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How to Find a Great Employee
If you’ve been disappointed by a new employee, you’re in the majority. About two-thirds of U.S. employers have hired someone who didn’t fit the job or perform well, according to a CareerBuilder survey....
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7 Tips for Effective Time Management
Time is precious, particularly when it comes to running a small business. Yet there are never more than 24 hours in a day. Some entrepreneurs respond to this fact of life with focus and purpose. Others...
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What to Do When an Employee Cries
Tears can be tough to handle, particularly when it’s an employee who lets loose the waterworks. How best to respond as the boss is a delicate matter. Dan Chmielewski remembers when, as a manager, he...
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How to Know When Your Customer Isn’t Likely to Pay
It’s tough enough to drum up clients. For a business being bootstrapped by its owner, getting stiffed for services rendered can spell financial trouble. Just how bad is the problem? The Freelancers...
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Set Meaningful, Measurable, and Motivating Employee Goals
Are you and your employees setting goals for 2014? Now’s the time to finalize your plans for the year ahead. Follow these five steps to help ensure that your expectations are met and that everyone’s...
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7 Small-Business Management Goals to Set This Year
All of those resolutions you made for yourself for 2014 — get healthier, save more money, and find work-life balance, etc. — are certainly worthwhile endeavors. But the best thing you can do for your...
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How Financial Crisis Led a Winery to Success
Running a winery isn’t easy. There are grapes to cultivate or buy, fermentation processes to oversee, product to bottle and sell, customers to please, and bills to pay. And when the great recession hit...
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5 Factors to Consider When Setting Prices
The legendary psychologist Sigmund Freud is thought to have said, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” That may be, but price is never just about price. The psychology of pricing involves much more,...
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How to Conduct Painless, Practical Employee Performance Reviews
Managers and employees alike often dread annual performance reviews, but when they are done well those reviews can help your business. Employee reviews are “one of the best management tools people...
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6 Tips for Hiring Your Successor
You know you’ve succeeded as a small-business owner when you can finally hire someone else to run your company’s day-to-day operations. Handing over the reins can give you a chance to grow, try...
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