#AskPeshev 45: Critical Thinking Strategies

#AskPeshev 45: Critical Thinking Strategies

June 17, 2020

“Without critical thinking strategies, important initiatives can fail miserably and jeopardize the entire business. ”

— Mario Peshev

Do you trust your decision-making process blindly?If so, you’ve either automated every step of the assessment workflow - or you’re doing it wrong.Critical thinking is a paramount paradigm to consider while evaluating impactful considerations and long-term plans (or investments) in your business. Depending on the size of the company, this could be anything from onboarding a massive new client forming 80% of the revenue to hiring a CFO to opening a new department overseas.For SaaS, the whole product planning and business development plan requires an ongoing critical thinking iteration, too.To put your mind at ease, I wrote a solid guide on critical thinking - the different phases critical thinkers enjoy as they evolve, how this aligns with business needs, and why you need to employ the paradigm in your day-to-day.Mario

To help you build a great referral program, we asked the members of Young Entrepreneur Council the following question: “What’s one key aspect of a successful employee referral program?”Here’s what YEC community members had to say.

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Facebook, Google, and Microsoft are among the biggest companies in the world that have committed to allowing their employees to work remotely until 2021.Too bad how it took a pandemic for others to realize how feasible remote working is.Has your company completely transitioned to remote work? If not, what's stopping your company?

Gone are the days when companies can just go cherry-picking among hundreds of applicants.Sure, CVs are flying in all the time, but they are predominantly interns or folks looking for a job in a different industry or field of work.How do you navigate the complex process of recruitment?

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