Share This: For many people, the new year is a time of setting resolutions, making changes, and determining new goals. For a business, these same principles apply. Each year, your company should take time to set goals to increase profitability, make changes to underperforming objectives, apply ethical and legal standards,[…]
Share This: Here are the best articles we found for the month of November: Stop Trying to Influence Your Team. Focus on This Leadership Skill Instead. I had a supervisor long ago who loved the sound of his own voice. He went into long, impassioned tirades about the company’s values, about[…]
Share This: Hiring the best candidates for your small business doesn’t have to be difficult. Develop and implement good processes and systems to hire right from the start. According to Glassdoor, the average cost of hire is approximately $4000 per new hire. Also, it takes about 24 days to hire a[…]
Share This: Pre-screening candidates is the process of assessing the quality of candidates before you interview them. It will help you remove those who do not meet the basic requirements of the job. By the time you are finished pre-screening candidates, you should have good candidates to choose from. If[…]
Share This: Here are the best articles we found for the month of August: How to Start a Home Care Business The demand for home care businesses is alive and well; however, there is so much that goes into starting such an enterprise. Knowing how to start a home care[…]
Share This: Higher employee motivation means higher engagement. According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace report, employee engagement is defined as “those who are involved in, enthusiastic about and committed to their work and workplace.” In a recent survey, only 30% of workers are actively engaged. The old ways such[…]
Share This: Here are the best articles we found for the month of November: 3 Best Businesses You Can Start With Little or No Money It doesn’t seem like that long ago when The Lean Startup by Eric Ries took the world by storm. The book gave average people like me hope. It showed me and people[…]
Share This: Promoting good leadership skills is vital. One bad manager in your small business can make it difficult for many. You might have higher absenteeism, increased turnover, and a difficult time recruiting. You may have heard the expression, “Employees don’t leave companies, they leave managers.” It is true. High[…]
Share This: Here are the best articles we found for the month of August: 6 Ways to Come Back From the Pandemic With a Stronger Team The future of work arrived out of nowhere, on the back of a once-in-a-century pandemic. Team dynamics got challenged as members dealt with illness,[…]
Share This: Hiring great employees for your small business can be tricky if you don’t have effective interviewing skills and practices. You don’t want to make a mistake in your hiring decisions which could negatively impact your company in a costly way. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), businesses[…]