As a small business owner, I disregarded the importance of core values until we made our first hiring mistake. At the time, we were a close-knit team of four employees. We hired a fifth employee that ...

A CEO client mentioned to me that an employee had been disrespectful to her in an all-hands meeting. He called her out in public for being late to a meeting, and challenged her when she defended ...

When it comes to developing a customer-centric organization, the soul of that transformation journey lies in your corporate culture. Without the right culture, one deliberately designed to be customer ...

A mission statement serves as a clear and concise articulation of the company’s aspirations and the facets that differentiate it from competitors. It is a declaration that answers the fundamental ...

Core values can play a pivotal role in shaping a company’s destiny. I have seen cases where impactful core values helped companies become wildly successful, a few where they had little or no effect, ...

As a first-time founder, you might read that your brand-new company needs a mission, vision or purpose statement and a set of core values. But what do you do with that statement and those core values ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The buzz around the phrase “core values” has skyrocketed in recent months. It’s almost as if the hiring and retention culture ...

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Even though the pickings are slimmer, there is still construction work out there. And while competition for that work is likely tougher than it's ever been, there are still project owners who value ...