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Answer Upon - Beat Your Competition with These New Year's Hiring Resolutions
Do you have an unreasonable boss? An unreasonable client? (An unreasonable spouse :) )If you do, here's an approach for responding when they make unreasonable demands of you.It's actually based on some advice I recently gave to a good friend of mine.Basically, my friend is a C-level manager with a growing company, who reports directly to the CEO.Now this CEO happens to habitually make unreasonable -- in fact, outlandish -- demands of his people. And true to form, he recently asked my friend to (in my friend's words) "fly to the moon... in a rubber dinghy."My fri
Since the inception my business, I have had a lot of small business owners talk to me about business basics. It may surprise you to know that I offer a handful of tips to everyone who asks. These following tips are what I like to call the template to small business success.Know your niche: Decide today. Who is truly your best market? If the answer is “anyone with money,” you need to narrow the focus of your business. Once you find out the true niche of your business, work hard to expand your organization’s appeal.Stand out from the crowd: Do you know what truly sets you apart from y
Hire Slow, Fire Fast
The first and most important resolution you can make in the New Year is to stop waiting until the last minute to hire a new employee and stop letting the dead weight in your department drag the rest of the group down. Management is not an easy task, and hiring always seems to end up on the bott
So you’ve decided to go for it—you’re ready to choose a design company to create your logo and other marketing materials. It seems easy enough. After all, when you make a purchase online of, say, a book, you simply go to an online bookstore. You already know what you’re buying. But now it’s not so clear. You do a search for “design companies” and hundreds of names pop up, all claiming that they are the ones who should do your logo.Welcome to the virtual design world—beyond the fancy Web sites and fancier claims, some do not even have a portfolio, a pricing policy, or a work philosophy. Th
Hire Slow, Fire Fast
The first and most important resolution you can make in the New Year is to stop waiting until the last minute to hire a new employee and stop letting the dead weight in your department drag the rest of the group down. Management is not an easy task, and hiring always seems to end up on the bott
Have you ever stopped and thought about why you got into business? What was the driving force behind your decision to lose the security blanket of having a regular paycheck, benefits and regular vacations? Do you lay awake at night, worried about how you are going to feed your family, the unresolved client issues, or just the stress of an employee upsetting one of your best clients? These are some of the questions entrepreneurs ask themselves on a regular basis when trying to figure out why they ever got into business for themselves.When I decided it was time for me to take the plunge,
Hire Slow, Fire Fast
The first and most important resolution you can make in the New Year is to stop waiting until the last minute to hire a new employee and stop letting the dead weight in your department drag the rest of the group down. Management is not an easy task, and hiring always seems to end up on the bott
If you are going to become a small business entrepreneur, you are on your way to rapid wealth. Congratulations on your decision. There is a ton of excess intrinsic value to be found in small businesses and people can be negotiated with very effectively.Not unlike the main character in "Pretty Woman" Richard Gere (And Julia Roberts) He is portrayed as a heartless take over pirate, stripping a businesses assets for fast millions. Yes, John was a small business entrepreneur. On the scale you may be currently operating, the similarity pales a little. But earning over $1 million within a year i
Q. I live in a wonderful house in the Midwest. Recently a recruiter asked if I would consider a new job with a move to Southern California. The salary would be higher but the cost of living -- ouch! Should I go on the interview?A. Let's do the easy part first. I almost always recommend going on the interview. Of course, do not jeopardize your current job or current clients.But you have little to lose. Occasionally you will be considered for other jobs in the company. You may be able to negotiate a telecommute option. Your interviewer may know of other opportunities in more desirable
Resolve to make your life easier this year by being proactive when it’s time to hire a new employee. By taking the appropriate amount of time to hire talented candidates, you’ll save yourself the future management headaches that come from rushed hiring mistakes.
Similarly, commit to terminating those employees that
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