Category Archives: Business tips
Business Decision Advice
Indecision can be paralyzing and frustrating to your business as well as your personal life. I believe it is the actions you take to implement a decision that are more important than which option you choose. Continue reading
Rent Some Money to Make Some Money
In business, have you ever heard the saying, ‘you need a quarter to make a dollar’? Money is cheap to ‘rent’ these days. Continue reading
Email Etiquette Reminders for Business
Email is the most effective manner of communication in business today. Often proper etiquette is overlooked in haste. Here are a few email etiquette reminders. Continue reading
3 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Your Team
In the book, ‘The Magic of Thinking Big’ by David J. Schwartz, Ph.D suggests: “To activate others, to make them enthusiastic, you must first be enthusiastic yourself.” Dr. Schwartz provides 3 ways to get motivated or activated. Continue reading
Are You Doing Regular Computer Backups?
For some reason, the typical way to motivate you to set up a systematic, automatic backup routine is to first lose some important information as a result of a hardware issue. Continue reading
Problem Solving in Business
Whenever you come across a problem, the next step is to solve the problem, right? Actually not quite – first you need to ask the question: “Is the problem really the problem?” Continue reading
Improving the Hiring Process – The Induction Plan
Does your business have a formal induction plan for new hires? An induction plan will help ensure that the initial impressions on the first day of a new job are positive, and the new employee starts off productively. Continue reading
4 Tips for Working with Goals
It is the time of year we make new goals for 2012. Unfortunately, we don’t always make them happen. Here are some tips to increase the probability you will achieve your goal. Continue reading
Vacation – Tax Deduction?
Wouldn’t it be great to take a winter vacation and get a tax deduction too? The first person to convince is your tax advisor and the second review could be by the income tax authorities. Here are some tips to assist you. Continue reading
The Christmas Bonus Dilemma
This time of year, my business owner clients struggle with the Christmas Bonus Dilemma. Should I pay one, and if I do then how much is fair? Should I pay the same amount to everyone? Continue reading