Employees
How to Hire and Manage Small Business Employees
The Trouble with Partnerships
Going into business with a partner can have many benefits. Partners often bring a complementary set of skills to a business that can make it stronger, and you can share …
10 Employee Health Benefits Cheaper Than Insurance
Nearly half of U.S. firms with three to nine workers offer some form of health insurance to employees, as do 71 percent of firms with 10 to 24 workers, according …
How to Get More from Setting Goals
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” —Michelangelo …
Talking Sports and Business with Brandon Steiner
Growing up poor in Brooklyn, N.Y., Brandon Steiner (pictured) never dreamed that one day he’d own Yankee Stadium, the home field of the New York Yankees. As CEO of Steiner …
In the Trenches: Finally, a Full-Time Employee
I had assumed that once I began working to bring on an employee full time, it was going to take quite a while before I could actually promote my part-time …
6 Tips for Managing Employees after a Layoff
Despite recent upticks in the economy, news about company layoffs continues to be sobering. Bank of America plans to cut 16,000 jobs by the end of 2012. Motorola Mobility recently …
5 Ways Your Employees May Be Costing You Money
Every small business needs to conserve capital and run its operations efficiently. Once you have employees, you have less direct control over your company and need to rely on a …
No-Cost Ways to Promote Employee Health
Encouraging your employees to engage in health and wellness activities isn’t just the right thing to do — it makes good business sense. A healthy workforce typically means higher-performing, more …
New Book Shares 183 Tips for Entrepreneurs, from Entrepreneurs
As regular readers of this blog will surely attest, small-business owners love to share tips about everything from launching a company during a recession to creating a great customer experience. …
9 Cloud Services for Juggling Project Resources and Deadlines
Keeping all the components of a project — whether it’s a marketing campaign, a store opening, or a new product introduction — organized and on time can be daunting. It’s …
6 Ways Teens Can Help You with Social Media Marketing
You’ve probably joked that to get your smartphone/printer/Facebook page to work right, you need a teenager’s help. But seriously, hiring one might be a smart business move. Teenagers, having essentially …
5 Mobile Apps for Better Work-Life Balance
As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to “clock out” to spend time with family, get some exercise, or pursue outside interests. Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a Manta.com survey …
8 Reasons Why Your Small Business Isn’t Attracting the Best Job Candidates
Despite a national unemployment rate of 8.1 percent and some 12.5 million people [PDF] looking for work, attracting and finding top-notch job candidates can be tough. You’ve likely been overwhelmed …
How (and Why) to Take a Sabbatical
Did our headline make you laugh? Sabbaticals may be fine for professors in ivory towers, you think, but for small-business owners and their employees, taking extended time off is simply …
In the Trenches: Making the Case for a Full-Time Employee
As things stand today, we have two part-time hourly employees at Cranky Concierge. My recent vacation cemented what I had known for a long time: We could really use a …
