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Write It Down: Simple Steps for Your First Playbook

How do I document processes for my business? Start a simple playbook: choose your most important tasks, write the steps in plain words, test them with someone else, and update them often. You document processes by turning what is in your head into simple step
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Building a Culture People Want to Stay In

How do small businesses keep good employees? Build a culture where people feel respected, appreciated, fairly treated, and able to grow, through small habits every day. Small businesses keep good employees by building a culture people do not want to leave. Cu
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Listening Is a Leadership Skill

How can I be a better listener as a leader? Give full attention, ask open questions, repeat back what you heard, and show people you acted on it. You become a better listener by practicing a few simple habits. Give people your full attention. Ask open questio
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Leading Long-Time Employees Through a Change at the Top

How do you keep employees loyal during a family business succession? Tell them early and honestly, listen to their worries, honor their experience, and keep your promises. Long-time employees stay loyal through a leadership change when they feel safe, heard,
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Honoring Tradition While Making Room for New Ideas

How can a family business modernize without losing its identity? Separate the few things that must never change from the many things that can, then change the second group with care. A family business can modernize without losing itself by drawing a clear lin
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