Human Resources

Are You Losing Money on Payroll? – by TSheets

How to improve your business productivity and save thousands of dollars on payroll each year. If you have a business with 10 employees making $10/hour, you will overpay close to...

51 Ways to Reward Your Employees (No Money Required)

Sure, many companies feel strapped right now and may duck their head and run in the other direction at the mere mention of bonuses. But tough times don’t mean that...

Productivity Vs. Punctuality

How do you get your employees to show up on time, work longer hours and skip lunch breaks? Wrong question. If you, like many managers and CEOS, are looking for...

The Best Way To Interview Someone For A Job

If you are banking on the old school method of question and answer interviewing, you have a snowballs chance in hell at making a good hire. In fact, randomly picking...

Why You Can’t Motivate An Employee

I get it. You want a dream team, a devoted group of employees who would move mountains, face their fears, and work tirelessly to help you meet your entrepreneurial goals....

Money As A Motivator

If I have said it once, I have said it a million times, money doesn't motivate people. In fact, the only real way to use money as a motivator is...

How To Find The Employee Who Can Do It All

I heard it again today; an entrepreneur saying that when he “finally finds some great talent,” his business will grow, and be profitable, and he will work less, and blah,...

Leaderboards

We all get satisfaction from being on top. If you have the newer car, I’ll get solace in the fact that my child has better grades than yours. If I...

Hiring Too Fast vs. Hiring Prematurely

You may have heard the saying “Hire slowly. Fire quickly.” It is sage advice guiding us to take the necessary time to hire the right people the first go around,...

The 11 Steps To Firing An Employee

Being a business leader is not all roses and gumdrops (I suspect you already knew that). You will be required to fire someone at some point. Perhaps it is based...

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