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employee training

The Break-in Period: Giving New Hires Time to Learn

Second Wind
4/29/2026


Finding, recruiting, and hiring new people is expensive. Failing to train and mentor them through their first months means wasting every dollar and hour spent getting them in the door ...

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Five Ways to Inspire Teamwork Among the Troops

Second Wind
12/12/2025


Looking out for No. 1. It is an adage that many people keep close to their hearts in their personal and professional lives.

But all successful advertising agency businesses are ...

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Never Mind Millennials – It’s Still a Multi-Generational Workforce

Deborah Budd
1/27/2024

The ever-changing American workforce is now shifting from predominantly Baby Boomers and Gen X-ers to predominantly Millennials. This change is stirring the human resources pot like nothing since the arrival ...

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People are the Key to Better Workflow

Why People Are the Key to Better Workflow

Dawn Travelstead
5/6/2023

Now more than ever, efficient workflow is critical to the success of an agency. Without it, even the most creative firm may find itself in a state of chaos.

You ...

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Winning Over the Resistance: System Adoption

Second Wind
3/2/2023

You might think, in this era of streaming, smart phones, blogging, podcasting, and cloud computing, that the entire world has moved to the fabled paperless society. But agency owners across ...

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How’s Your Leadership Growing?

Second Wind
3/11/2022

It is a well-established fact that agencies with better leadership are more likely to enjoy long-term success. Agencies with highly skilled people are the “norm” these days. Your agency HAS ...

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Does Mindfulness Matter?

Beth James
1/17/2022

Can encouraging mindfulness in your agency increase creativity? There’s been a lot of buzz lately about mindfulness and mindfulness meditation. From daytime TV to popular print and digital magazines ...

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