7 Steps Your Small Business Should Take Before Hiring That New Employee
When a small business is formed, it is often difficult to imagine the time when there is a need to hire employees. When that day comes, it is essential to…
Do You Know How To Write Business Goals?
Businesses need to plan to be successful. An important part of the business planning process is determining business objectives translated into actionable business goals. Goals should support the strategic plan – a written…
2025 Business Planning
We have managed to plow through another year of managing the unpredictable. We’re a few weeks into the fourth quarter, and I thought it might be helpful to discuss what…
13 Tips For Improving Job Satisfaction
According to an Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Report by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 62.3% of US employees reported overall satisfaction with their current job in 2022….
Advantages and Disadvantages of Performance Appraisals
The end of the year is quickly approaching, which typically means an evaluation of how the organization performed during the prior twelve months. This year-end review can help an organization…
6 Tips for Improving Productivity and Decreasing Employee Errors
Most employees come to work and want to do a good job. However, the organization is responsible for ensuring the work environment inspires creative thinking and allows employees to do…
Understanding Critical Success Factors
Whether you are managing a restaurant, boutique, or insurance agency, it is essential to know that you are focusing on those things that help the organization achieve its mission. Anyone…
Four Similarities Between Dog Training and Employee Management
We have always had dogs. I had lots of dogs as a kid, and when I got married my husband and we have had four dogs. Like most of you,…
8 Steps to Implementing Organizational Change
Change is a word that generates uneasiness and sometimes fear in most of us. However, successful organizations understand that when they are doing things the same way with poor results,…