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Let your subordinates run a one-on-one meeting with you, granting them greater ownership over their work, consultant Alison Green advises. Take some time to reflect on their agenda before the meeting and make sure you allow time to review recently finished projects to help them hone their skills. The Fast Track Blog
Improve the way you screen résumés
To screen résumés better, consultant Liz Ryan recommends inserting a "logical gate" in your ads that forces candidates to indicate why they should be considered, such as asking them for a 300-word description of the major obstacles a new person might face in the role and what equips them to overcome those. Forbes.com
Social media shapes fashion buying most
Social media has the greatest positive impact on consumer behaviour in fashion shopping, according to an international Cap Gemini study, beating out food, health and personal care, do-it-yourself, and electronics. Social media's impact was less in all those fields in 2014 than the previous 2012 study. Larry Chase's Web Digest
Use a 'hatchet' committee to cull options
Consultant John Maxwell says if you can't say no to the many alternatives before you, set up a "hatchet committee" of some tough-minded advisers without a personal stake and ask them which options are less desirable. Eliminating some choices may reveal what you should do. Leadership Freak
Set goals and chart progress with WinStreak
Digital consultant John Boitnott recommends WinStreak, a free iPhone app that allows you to state three "wins" you want to complete very day, helping to highlight them and allowing you to keep tabs on the progress you're making. Inc.com
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