Listening to Everybody’s Voice

Emerging professionals (aka Millennials) have been identified as being more self-aware and more caring of the entire world around them. As of 2020, those born in the Millennial years (1981-1996) will be the largest percentage of the workforce (49%), therefore, it is inevitable their views will shape the workplace.

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Losing an Employee is Hard on a Team (and a Business)

What is the cost of a losing one employee? In concrete terms, according to the Society of Human Resource Management, losing a young professional employee can cost an organization between $15-25,000. However, that is a conservative estimate. If the organization wants to find and train a replacement, that number will increase to 6-9 months of their salary. And, as the professional becomes more skilled and entrenched, that dollar amount grows.

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The ABCs of Rolling Equity: A Story of Chips and Apples

Most business owners view the sale of their business as the financial reward for their years of hard work and dedication to their passion. In many transactions, a business owner may want to keep a minority equity stake (for example, 10%-49% ownership retained post-transaction) in the business to participate in potential future growth and demonstrate to the buyer that they still have “skin in the game”.

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Bad Analytics: What They Are and How to Avoid Them

While there are a lot of discussions about good analytics, how do we recognize bad analytics? Bad analytics is more than not having good insights. Bad analytics is present when our work doesn’t support evidence-based and data-driven decision-making (3DM) for improved business performance. So, unless one can identify bad analytics within a company, it cannot be prevented. Here are 11 key characteristics of bad analytics.

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