Eliminating Key Person Risk in Your Small Business

If you run a business I'm sure this thought has crossed your mind and at some point: what happens to the business if these one or two team members leave the organization? How will the business bounce back from losing a person or two who seem crucial to its operation?

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The Culture of Calm

While the tightness of the labor market has certainly subsided, businesses that require a steady stream of talent can not afford to let their guard down on employer branding. Standing apart as an employer has become even more difficult as benefits have become ubiquitous across the companies that care about creating good jobs. Attracting new team members has thus become more about being "different" instead of doing "more". 

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There's No Substitute for Experience

My white-collar career in a somewhat of a modern classic. After realizing I couldn't find a place where I could do what I loved, I just set out on my own. A few years later I was lucky to find two partners who felt exactly the same. I didn't start a business to scratch an entrepreneurial itch, but rather to create an environment where I could practice my craft. 

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