Earlier this week, the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce put on what an important and much needed program. They called it “The Garage”. And the write-up described it best: Drawing its name from the start-up ingenuity in Silicon Valley that led to the creation of companies like Apple, Google and others, The Garage will be [...]
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May 17th, 2013Promotions Don’t Result in Miracles
May 14th, 2013One day, an employee is part of the staff, the next day they are promoted into a management position and expected to manage others. What happened in 24 hours that made the newly appointed manager able to do this – let alone do it well? The faulty mindset is: if you are a manager you [...]
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May 9th, 2013Yes it does. Culture is “the way work gets done around here”. Culture is delivering on the promise you make in your brand messaging, and represents the way you go about your work and how you work with others – customers, prospects, vendors, and subcontractors. Culture for the soloprenuer is your ability to demonstrate that [...]
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