Is it better for your business to promote from within or find an outside hire?

There is no simple answer to this question and there are many definite benefits to either technique.

Before making any kind of decision, it is important to understand some of the benefits and drawbacks of each.

Pros of promoting from within

Probably one of the biggest benefits to promoting from within is that it provides motivation for your lower level employees. Your employees may have career goals or hope to move up in your organization. If you look for outside hires, your employees are given no incentive to work harder for that promotion. [click to continue...]

Clueless on how to motivate your employees? Don’t feel bad, employee motivation can be a difficult concept to fully master.

That is why I have compiled a list of ten great ways to motivate your staff and kick-start your business to extra productivity.

Fulfill the needs of your employees

In order for someone to be motivated, they need to have an unfulfilled need. This can be monetary needs, social needs, a feeling of accomplishment, amongst many others. [click to continue...]

Does knowing how to do something necessarily mean you care enough for something to get done?

What if you know nothing about a given project, subject, department or industry, yet you are motivated to learn or succeed in this area? Does this impassioned person stand a greater likelihood of flourishing than the individual who already knows the subject?

In this post, I will describe why being motivated and having passion in a given area is a much more powerful driving force than having the “methods” to getting something done. [click to continue...]