With 50% of business owners planning to hire new and additional staff in the next 12 months, it's important to remember that potential hires are not only looking for the perfect job, but also the perfect environment. Here's how you can make your workplace more flexible to attract and keep top talen Read More
The tradition of "Spring Cleaning" is a great one, but for some small business owners, Spring already heralds the arrival of their busy season, and the ACA, regulations, and the potential increase of the minimum wage all need to be addressed. Here are some tips on making February into a month of st Read More
Getting HONEST feedback from employees can be hard. They want to tell us what we want to hear rather than tell us what we NEED to hear for fear of how we'll react especially if it's not positive. So how do we get honest feedback from them when we have one or multiple "suck ups" on our team? Read More
Not all people learn the same way. Neither do your employees. In order to run the best company possible, it’s important to understand how your employees learn and work. Read More
Whether you are still celebrating the outcome of the Superbowl, or refuse to mention the game, there are still valuable lessons in teamwork that can be taken away from the event and applied to business management, from the importance of communication to the need for confidence and direction during Read More
How many times have you sat down to try to figure out what to do with one of your killer ideas only to find yourself on Facebook or vacuuming 10 minutes later because you couldn’t convert that idea into a doable project? Read More
Is the high cost of college worth it? Are there other, lower cost alternatives that can be used? Can you afford college for yourself or your children? Read More
...and frankly I don't care.  That's not to say that I wanted the Denver Broncos to win.  It's just that I'm not a football in the least and definitely not someone who clings every year waiting for the next Super Bowl.  There's something about freely giving up my precious time to hours of inactivit Read More
Understanding performance and productivity by comparing it against past performance, industry norms or internal benchmarks is useful, but measuring something doesn’t mean that you are managing it. In business, the danger of over-measuring is the temptation to act on specious information. Read More
In a perfect world, employee volunteer and giving programs are inspired by the very top of the corporate food chain... Read More
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