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The hardest thing to do in business is firing someone, would you agree?

I’ve fired over 200 people in my 20+ year career and here’s what I’ve learned… Hiring friends and family multiplies goodness and multiplies bad things– I see husband-wife teams strengthen each other.  But I’ve also seen nepotism and the lazy brother of a hard-working employee.   Who wants to fire that person? I’ve learned that

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Some wisdom from my co-founder

Logan Young, on college and work experience! // Interviewer: “Forgot everything you learned in College, we do it differently here.” Candidate: “I didn’t go to college.” Interviewer: “Oh, well you’re not qualified for this position.” I’m a HUGE advocate of college, but recognize the challenges it faces ^. I graduated from BYU in Advertising, one

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One of the hardest things to do as a manager is to not give your team member what they want.

You care for your team, so you want to give them a promotion and you want to give them high praise for their work. But if they turn in terrible work, you cannot reward them– even if they insist it’s amazing.  Encourage them, coach them, give them training– show them how to do the task

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