Category Archives: Business advisory service
Business Merger Announcement
Effective September 30, 2011 my accounting firm has merged with Hyatt Lassaline, LLP. I realized last year that in order to give the proper focus, energy and resources to be a great business advisor, I needed to ‘burn the ships’ with respect to the compliance and tax role I was also providing for my clients. Continue reading
Improve Employee Productivity with the Right Tools
“You need to spend a quarter to make a dollar”. This is very true when it comes to equipping your employees to be productive. In this article Paul Foster, The Business Therapist, provides 2 examples of increasing employee productivity. Continue reading
Business and Communication – Eliminating Sarcasm
Today’s post is written by my good friend and life coach Linda Lord. She enlightened me on the sarcasm issue a few years ago. I have personally focused on eliminating it in both my business and personal life and have benefitted greatly as a result. Continue reading
How to Motivate Your Employees (Without Money!)
This is part 2 of ‘How to (Not) Motivate You Employees, Paul Foster, The Business Therapist, shares 5 ideas to help business owners motivate employees – without money! Continue reading
How to (Not) Motivate Your Employees
There is an assumption by the many small business owners, that employees are motivated most by money. Could a complaint by an employee about ‘not enough money’ be masking the real problem? Continue reading
How to Increase Profits Easily in Your Business
Every business has some ‘low hanging fruit’ to pick. There are ripe profits stuck between the leads your business generates and the actual revenue dollars you convert from these leads. There are many reasons that many of your leads did not become sales. Continue reading
The Economy and Small Business
Business owners may wonder why they shouldn’t just liquidate their business and hide under a rock with the recent downward volatility in the stock market, the threat of a double dip recession and a poor job outlook. However, real opportunities for growth in your business exist and are within your control! Continue reading
Slow Paying Customers
When a customer is tardy in paying their account, they typically get a lot of attention from you as a business owner. You might even call them up and ask how things are going and find out if you can help them along – so they can pay their outstanding account! Continue reading
Improving Business Owner to Banker Communications – 3 Tips
Bankers speak one language – business owners speak a different one – when they get together without a translator, the result is usually frustration. Here are some tips accumulated over 30 years of being a translator, (aka: accountant and small business advisor). Continue reading
Overcoming Procrastination as a Business Owner
Many business owners get stuck in a holding pattern due to procrastination. They stand there looking at the tasks that they really don’t want to do. But if they completed these bothersome tasks, their business would benefit greatly. Here are some tips I gave to a client who couldn’t get around to his invoicing. Continue reading