The childhood game of “Telephone” is a great communications exercise. One person whispers a message into the next person’s ear, who then repeats it to the next person and so on. The game ends with the last person reciting – aloud to the group – a message that can be quite humorous and different from the original. The same can be true with inter-office communications. What may seem
Whether to classify an employee as exempt or non-exempt – generally, but not exclusively, salaried or hourly – can be confusing for both new and longtime business owners. What are the differences? Can’t a business simply classify all its employees one way – as exempt, for example? Doing that could eliminate overtime pay and effectively avoid unexpected expenses in today’s tough economic
Businesses face numerous challenges that can threaten their success: poor sales, bad location, increased competition, to name a few. But poor human resources practices can have an equally negative impact on the bottom line. Developing ourselves as vital leaders means no longer neglecting vital tasks such as recruitment, employee relations, and regulatory compliance, which can run head-on into
Busy small business owners have countless tasks on their to-do lists, topped with keeping customers happy and generating new business. Administrative tasks such as employee recordkeeping are often low among the priorities. That is understandable, but overlooking the importance of maintaining crucial employee records can expose a company to great risk. An inability to produce complete
Entrepreneurs continue to dream and plan despite the lingering effects of one of the worst economic crisis in generations. Indeed, every day new businesses are opening their doors and existing ones are planning an expansion. Along with excitement and expectations, however, are a multitude of potential headaches and worries for most new business owners. How can I hire the best people? Am I
Introducing: Top Ten, Tips to Become the Worst Sales Person in Your Company Have you ever had sales people who just never seem to make it no matter how hard they try? These sales people are one of the main factors for decline in business. Your sales people are the heart of your company and without good ones you will find it difficult to succeed in selling your products. To train good sales
Six smart pieces of advice to the young and restless who crave their own business, regardless of the economy. Thousands of young people have dreams of having their own business, because such a dream is not only a way to fortune, success and honor, but also provides infinite possibilities to realize their personal value and show their intelligent and ambitions. However, desire, longing or
Running a business is like managing your own life toward success and self-actualization. Entrepreneurship takes good organizing and at the same time promoting skills. Self-awareness and self-improvement are the basic steps to get to the top. Prosperous business depends upon how an entrepreneur uses and maximizes his physical, psychological and social skills. But the question is, “Do you have
Everyone said that you and your business needed to be on Facebook, Linked-In, Twitter, and every other new social media site or service that has made its debut since then. You linked your webpage and your blog and made sure you had the right apps on your mobile devices to post on the go. You have profiles and pages on multiple services and…. now what? Losing track of where you and your
From small businesses to large corporations, when you render all the challenges and issues facing these economic engines from employees to growth and innovation, the inability to secure desired results or implementation always float to the top as the number one to number three obstacles that prevent business success. As a business owner or management executive, have you ever asked yourself one of