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Do what you do best – outsource the rest.
As a business owner you get bogged down by the minutia of every day tasks. But what you need to do is sit back and really look at if what you are doing is really worth your time. For example if you are spending 10 hours a month invoicing and reconciling your QuickBooks wouldn’t it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Shopping is a skill
I am not lacking in skill: for example, I am good at finding deals! Shopping is a skill of mine… Not necessarily a skill my husband likes me to hone, but one that is good for my family (and my wardrobe). We recently acquired a new client who had managers with a lot of skills, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cock Fighting in the Workplace
This Guy walks up to one of his employees: “Hey, you wanna grab a drink after work?” Employee A: “Aren’t you married?” This Guy to Employee A, with a smug look on his face: “Not if you don’t want me to be.” Seriously? I know I am in HR Consulting, not Dating Consulting, but, Seriously? [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Rules of the (Big Kid) Sandbox: Staying Out of Trouble
You, as the business owner, need to stay out of trouble. You have enough to do in the daily operations of the business, you don’t need unnecessary drama. Employee manuals, as I have said before, are designed to establish guidelines and expectations for employees. But, there is a certain protective nature to them as well [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Why care about HR?
No reason, well except for the fact that your company can’t run without good employees. Well I guess it can but it would only be a matter of time before you ran yourself into the ground and your business would only get so big before it outgrew what you alone are capable of doing. If [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Why You Actually Have to Follow the Rules?
You might be thinking that you became a business owner so you didn’t have to bow to “the man”. Well guess what you still have an “Uncle” whose rules you have to follow. Rules such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the American Disabilities Act (ADA, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), At Will employment [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Being Open in Tough Financial Times
In today’s tough economic times many small business owners are faced with the need to tighten up and downsize their employment force in order to stay fiscally sound, or at least somewhat fiscally sound. As we have had clients come to us on how to best communicate this to their employees we always say the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Let’s Talk Business with CJ McClanahan
Tune in and listen to Dr. Laina Molaski discuss the Employee Free Choice Act. What do the changes mean to your business? Can a union really come into your business? What happens next? What does “At-Will” Employment mean? Let’s-Talk-Business-02-15-09
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Does ‘this guy’ work for you?
At a recent seminar, I fielded a question that comes at me often: “How can I fire ‘this guy’ that just isn’t working out?” As I began to probe into the situation, there were numerous events that led the business owner to feel that ‘this guy’ was not the best person for the job: showed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )What makes a good employee?
There are many things that can go in to making a good employee and it can be hard to single out one certain quality. Often it is more than just one quality but a myriad of traits when combined make that great employee. What is important to you as an employer? That can make a [...]
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