Sharing the Reins: 10 Reasons To Sell Your Company To Your Employees (13 Jun 2006) In 1987 I sold my business, South Mountain Company, to my employees (and myself). My sole proprietorship became an employee-owned cooperative corporation. It was a hinge point in the history of the company. Ownership has become available to all employees, enabling people to own and guide their workplace. The responsibility, the power, and the profits all belong to the group of owners.
Show Me the Money! (13 Jun 2006) Leslie Mitts, Managing Practice Leader at the Wharton SBDC and Lead Advisor for the Wharton Venture Initiation Program, tells us that most entrepreneurs coming through her programs are focused on raising capital, even though there are higher priorities in many of their businesses. Since fresh dollars help drive the business engine, this is a natural entrepreneurial concern.
Shrinkage Control (13 Jun 2006) You work hard all year to make a profit. Do not let shrinkage wipe it out at the end of the year when the physical inventory count is taken and reconciled to your book inventory records.
Situational Leadership as the Key to Effectively Managing People (13 Jun 2006) Leadership is defined as any attempt to influence the behavior of an individual or the group. Accomplishing a task or reaching a goal through the efforts of other people means a person is engaged in leadership.
Six Honest Business Friends - They Guide Me In All I Do (13 Jun 2006) Rudyard Kipling's "Six Honest Serving-Men" - What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who - updated with the six most powerful
business acronyms of all time.
Six Reasons to K.I.S.S. (13 Jun 2006) Keep it Splendidly Simple! We can serve both ourselves and our clients better if we remember to keep our proposals, project plans, reports and other services more elegant, or simple. Learn six reasons to K.I.S.S.
Six Sigma is About More Than Just Number Crunching (13 Jun 2006) Six Sigma is more than a data-capturing, number-crunching process. It is a philosophy and a methodology; it is a way of looking at business and a way of doing business processes.
Six Tips for Confronting Negative Behaviors (13 Jun 2006) It is a fact of organizational life - negative, unacceptable behaviors will happen. When they do, the leader must address them. For people who, like me, would rather avoid a confrontation, I offer these suggestions to ease the stress...
Smart Choices: How to Hire the Best (13 Jun 2006) Your organization's continued growth and success depend on making smart choices and hiring the best. Today's economy is exploding with talent, allowing you to be selective about the staff you hire. ...
Smart Hiring: What Makes the Right Employee? (13 Jun 2006) Good hires do not happen by accident or luck. In this economy, employers are finding a large pool of available workers. But finding the right employee for a position is still a challenge. Few managers, when asked, can describe "right." Others can't agree on what qualifies one to be qualified, at least in measurable terms. Learn the four critical questions to ask before hiring your next employee.
Smart Staffing: Replacing a Key Manager (13 Jun 2006) In today's hurry-up and get-it-done work world, many people are unwisely promoted to management positions. Basically, their abilities do not match or are insufficient for the new job role. Before you place someone in a management or supervisory position, take heed of three key staffing principles.
So Now They Call You Manager? (13 Jun 2006) So you just got that long awaited promotion but for the first time in your career you have to lead a group of people ... what do you do first and most importantly, what basic questions should you ask? Read on!
Solve Problems Permanently - Ask WHY (13 Jun 2006) Someone once said that the real issue behind a problem, is one or more levels below the problem. So, solving problems by fire-fighting when they arise, is firstly, not going to actually solve the problem for good. And secondly, it's tiring, wearing, distracting and worse, it causes a really demotivating environment. Definately not good - not good at all. So the best thing is to
find out what's really going on, and to do this, you need to go deep. Here's how...
Solving the Problem Solving Problem (13 Jun 2006) Too frequently, organizations and people want to rush to a solution and in doing so waste time, resources and the equity in their relationships by battling over solutions to different problems. "A problem half stated is a problem half solved."
Spinning Gold from Straw: Low-Cost Employee Retention and Motivation Tools in a Changing Economy (13 Jun 2006) Employee retention and motivation…why should employers care? A storm is brewing. National productivity was up 3.9% in the second quarter and 1.9% in the third quarter of 2004. At the same time, the unemployment rate was up 5.5% in October 2004. "Productivity is up, but fewer people are doing more," said Jennifer Loftus, SPHR, CCP, CBP, GRP, and National Director of HR consulting firm, Astron Solutions. "In addition, the number of 25-34 year old workers will decline by 2.7 million by 2008, resulting in a predicted shortage of 10 million workers within the next ten years."
Spirits in the Corporate Boardroom.......Oh, sure...... (13 Jun 2006) There is a growing movement in the spiritual and holistic fields to bring a more metaphysical and human potential approach to the business community. Holism has been intergrating into both the health and mental health professions for many years now.
Spotlight on Productivity: How to Overcome E-Mail Overload (13 Jun 2006) Do you ever feel overwhelmed by e-mail? Have you ever spent more of your day wading through your e-mail than managing your work? Are you looking for ways to spend less time creating, managing and answering messages? Discover how to overcome e-mail overload and be more productive by writing more effective e-mail messages and reducing the volume of e-mail.
