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ZS Associates (management consulting firm) | Greg Austin, Head of...

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ZS Associates (management consulting firm) | Greg Austin, Head of...

  "They’ve earned the trust of our seasoned experts…"

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Houston: The Heart of Energy and Oilfield Services

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Houston: The Heart of Energy and Oilfield Services

Houston is known as the “Energy Capital of the World.” It is the largest city in Texas, home of more...

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Baby Bjorn (maker of products for babies) | Annika Sander, Global...

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Baby Bjorn (maker of products for babies) | Annika Sander, Global...

"We looked for an agency that understands us…"

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Personal Exposure for Business Tax

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Personal Exposure for Business Tax

More and more business owners, officers and other responsible parties are finding that the “corporate veil” is becoming increasingly easy...

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How to Write Email Subject Lines that Work

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How to Write Email Subject Lines that Work

You’ve crafted possibly the best email of your life and there’s just one thing that separates you from feeling that...

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6 Email Marketing Mistakes and How to Fix Them

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6 Email Marketing Mistakes and How to Fix Them

If done correctly and tastefully, your emails can generate the highest ROI out of all your marketing methods—so make sure...

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10 Ways to Retain and Motivate Your Best People

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10 Ways to Retain and Motivate Your Best People

Although money can be a great motivator, there are other―some might say better—ways to retain and motivate your best people....

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4 Barriers to Innovation and How to Knock Them Down

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4 Barriers to Innovation and How to Knock Them Down

Regardless of what you are trying to achieve—creating a product, being an industry leader or finding a new way to...

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Enhance Your Social Media Strategy with Vine

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Enhance Your Social Media Strategy with Vine

What is Vine? Twitter’s new (and free!) video-sharing mobile app, Vine, was created to serve the same purpose as its strictly-140-characters-or-less...

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Non-Profits: Rules for Entering a Joint Venture Arrangement

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Non-Profits: Rules for Entering a Joint Venture Arrangement

For decades, non-profit organizations have been looking for ways to increase revenue in order to better achieve their charitable (or...

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The Social CEO: How to Create and Maintain Your Personal Brand

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The Social CEO: How to Create and Maintain Your Personal Brand

Professionals are using search engines like Google and Bing; social networking sites like LinkedIn and Twitter; and informational sites like Pipl and 123People to...

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4 Ways to Target Your Unique Buyer Personas (Part 2)

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4 Ways to Target Your Unique Buyer Personas (Part 2)

These descriptions detail the specific individuals to whom you are targeting your products and services—fairly important, right? A buyer persona...

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GASB Statements 67 and 68

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GASB Statements 67 and 68

In June 2012, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issued two new statements impacting how state and local governments report...

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Healthcare Reform On-Demand Webinar

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Healthcare Reform On-Demand Webinar

What Employers Need to Know about 2014, 2015 and Beyond Even with the recently announced delays in the implementation of employer...

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5 Key Business Credit and Incentive Categories

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5 Key Business Credit and Incentive Categories

While highly publicized and touted, tax credits and other incentives have a reputation of being difficult to obtain. Incentives are...

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Design a Successful Benefits Plan in 6 Steps

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Design a Successful Benefits Plan in 6 Steps

Similar to our recent blog post on designing a compensation plan, benefits plans should also stay as consistent and as competitive...

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How to Design a Compensation Plan in 7 Steps

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How to Design a Compensation Plan in 7 Steps

Paying your employees competitively and equitably is critical in order to retain top talent. While we’d like to believe that...

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Improve Targeting by Creating Buyer Personas (Part 1)

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Improve Targeting by Creating Buyer Personas (Part 1)

In today’s hectic business environment, time has become a precious commodity. Attention spans have decreased; patience has worn thin and...

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5 Steps Toward a Successful Recruitment Strategy

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5 Steps Toward a Successful Recruitment Strategy

Following a cookie-cutter approach is near impossible for recruitment managers of varying organizations. Finding your own, efficient process—from the interview...

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Non-Profits: How to Choose an Auditor

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Non-Profits: How to Choose an Auditor

Being a part of a non-profit organization, you know how important it is to timely and accurately report your financial...

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4 Characteristics of a Good Job Description

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4 Characteristics of a Good Job Description

From recruitment and compensation to training and employee relations, leaders in human resources (HR) take on a variety of responsibilities....

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12 Questions to Get Your Content Marketing Plan Started

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12 Questions to Get Your Content Marketing Plan Started

Content marketing—it’s a newer phrase, but in reality, organizations have been implementing it for quite some time. Many think that...

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How 4 Resources Can Keep You Updated on Employment Laws

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How 4 Resources Can Keep You Updated on Employment Laws

Anyone handling human resources (HR) today is faced with an ever-changing landscape of federal, state and even local employment laws....

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5 Ways Your Business Can Benefit from Social Media

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5 Ways Your Business Can Benefit from Social Media

Fast forward almost 10 years—now it’s rare to find a company not on Facebook. And it’s not only Facebook that...

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20 Questions to Ask Prospective HR Outsourcing Vendors

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20 Questions to Ask Prospective HR Outsourcing Vendors

A couple months ago, we gave you five reasons why you should consider outsourcing your human resources responsibilities. Now, you’ve probably put...

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Municipal fraud: Why hiring a third party will help your situatio...

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Municipal fraud: Why hiring a third party will help your situatio...

In a previous post, we described how to create workplace culture, as well as a fraud prevention program, that would limit...

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The 4 Segments of an Effective Brand Platform

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The 4 Segments of an Effective Brand Platform

While a logo is a visual representation of your company, all the experiences someone has with your company is really...

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4 Reasons Why Retailers Should Invest in Content Marketing

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4 Reasons Why Retailers Should Invest in Content Marketing

As a retailer, your focus is on selling. You set up a store, let people know you’re open for business...

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3 Models to Help Manage Organizational Change: Part 2

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3 Models to Help Manage Organizational Change: Part 2

Last week, we provided two out of the three models that can help managers understand and lead organizational change more...

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4 Key Questions to Improving Non-Profit Staff Turnover

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4 Key Questions to Improving Non-Profit Staff Turnover

The 2012 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey, a report distributed earlier this year, found that as the economy begins to rebound,...

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