How Every Business Can Train Great Managers
Being a bad manager is a systemic issue that plagues many businesses, both large and small. Bad managers lead to inefficiency and revenue loss. Research now indicates that having a positive relationship with a manager can significantly impact job satisfaction. It will lead to employees, even remote employees, being more committed in the long term. […]
Determine Your Business Value: To Sell or Get a Loan
You want to determine business value because your company is worth something (or it should be) and not just to you. Wondering what is the value of my business? Maybe you want to determine business value just to stroke your own ego. Or maybe you are looking to get some venture capitalist funding. Maybe you […]
Smartphones for Business: Tips and Best Practices
Many of us still think of the web as a portal for entertainment and work orbiting inside our desktop and laptop computers. But watch out, smartphones are taking over—and fast! Today, the majority of internet users are accessing the internet on smartphones. Smartphones of all types, including Apple, Samsung, Android, and others. We still sit […]
BUSINESS: Learn to Network like a Boss
The word “networking,” for some people, is cringeworthy. Maybe you don’t really enjoy talking to people or maybe, just maybe, you aren’t good at communicating with others. You’ve been fine without attending sponsored happy hours so far, right? Don’t always depend on things to remain as such. The most business eventually leads you to need […]
Small Business Tips: How to Build Customer Loyalty
Running a small business isn’t child’s play. If it were, everyone would be doing it. However, the fact is that most people aren’t opening their own businesses and profiting. Your business is a unique butterfly, and you are the boss, the leader, the respected entrepreneur who directs the ship across even the most treacherous waters. […]
Remote Employee Management: Tips for Leading a Remote Team
We have remote employees at Check Issuing. Heck, I’m remote! It’s fabulous, let me tell you! Being remote means using my own toilet and snacking whenever I enjoy doing so (I’ve gained a pound or 10, though). Hiring remote employees can be great, but they can also often feel a little insecure, almost ‘out of […]
Business Motivation At Its Finest (inside)
Are you afraid of failing? You should be, because failing sucks badly. If you are someone trying to make a small business work, I doubt you consider failing an option. But look, sometimes we wake up and just feel as though the world is against us. Or that we hate what we are doing. Or […]
Most Important Aspect Of Management is Managing Yourself
As people and manager, we tend to focus on everyone else and forget about managing ourselves. How others live, how they thrive, how they fail, are all aspects we follow. Learning from other people is a notable strategy for survival. This is normal behavior. But it needs to be improved for managers when they are […]
Managing Stress Like A Pro To be Successful and Calm
Managing stress is an undeniable part of the business world. We all have stress if we own companies or have jobs. Our clients prior to hiring us had all the common payroll problems. It is an inescapable part of life. Stress would not be stress if it weren’t for being a royal pain in our […]
What’s a Wallet-Safe Check? Your Guide to Secure Checks
While I was on vacation in Puerto Rico several years ago, I was having the time of my life. Until my wallet and check got stolen. Yikes.. Until then, it was just my wife and me, these pristine beaches, and economical fruity drinks, along with big fun hats to protect us from the glorious sunshine. […]