Our ideas of self-employment often involve the image of being our own boss. That we don’t work for someone else and their bottom dollar. It is true that when we are self-employed, we aren’t working to help a CEO make more money. But we still have “bosses”. Every customer and every client we take on …
Leading Articles and Interviews (category)
When it comes to running a small business, leadership is of the utmost importance. Employees look to you for guidance and to set the tone for your company. Learn more about what it means to be an effective leader with the articles in this section, which cover topics such as employee management, hiring and firing, and team building.
Do Your Company’s Business Managers Have These 4 Qualities?
In today's world, more and more business owners are realizing that having a strong team of business managers can help them optimize conversion rates and attain industry leadership status. If you want to accomplish these business-building goals, it's important to make sure that your managers have the …
The Power of Giving Back: How Small Business Owners Can Become Community Leaders
For a lot of people, business and community leadership are like water and oil — they just don't mix. This preconception is unfortunate because, in fact, small business owners have the power to become excellent local leaders and effect positive changes in their communities. Running a small business …
Tips for Managing Negative Employees
If you’re a small business owner or in a managing role in a small business, it’s not a matter of “if,” but more a matter of “when” you’ll encounter a negative employee. There’s no such thing as a perfect office. There will always be negative people, carrying their contagious energy and inflicting …
6 Ways to Set Your Small Business Apart with Problem Solving
Every business faces major problems that put its future at risk. Whether these problems are in supply chain, sales, HR, or product design, how your business responds to these problems will help shape what the business becomes in the future. How businesses respond to problems is one of the key ways …
Is Your Relationship with Your Employees Affecting Your Business?
Take a moment and think about how well you get along with your employees. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being not-so-good and 10 being we-couldn’t-get-along-better, where would you rate your relationships? Realistically, this number is probably different with each staff member, with some climbing …
