8 Posts found for Author: Mike Michalowicz

Prospective employees prepare canned responses to the questions they think you’ll ask. Their goal is to make themselves look good—to amplify their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Your goal should be to set up a discussion that reveals patterns in their behavior and predicts how they’ll fare in your company. Past behavior predicts future behavior, so make it your goal to collect some honest, thoughtful … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Mike Michalowicz | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Human Resources

When it comes to rewarding your employees, cash is king—but only for a few hours. Money is not a long-term motivator. Sure, employees love a check—who doesn’t?—but finding ways to engage with them rather than pay them off will result in more loyal, harder working employees.

Here are 101 ways to say, “I appreciate you and all your hard work,” without breaking your budget.

Content: Article | Author: Mike Michalowicz | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Human Resources, Management

Using this script below, I will demonstrate nine of the most effective sales techniques info-marketers are using, and how you can use them, too—the slimy, manipulative part aside.

Content: Article | Author: Mike Michalowicz | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Marketing / Sales

Great leaders defend, protect and help their team. They know their most important job is to make everyone else’s job easier. And they gladly do the dirtiest of the dirty work when it supports the achievement of team goals. When you show you are willing to get in there and get dirty, you are demonstrating to them that you are humble, and you are one … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Mike Michalowicz | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Leadership

Tough times don’t mean that you should just forget about rewarding your employees. There are many ways that you can reward employees without handing them money, and many of these are things you can do right now, with very little effort. Here are a whopping 51 things you can give your employees that don’t include cutting them a check

Content: Article | Author: Mike Michalowicz | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Human Resources, Management

In the market to hire someone? If you are like most others in business, you place a high priority on the amount of experience that an applicant has. Everyone looking for their next hire seems to look for the “best” employee, as defined by the applicant’s experience. Obviously, someone with 10 years of experience is better than someone with two years, right? Not so quick. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Mike Michalowicz | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Human Resources

Hiring and training new employees is not only time-consuming, it’s also costly. That’s why, when you bring someone aboard, you should be doing all you can to make it a great start. First impressions go a long way, and if you can get that new hire off to a great start, you will have a much greater chance of having them stick around. Here are … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Mike Michalowicz | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Human Resources

Just what kind of leadership style should you have? You can weed them out by taking a look at these 11 leadership styles that you must avoid if you want to succeed.

Content: Article | Author: Mike Michalowicz | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Leadership