Employees
How to Hire and Manage Small Business Employees
Tips on Hiring the Best Salespeople for Your Business
Considering the importance of sales to any small business, you don’t want to improvise when it comes to hiring salespeople, says Jim Dunn, a sales training expert for Whetstone Group, …
3 Tips for Hiring Temporary Employees to Avoid Permanent Problems
It’s 5:18 a.m. and the phone rings. Your morning chef is on the line with awful news: She won’t be coming in to work today. Sick. Hungover. Won the lottery. …
How to Fire an Employee
Few small-business owners look forward to firing an employee, but a day will probably come when you need to do so. Job termination is a delicate situation and should be …
In the Trenches: Preparing for Vacation
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a real vacation. In fact, I think the last real vacation I had was my honeymoon about three years ago. Once I …
Why 3 Serial Entrepreneurs Help Other Small-Business Owners
Susan Zimmerman operates a retail store on Cape Cod and a small tech-consulting business in Wellesley, Mass. Lori Richardson does sales consulting from her Boston office and started a successful …
4 Ways to Get Back to Work after a Vacation
You’ve just returned from a weeklong vacation, with the tan to prove it. Now it’s time to get back to business. Don’t let a pile of to-do’s overwhelm you. Stop …
Sight, Sound, and More: Easy, Affordable Tips for Creating a Healthy Workplace [INFOGRAPHIC]
A little can go a long way, and there’s perhaps no place where this is more true than in the office. Seemingly small adjustments to things such as the thermostat, …
Paying It Forward: Fishbowl CEO David Williams on Mentoring
Running a small business often requires shifting your competitive spirit into overdrive. But there can be equal value in stopping for a moment to offer advice and guidance to your …
3 Ways for Mompreneurs to Take Business to the Next Level
You have plenty of ideas and energy, but what about time? When you’re a busy mom running a startup and a household, finding ways to get everything done can seem …
4 Ways to Minimize Interruptions
You’re trying to finish a key project — due today! — but the phone keeps ringing. Whether you’re besieged with customer calls, employee questions, or client requests (that aren’t new …
4 Ways to Take the Vacation You Need
“Small-business owner” and “weeklong vacation” may sound like phrases that don’t belong in the same sentence. After all, running a small business is a full-time (plus overtime) commitment. Taking a …
How to Turn on Payroll in QuickBooks
Although Intuit has offered payroll services through QuickBooks since 1998, many small-business owners don’t realize that Intuit QuickBooks Payroll is available to them from within the software program, says Ken …
In the Trenches: Wrestling with Business Hours
The general premise of an air travel assistance company means that you have to be available whenever people are traveling. That’s all day, every day of the year. Christmas, too. …
In the Trenches: The Training Bottleneck
After the long, difficult process of actually hiring someone culminated in, well, hiring someone, you might think that things got easier. Not so fast. The whole reason I hired someone …
In the Trenches: Hired
How long have I been talking about hiring someone on this blog? It’s been at least a year if not more. Well, the day has finally arrived. On Monday of …
