Essential Startup Business Questions... Failing To Plan is Planning to Fail

Failure to answer a few important questions might doom your business before it even gets started.

Likeable Bosses

Do bosses need to be liked? People respond to authority; that is, until the next opportunity presents itself. Western conventional wisdom suggests that it is important to build trust, credibility and respect; there is no need to be liked. When those characteristics are combined with strong leadership, people will follow...as long as they are realizing benefits for themselves. The question then becomes if we can combine trust, credibility, respect, leadership and likability, can we drive even greater results?

Value Stream Mapping And Six Sigma

If you have implemented Six Sigma in your organization, and you want to further reduce waste, you should consider using Value Stream Mapping. Here we introduce you to this relatively new methodology.

Collect Your Past Due Receivables Now

You can collect those past due receivables. All it takes is a little planning and a commitment to follow the plan.

Engage Your Employees Through Discovery

Large or small, companies can have a difficult time keeping employees engaged. When an employee's work becomes routine, he will often start thinking of his position as just another job for just another company. It's time to re-introduce your employees to your company.

Write A Job Description That Works For Your Employees

The majority of job descriptions are written today for a computer system. Many are written without any purpose at all. Very few are written with the employee and their supervisor in mind. At the most basic level, job descriptions for employees need do only two things.

Safety in the Workplace - It is Everybody's Concern

While safety is a high priority in manufacturing and industrial companies, office safety is also a serious issue that needs the same attention. Accidents and injuries can happen everywhere and the resulting pain and trauma it causes are the same, whether it occurs in a factory or an office. Adequate safety planning needs every employer's attention.

What Type Of Importing Operation Suits You?

Importing is a potentially lucrative business, but what type of operation is going to suit you best?

Distribution is the Key

Disribution is an integral part of any business. This article explains why a distibution business makes good sense

The Worst Forms of Burnout - Dead Wood and Helpless or Hopeless

Dead Wood and Helpless or Hopeless employees have gone so far into the burnout process that they present a special challenge for management. These situations dramatize the need for proper stress management in the workplace as well. Executives and policy makers need to think about this seriously. Small business owners and professionals in their own practice would also do well to take heed.

Defining Organizational Culture

All about building a positive organizational culture and the methods to accomplish your goal.

Understanding Configuration Management According to Its Purpose

Configuration Management and its Many Uses.

Performance Appraisal - Merit Pay - Pay For Performance and Employee Reviews Advice

Rewarding employees for superior performance makes sense, and using performance management and performance appraisals to determine merit pay seems to make sense. Do it right and it's a great idea. Do it wrong and you get all kinds of problems. Here's a way of doing it.