This Meeting Should Have Been An Email!
Looking to learn the art of scheduling an effective meeting? Read this week’s Teaching Tuesday to find out. Most people have so many meetings on their calendars that they can’t finish their ‘actual’ work. Can you relate? This is especially critical as we all try to do more with less resources. Adding insult to injury, […]
Seven Strategies for Improving Employee Retention Through Culture
Employee retention is always an important priority for successful managers. It’s especially important at times like now when low unemployment makes switching jobs easier—and more tempting—than usual. Indeed, fully 61% of U.S. workers are thinking about leaving their current position this year, according to a recent survey by LinkedIn. And what’s the number one reason […]
A Strong Company Culture Can Help You Scale Success with Will Slappey
How can you scale success through a strong company culture? Find out below! Starting as a small business with just a few employees, the CEO of a leading MSP in America, Will Slappey, had the vision to take his company to the next level. Today, they have successfully bridged 18 acquisitions, growing from one location […]
How a Dance Video Can Help Build Your Culture
This past week we celebrated IT By Design’s 20th anniversary in our Chandigarh, India, office. We had 350 of our team members join us for a huge celebration. There were gowns, men in tuxes, wonderful food, and an abundance of dessert – it was great! One of the highlights of the evening was a “mashup” […]
The Importance of Building Relationships for Success with Brett Helgeson
What makes building relationships and delegation key components of success for an organization? Find out below! Brett Helgeson, an entrepreneur with experience in both commercial construction and the IT industry, shares his journey and entrepreneurial lessons learned. Brett started his first business in commercial construction and later transitioned into the IT industry by buying a […]
Five Effective Ways to Create a Game-Changing Culture
Game-changing MSPs stand out from the crowd. These are the ones who attract top talent (and keep them!), have incredibly satisfied customers, and see their revenue grow. Such businesses build this success on a solid foundation of a game-changing culture. As the founder and owner of an MSP for almost 20 years now with more […]
Choosing an Employer Should Be Like Choosing a School
We all remember it: The nervous, sick-to-your-stomach feeling when opening the admissions letter on decision day when we were choosing our higher education. For most of us, junior year of high school was filled with SAT prep work, school visits, and decisions about what we wanted to be when we “grow up.” It was an […]
Know the Difference: Acquiring Talent vs. Recruiting Talent
Are you currently “acquiring” talent or are you “recruiting” talent? Using the right strategy can have a positive impact on your team and overall business. Often these terms are used interchangeably, but they really are two distinct means of filling talent gaps. “Recruiting” focuses on a short-term, fast-fix strategy – perhaps to fill holiday coverage […]
4 Steps to co-creating a “WOW” Culture for Your MSP
Company culture is hugely important to the success and overall health of an MSP, its people, and its clients. Job seekers often cite company culture as very important when choosing to apply while many hold bad company culture responsible for looking for a new position. Culture isn’t a buzzword; it’s an element of success, even […]
Back to Basics – Culture To-dos for a Productive Workforce
With more and more businesses switching to a remote workplace model, many organizations continued to test and measure what works and what doesn’t for them culturally. Some of us even made cultural innovation part of our ongoing business processes as we try to navigate this new “workplace.” But, with all the hours spend brainstorming around […]