1 Easy Way to Fill Entry-Level Positions with Great Employees
Do you find yourself in the position of constantly hiring for entry-level positions, and feeling frustrated by the poor quality of the applicants?
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Your Employees will LOVE You for This
How would you describe your dream employee? Maybe with descriptions like the following:
“Great attitude”
“Dependable”
“Self-motivated”
“Wants our business to be successful”
“Looks for ways to help instead of waiting on me to tell them what to do”
“Someone with similar values who cares about the mission of our team”
The Slow Kiss of Death for a Small Business
It’s the same problem, and I hear it over and over from small business owners. Quite honestly, I’m very worried for those of you struggling with this.
3 Steps to KEEPING Your Best Employees
Congratulations! You have found and hired an A-Player employee. This employee is exceeding your expectations in lots of different ways. It feels too good to be true! You may already be hearing a nagging voice in your head, asking, “Just how will you hang on to this really good talent?”
Drive Innovation with this Powerful Question
If you’re like most business owners, you want your company to stand out from the crowd, to be innovative, and to have a clear market position.
Making Performance Evaluations Meaningful
Most business owners dread performance evaluations. Here are some tips to make performance evaluations not only easier, but more meaningful:
Do employee evaluations on employee anniversary dates, rather than trying to do them all at once during a certain time of year. Doing more than a couple evaluations at a time is overwhelming for even the best of business owners.
The Top 10 Problems Profit First Solves in Your Business
Over the last weekend, I got to read Profit First, the newest book from Mike Michalowicz. As I read, I thought of one client after another who could benefit from implementing Profit First in his or her business. In talking to business owners day in and day out about the challenges they face in their business, I hear a lot of the same challenges coming up over and over. Many of these challenges relate to managing finances in the business.
How to End Office Drama
Many business owners I talk to are very frustrated with the “drama” that comes along with having employees. A question I hear over and over is, “Why can’t employees just get along with one another and do their jobs?” Often, business owners are blind to their own role in perpetuating the drama among employees. That was the case with Dr. Jones.
Why Don’t Most Small Businesses Thrive?
During my years of working directly with small businesses, talking with entrepreneurs day in and day out, speaking in forums and seminars, joining small business and entrepreneurs associations, etc., I have noticed three factors that make any small business thrive. Contrary to what you might believe, it has nothing to do with the academic or business background of the owner. It has also nothing to do with the type of industry or geographical location the business is in. Most of the time it has nothing to with the quality of your product or service.
Quick Productivity Tip: Stars and Successes
A lot of us cross off completed tasks from a written To-Do List. At the end of the day, the list can look pretty messy. Once everything has been crossed off the list, we toss it in the trash.
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