photo credit: Pink Sherbet Photography We’ve all heard the stories of several different businesses that were once known by everyone that are now going→

photo credit: pasotraspaso In the past we’ve talked about all kinds of management tools and leadership qualities, but this time, we’re going to cut→

photo credit: jared In today’s economy we are all trying to strive for more; more profit, more customers, more everything. We constantly look for→

photo credit: wili_hybrid When you’re in a management position, especially if you’re new to that position, you often want to be so helpful and→

photo credit: Stéfan I’ve never been much of a manager myself. That’s no big deal, of course; lots of people aren’t managers. In my→

photo credit: doug.siefken It is always difficult to have to let go of an employee. Even when the employee has not exactly been a→

  photo credit: country_boy_shane The use of social media is definitely on the rise. Social media has an impact on almost every aspect of→

photo credit: Don Fulano In today’s business world it is no surprise that there are rumors going around in every company. Rumors of downsizing,→

photo credit: Manuel Van De Weijer In today’s economy we are seeing a decrease in customers spending, profits, financing, houses being sold and much→

photo credit: Torley For most small businesses, the owner is the key person in the leadership role. Some owners and managers of businesses are→

photo credit: furryscaly I recently came upon an article located on Entrepreneur.com regarding ways that employers can protect themselves during layoffs and keep their company→

photo credit: yummiec00kies Many managers and business owners today find hiring new people to be more of a hassle than they have time for.→

photo credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office When you hire a consultant to come into your business, you are basically paying them a large fee→

photo credit: mackenzienicole These difficult people harass you and others, ask too many self-explanatory questions, neglect details, distract you and repeatedly challenge you and→

photo credit: kevindooley Spending as much time as our firm does with Small Business owners, you begin to see traits and/or tendencies that are→

photo credit: juanpol If your managing your own small business, then you already know that you hold more titles than you technically have time→

photo credit: lumaxart As managers and owners, we all try to find the best and easiest ways to manage our team, because lets face→

photo credit: SantaRosa OLD SKOOL We often think that CEO’S at the top of an organization have all the self-confidence in the world. The→

photo credit: Pop!Tech As managers it is often found that they mis communicate to their employees, meaning they speak what they shouldn’t, they keep→

photo credit: Iain Farrell Marshall Goldsmith recently did an article on ways to improve the level of engagement from your employees during difficult times. With the→