Are You Getting The Best Out Of Your Staff?

Tried and tested ways of motivating staff are finally being recognized as tired and tested and no longer work. Read why not and what is needed to take staff performance to the next level.

5 Best Practices for Retaining Your Best Talent

Because employees now know they are potential free agents, they are looking for the best package, not just more money. Who are the people you would hate to lose? It's time to use these five best practices for retaining your top talent so they aren't as eager to see if the money is greener on the other side of the fence.

Are You Stunting Your Business Growth? (First Article Of 2)

Are you letting your customers down with this type of conversation? When you do realize it costs you sales.

Motivating People - Understanding Behaviour

Actual behaviour is very important, but so are the reasons behind it. In most cases, the only way to know how motivated your staff members are is through the ways in which they behave. This includes what they say, their gestures, expressions and stance.

How To Balance Work And Home With Out Sacrificing One For The Other

How to have both, a quality operation and a happy and healthy home.

Christian Business Basics - Having the Right Attitude

Christian Business Basics - Having the Right Attitude When it comes being a Christian in business, one of the things that will help you reach your goals and face the inevitable trials that life will throw in you pathway is to maintain the right attitude. One way to do that is to be convinced of your purpose in life.

Management Or Labor - Which Will It Be

I once coined a phrase or saying that goes something like this: Every engineer should get his or her start in Arkansas as I did, cutting chicken necks. In that manner your peers will always marvel at how far you've come – or understand why you achieved so little.

Project Management And Time Manegement - Getting It Right

One of the areas that are often ignored in time management is communication skills. Many overlook the important aspects of communication and get caught up in time wasting. While others go through communication too fast, and ignore details that are productive. Finding the right balance of effective and efficient communication can be the greatest aspect of time management; bringing you to your completed objectives. Unless your objectives are in a vacuum where you are the only one involved, communication is definitely necessary.

What is ACH?

An overview of ACH (Automated Clearing House) and how electronic funding can save your business money.

At Work With Employment Laws

Imagine having to wade through the complexities and multitude of employment laws that exist today. It is not a choice for employers but a legal obligation yet most employers particularly small businesses do not have a firm grasp on the one area that can actually have a significant impact upon their bottom line.

What's in Your Culture?

Many managers unwittingly breed a culture of fear, distrust and disloyalty which results in inferior performance. There are simple steps one can take to guard against a climate of fear while creating a climate of success.

Creative Thinking - A Powerful Tool To Sustain Organisational Success

Creative thinking skills are critical to survive and grow your business. In the present world is flat situation, your employees need to think differently so that you can continue to create new ideas and products.

Supply Chain Risk Management: An Introduction

Risk management concepts have been around for several years since now, but they have generally been bounded to the financial or safety area. Today, the supply chain is where risk management is assuming a critical role, since it is where risk becomes most damaging for a company. Despite this, supply chain managers have so far kept on striving their efforts on efficiency gains, responding to the cost squeeze at the expense of increasing the risk of disruptions. This article provides a brief overview of some basic concepts related to Supply Chain Risk Managment (SCRM).

HR Needs It Signed on the Dotted Line

You've been having problems with your employees that haven't been resolved. It's time to escalate to written documentation designed to get your point across and protect the company.

Tracking an Employee's Success or Failure

If you have given your employee a deadline for performance improvement, then you have also given yourself deadlines for following up on the status. Letting deadlines slide benefit no one.