Leadership, management and productivity Are you getting fewer than six hours of sleep per night? It could be killing your chance at small business success. And when you get up, why not try doing these four things that successful small business owners do each morning? Small business wants to hire, but many owners are having […]
If this short conversation hasn’t happened already, it will happen soon: Mary: I like your new dress. Margaret: Thanks. Want to rent it? Average people today are empowered to rent the shirt off their backs – or in my example, the dress. They’re calling it the sharing economy, but that’s really a misnomer. Sharing is […]
I love the tag line for PSI’s Take Your Dog To Work Day®: “Because who ever heard of working like a cat?!” PSI is Pet Sitters International and June 26 this year marks the 17th annual Take Your Dog to Work Day. The event celebrates dogs and promotes pet adoption. When you head over to the […]
When we think of innovation, our minds usually wander back to the great inventions that we believe changed the course of history, or at least the course of commerce. The automobile, the iPhone, the polio vaccine, the atomic bomb and a long list of other innovations fall into this category. But can we talk? Few […]
This post brought to you by MetLife Small Business. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Susan Solovic. Let’s start with this white-paper snippet from MetLife: “Great employees are the lifeblood of any small business. However, as the job market accelerates, even happy workers may be tempted to explore whether the grass is greener […]