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Category Archives: Managing employees
The Hiring Decision – Costs, Risks and Growth Plans
There are risks and a financial investment when hiring new employees. Here are some tips to make the hiring process less risky. Continue reading
Expert Knowledge as a Product
For business owners looking to improve employee relations and motivation, there is so much expert knowledge readily available as a product, and often for free. Continue reading
Business Meeting Tip
Why do some business owners hold up a meeting waiting for the latecomers? When you think about it, you are punishing those who arrived on time and rewarding the ones who come late. Continue reading
Is Going to a Conference Work or a Perk?
The Business Therapist® Inc. sent an employee (Rich) to a conference this week. It happens to be in a nice hotel in a warm place. What expectations are reasonable when attending a work conference? Continue reading
The Four Stages of Learning a New Skill
While attending a sales training discussion at a business coaching client of ours, I learned the concept of The Four Stages of Learning. Continue reading
Carrots or Sticks – How Do You Motivate and Engage Your Employees?
In the best selling book, The Carrot Principle, by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, they report that the practice of recognition in the workplace achieves a higher level of employee motivation and engagement. Continue reading
Hiring and Firing Employees – The Best Tip
Some business tips need a lot of explanation and support stories. This particular piece of advice about hiring and firing employees stands on its own: Continue reading
Business, Personal and Team Goal Setting
During a business goal setting meeting this week with a business owner client, I had a bit of an epiphany on how to really take a small business forward… Continue reading
How to Hire an Employee – Quick Tip
So what’s the best thing about your business? – The people! So what’s the worst frustration about your business? – The people! I have a short and sweet suggestion… Continue reading
Implementing Change in Business – Understanding the J Curve
Many businesses striving to make a change, abandon the effort early on because ‘the plan didn’t work’. The reality is, ‘the plan didn’t work – yet’. Continue reading