Great Ideas for your Small Business: Take This Time-Management Quiz Marketing consultant ruth klein helps clients manage their time, which of course then allows them to work more effectively and make more money. She sent along this provocative little time-management quiz to help you determine how well you organize your day. Spend a minute or … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Send Flowers to an Employee’s Spouse Being on the road away from home can be a drag. But when you get to spend time with people like Dr. Allan Weis, it’s worth the trip. Weis and I met a few years ago when we were part of a traveling … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Tips for Recruiting Executives Gregory h. wingfield, president of the Greater Richmond Partnership Inc., suggests the following guidelines for recruiting small business executives: Make certain the executive is not a dyed-in-the-wool corporate player. Those spoiled by the trappings of a huge support staff and a battalion of secretaries may … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Consider Hiring Remote Workers Lioyd henry, founder and president of Biotech Marketing Inc., which buys and sells used and refurbished hospital equipment, prefers to hire salespeople without meeting them. “The important thing to me is that the person relates well on a personal basis over the phone,” said Henry. … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Offer to Train Your Employees Spending on training and education pays off big for you and your employees. For a modest sum, your employees can learn a new skill, build confidence, and boost productivity. Subsequently, you and your business benefit from happier, healthier, and more energetic workers. Ask your … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Hire an Interim Executive Big and small businesses are turning to temporary executives more and more to fill important positions. While the number of traditional clerical temps is declining, the professional and technical segment of the temporary staffing industry is growing by about 5 percent a year, industry experts … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Work with a Great Labor Attorney “You will be assaulted, abused, or sued by an employee; it’s only a question of when and how,” declares Robert Millman, a feisty labor attorney and partner at Littler Mendelson in Los Angeles. “Small business owners, in particular, are being hit very hard … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Ask Good Clients to Meet Key Hires When it comes to hiring key employees like a new sales or account manager, marketing chief, graphic designer, or executive assistant, it makes sense to go that extra step. Introduce your top candidates to the clients they will work with if they … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Tailor Benefits to Employees’ Needs In the small business world, one size definitely does not fit all. Every company has a distinct group of employees with varying personal lives, professional goals, and priorities. While big companies prefer to offer the same insurance benefits and options to everyone, small companies … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Perform a Personnel Checkup Business owners used to getting routine dental and medical checkups would benefit similarly by giving their businesses a periodic personnel checkup. The reason: Every year, thousands of unhappily terminated employees sue their former employers. Their complaints, justified or not, cost small business owners mil-lions of … Read more
