivate employees in order to increase the productivity of your company?...
Management

How to Increase Your Employees Retention Rate in Your Company

Running a successful company has a lot to do with making sure that your employees are dedicated, reliable, and above all else, qualified to fulfill the responsibilities of their assigned position. So, employee retention becomes an important part of...
Management

Managing Happiness: Keep Your Employees Motivated During the Daily Grind

We’ve begun another long business year. Many employees will be stuck in the work week cycle until the fourth of July rolls around, so it’s no wonder faces tend to get longer during the early months. Your managing capacity is important for your...
Management

5 Types of Employees Your Small Business Will Need

Even you as an entrepreneur is one of the most important persons in your business, however, the success of your business will be based in large part on the team of people that you have and on which you and your business can rely. Different life-cycle levels...
Management