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The holiday season is a joyous time of year—but for many companies, it can also be stressful and chaotic. Backed-up workloads, increased customer pressure and a general sense of urgency can all start to weigh on leaders and employees alike, leading to reduced productivity and low team morale.  So when work starts to feel too chaotic and overwhelm sets in, fall back on this advice from the members of Young Entrepreneur Council. Below, they each share one tip they have for regaining order amid holiday chaos and getting your team and your company back on track for the new year.

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A solid company culture is one that supports employees' efforts to grow and develop professionally so they can reach their full potential within the organization. Sometimes, these efforts may help the employee realize that they could learn more or would be a much better fit in a different department than they're currently in. Great leaders want their employees to succeed -- even in a different department -- but if the transition isn't done thoughtfully, transferring workers to other departments can cause disruptions and destabilize team morale. To help, these six entrepreneurs offer their best advice on how to effectively move employees to a new department so as to help them continue their growth and development, with minimal disruption to the organization.

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Entrepreneurs have habits that can both aid and hamper their efforts to be better businesspeople. Some practices even seem to be completely harmless but we don’t truly realize how damaging they can be until we make a small change that impacts them and shows how die-reaching its consequences are. Since these are our habits, we're usually biased and lack the correct perspective to appreciate how harmful they may or may not be be. To help entrepreneurs identify their seemingly neutral practices that have negative consequences, eight members of Young Entrepreneur Council describe their experiences with "harmless" habits and how they overcame those hurdles themselves.