As the manager of a small business, you will need a lawyer. Even at the very start of your time in business you will need legal advice and help along the way. Beyond protecting you from lawsuit, lawyers are needed to draw up contracts and incorporate your business way before the S Corp filing deadline. However, for many just starting ... Read More »
A business coach is a senior figure, usually a successful businessperson themselves, who can teach you new ways to improve your business and advise on decisions. However, there are somewhere near 53,300 business coaches today according to the International coach Federation. At a cost of hundreds an hour, you might wonder whether the cost will be worth it compared to ... Read More »
At heart, all good business comes down to communication. The ability to convey ideas correctly and convincingly is essential. As a result, an aspiring businessperson needs to be gifted in communication to expand a business. There are already plenty of manuals about how to handle a business meeting. However, are you as good in a business letter? Being a good ... Read More »
Employee monitoring is one of the most crucial aspects of managing employees. All managers know this. However, it can sometimes feel invasive and inappropriate to monitor employee behavior and workflows. This can sometimes put a strain on employee/supervisor relationships. This is not a problem you will encounter if you properly and ethically monitor employees. In order to do that, managers ... Read More »
Creating an employee schedule is complicated. It requires a bit of juggling. That is why so many managers have trouble creating employee schedules once they hire an employee. It can take hours of time out of your work week. There is, of course, employee scheduling software that can make your job easier. But, in order to use that business technology ... Read More »
Being a small business owner can be both rewarding and extremely stressful. When it comes to running a business, some stressors can be more damaging than others, and when it becomes too overwhelming, those stressors can break the business model. While there are endless sources of stress that could potentially impact how someone reacts to their role as an entrepreneur, ... Read More »
Recognizing employee contributions to business success is a crucial component of good management. But, that does not mean it is easy to do. Finding the right ways to say thank you to employees is not always as easy as it sounds. Buying employee gifts requires you to know what your employees like, as well as knowing what the hot trending ... Read More »
Project management is difficult. Especially when you are responsible for a team of workers in addition to the results of the project itself. There are a lot of different balls to keep in the air at once. You must manage individual employee performance as well as the team dynamic as a whole, not to mention managing timely project progress. If ... Read More »
Business ratings have huge implications for long-term business performance. If business ratings are not good, a company will not be in business for long. If you are a manager, your supervisors will almost certainly use business rankings as a yardstick with which to measure your management performance, no matter how great your leadership characteristics are. Thankfully, there are some things ... Read More »
No matter which sector you work in, if you’re running a team, a department or an entire organization, you must have good leadership skills. Still, this is particularly important in the education sector, where your leadership ability will have a significant impact on many impressionable young people and on society at large. Encouragingly, if you watch lifestyle TV shows, books, ... Read More »
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