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Protect your company secrets!

Berkonomics

Variations on the theme… [Email readers, continue here…] You can expect to have the same attitude if a past employee resurfaces after a layoff, resignation or after being fired, with a plan for a competitive business – or as an employee of a competitor.

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Qualstar Continues To Look At Strategic Options

socalTECH

The company says it has been seeing competition in the data storage industry which has "create pressure" on maintaining market share, saying that "market headwinds" have been challenging the company. Qualstar had a major layoff in March of 2016, along with other cost cutting moves, which looked to have most stemmed its quarterly losses.

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Three questions to answer about your COVID response

Berkonomics

Act boldly to address painful layoffs, reductions in salaries, cuts in trade shows already contracted (even if cancelled or reset to the fall months.) Do you still need marketing costs when there is no-one out there buying new product? Rethink the value of these to your bottom line even after you’re open for business again.

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How to protect your company lists and trade secrets

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] You can expect to have the same attitude if a past employee resurfaces after a layoff, resignation or after being fired, with a plan for a competitive business – or as an employee of a competitor.

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7 Reasons That Worker Empowerment Rules The Workplace

Startup Professionals Musings

Layoffs from bellwethers make headlines and scare us, but these are now mostly behind us. If you expect your business to stay competitive and succeed in this new world, you will start today looking for more ways to empower your team and lead the way. More jobs are now available than people to fill them.

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Latest Post-COVID Trends in the Telecom Sector

Southern California Edison Blog

Telecom carriers looking to stay competitive should continue strengthening their network infrastructure and adding greater flexibility to their service offerings to provide reliable and high-performance connectivity for their customers. Offer Greater Service Flexibility.

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10 Strategies For Success Long-Term As Well As Today

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s your job as a leader to be the model high performer, quantify the team view with metrics, and expand awareness to the best outside competition and new tools. This means identifying initiatives early, communicating openly with your team, and asking for their help on the dilemmas of production cuts and layoffs.