Posts Tagged ‘management’
5 Ways to Invest in the Productivity of Your Workforce
No investment business can function without great employees: a successful team of happy, motivated, and skilled individuals all working together to get things done. When a workforce bands together as a cohesive unit, amazing things can happen, and this productivity can bring unbelievable benefits to your business. But if there is even a single weak…
Read More7 Top Tips for Managing Independent Contractors
Independent contractors are one of the more cost-effective ways to get things done with your business. They’re more affordable than traditional employees and will still complete work to a high standard. Managing independent contractors, however, is a little different than managing their more traditional counterparts. Here are 7 top tips for managing independent contractors. 1.…
Read More4 Ways to Handle Workplace Stress
It doesn’t matter what your job is, you can be subjected to a lot of workplace stress. We’re expected to do overtime and be available outside of work hours more now than we ever have been before. Countless emails, pinging messages, phones ringing off the hook, and more can create too much stress and burnout…
Read More3 Subtle Things to Elevate Your Business Beyond the Competition
If you want to start your own business, you may have the ambition and skill set, but if you don’t understand the subtleties to appeal to customers and ensure progress, then you may stagnate before you start. Starting a business isn’t just about the big bold statements, but about those little components that make a…
Read More10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Quit Your Job | Do This First!
I’m not proud to admit it, but in my younger years, I had a habit of quitting my job without giving 2 weeks notice or even considering my actions. No thought process, just “See ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya!” In my defense, these were horribly toxic workplaces that made me feel like an insignificant speck of…
Read MoreTop 5 Reasons to Quit Your Job
I loved many things about my old corporate job as a medical textbook editor. Using my degree, feeling like my work was making a difference, traveling to conferences. And yet, there’s a lot NOT to like about working for another company, which is why I’ve been my own boss for more than 11 years now. It’s…
Read MoreFire Your Boss! You Know You Want To
It’s said that people don’t quit jobs, they quit bad managers. That’s certainly been true for me. A great team of coworkers who value and respect you can make a less-than-ideal working situation bearable. But a bad manager can make every day feel like a nightmare. Not only that, but you can’t enjoy your weekends or…
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