Lessons from the Trenches: Build a case before terminating underperforming employees
No one likes to do it, but not terminating poor performers can lead to the demise of your business.
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Something to Celebrate: 3 lessons for building long-term business success
Why do some businesses succeed when countless others fail?
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TATT: Taking the fork in the road
As I think about 2020, one of the things that has been most impressive has been seeing leaders from across the region quickly adjust to dealing with unimaginable adversity.
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Upstate SC Alliance: Technical colleges are key to pandemic recovery
Local institutions offer opportunities to ‘skill up.’
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Tips: In job candidates, attitude beats experience
Most hiring managers make the job offer to the person with the most experience, but I know from experience that isn't the best way to hire.
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Are incentives for mixed-use developments legitimate?
In July, the South Carolina Court of Appeals weighed in, providing a welcome opinion that validates the broad consensus in the economic development community.
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Lessons from the Trenches: ‘Weasel words’ send a bad message to colleagues and clients
“Weasel words” are words people use to weasel out of a commitment or to avoid responsibility for something.
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What does ‘I need to think it over’ mean? Usually, it means ‘no’
By Emily Yepes Most of us have been on the receiving end of a sales call and thought, “This salesperson seems nice enough, but I really don’t want to buy…
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TATT: Working toward a safer Upstate for everyone
by Terence Roberts, Mayor of the City of Anderson and Chair of Ten at the Top I was born in 1959 and was the oldest son of William and Linda…
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Lessons from the Trenches: The one question you should be asking your customers
By Jim Sobeck I think most businesspeople are in agreement that high customer satisfaction leads to high profits and low customer satisfaction leads to bankruptcy court. When I bought my…
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