By Brooke Chaplan Employees value their health and personal lives more than ever before. The presence of the millennial generation in the workforce continues to grow, requiring employers to change their employment paradigms. A generation that was raised on the internet and connected devices has developed a belief that technology can accomplish almost anything and many […]
As any business owner will tell you, there just aren’t enough hours in the day. From sales and marketing to hiring and retaining talent to keeping finances in check, many do it all on their own. Eventually, smart business owners realize they need to outsource certain business functions. To ensure you spend your time — […]
By John Tschohl Jack Welch, the former chairman and CEO of General Electric, offered this advice for improving a company: Fire 10 percent of your workforce every year because their replacements would result in an annual upgrade of the workforce. Welch’s HR policy categorized the entire workforce, using a classic bell curve, into the 20 […]
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 at another company. Losing employees is a concern for most small businesses, not least because of the cost: a study from the Center for American Progress estimated […]
By Dan Coughlin An important question every manager must answer is, “How do I get great performances out of other people?” At some point you need to realize you can’t do it all by yourself. You have to get results through the actions of other people. So how do you optimize other people’s performance? What […]