Category: hiring

Retooling HR: How to Hire, Manage, and Grow a High-Performing Team in Your Small Business

Retooling Human Resources: A Roadmap to Building a Stronger Team When it comes to growing a small business, many owners focus on sales, products, and the big picture. But there’s one crucial piece often overlooked—human resources. Specifically, how do you ensure you have the right people on your team, and how can you measure their…



How to Sharpen Your Delegation Skills and Empower Your Team

How to Sharpen Your Delegation Skills and Empower Your Team As a business owner, one of the most important skills you can develop is effective delegation. Learning to hand off responsibilities to your employees is key to growing your business and stepping into a stronger leadership role. However, for many entrepreneurs, delegating tasks—especially important ones—can…



How to Manage Rapid Business Growth and Avoid Growing Pains in Your Small Business

How to Identify and Avoid Organizational Growing Pains in Your Small Business Growing a business is exciting, but can you grow too fast? Absolutely. While rapid growth might sound like the ultimate success, it can be more harmful than helpful. In fact, research shows that businesses growing over 25% annually are at a higher risk…



The Smart, Easy Way to Recruit Top Talent

Recruiting Top Talent We discussed how the key to making successful hires is to target applicants who share your core values. This time, we ask: why wait for those hires to come to you? The smartest, easiest way to identify great potential employees is ‘24/7/365 recruiting.’ It’s simple: even when you’re not actively hiring, keep your eyes…



The Most Important, Most Overlooked Hiring Question

What do you think it is? Good news: it seems like more small business owners are shifting into hiring mode. That’s a good thing for everyone. Now, the bad news. Many small business owners don’t really know how to hire the best candidate. And making a bad hiring choice is one of the most costly…



What If… You made a Bad Hire?

What If… You made a Bad Hire? Many small businesses do not know how to interview or hire. What about a bad hire? When a person leaves their business they look at hiring as taking them away from their business activity. But, this should be looked upon as an opportunity. Having good people is your…



Great Minds Don’t Think Alike

Ways to Get Employee Involvement So, with that in mind, how do you encourage freethinking in the workplace? Great minds don’t always think alike. Here are some techniques that some members of my peer advisory groups use: • Encourage your employees to offer suggestions—after all, who knows the ins and outs of your business better?…



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