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Surviving a Recession With Powerful Hiring

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
August 8, 2022

Turnover causes problems even in the best of times. Will you make it through a recession if your employees don't stick around? Here are ways your hiring decisions can enable you to survive potential economic challenges.

Performance Feedback Should Never Be A Surprise

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
May 30, 2022

If the annual review is an employee's only review, fuhgetaboutit. If you don't communicate with your employees at all, how are you still in business? Now that we have the wrong way to do things out in the open, let's talk about the right way.

Should co-workers be friends?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
May 16, 2022

There doesn't seem to be any doubt that a healthy workplace culture is a good thing to have. Should that healthy culture be comprised of friendships and off-campus socialization between co-workers? What if that socialization is a requirement?

The Art of Quality

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 4, 2022

We can't avoid a subjective sense for how well someone does their job, that’s human nature. We still need an objective way to measure it, though. But is quality a science, or is it an art, too?

Algorithms for Team Performance

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
March 14, 2022

Algorithms, like recipes, can make our lives easier. They are the steps you follow to make a wheel, saving you the time of having to invent one yourself. What is an algorithm for fueling your team's performance?

Engagement is the Rx for S.S.D.D.

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
February 14, 2022

Employee engagement is a state of being that benefits both the employee and the employer. The employee has a sense of enthusiasm and self-worth that adds value to their life. The employer gains a productive member of their team that positively contributes more than their cost.

Everyone is in Sales

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
February 7, 2022

Sales is persuasion. It is convincing another person to take an action. Relatively few of us spend our day persuading others to buy something, but all of us find the need to persuade others to take actions.

Defend Against The Great Resignation With One Powerful Act

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
January 24, 2022

Before it comes to the point of needing to ask departing employees, "As you leave, can you tell us why?" how do you determine what will motivate your staff to stick around? The answer is surprisingly simple.

Fight the Peter Principle: How to Avoid Bad Promotions

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
January 17, 2022

Hiring the wrong person for the role has obvious costs. What about promoting someone above their level of competency? That can cost even more because the top reason people quit their jobs is bad bosses.

Focus: Get More Done With Your Core Values Index Profile

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
December 20, 2021

We live in a world filled with too many distractions. Never in human history has it been harder to stay focused, and it's because we have filled our daily lives with Too Many Shiny Things. What can we do to regain a sense of focus?

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