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Posted by luckycharmer under Employee Benefits
From http://www.allbusiness.com 5953 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 22, 2008 8:55 pm

Who should get health insurance, how should they get it, and who pays? Those three questions are at the forefront of the current controversy over health care and will provide the framework for the great debate that will begin once the presidential primaries end and the general election begins. Small business owners, of course, have a huge stak Read More

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Time Management: It's Not About the Time - by David Allen

Posted by Becky under Self-Development
From http://www.successmagazine.com 5953 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 22, 2008 8:53 pm

Productivity guru David Allen provides a different view on self management. Read More

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Getting It Done On-Time with Simple Project Management - Working Smarter

Posted by Aaronontheweb under Management
From http://blog.smartdraw.com 5954 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 22, 2008 3:27 pm

My background is primarily in software development and like most modern forms of work it's very much a project-driven field. Software developers are notorious for always delivering their projects late and over budget. Why? Because project managers don't fully scope out all of the tasks that must be done, and then they assign arbitrary times to t Read More

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Labor Efficiency Modeling For Your Small Business Success

Posted by TheProfitRepairman under Management
From http://www.usatoday.com 5955 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 22, 2008 2:23 am

Getting yourself and your business unit into the mind-set of thinking about labor efficiency modeling is one of the keys to running a profitable business. The last time you looked at your current standards was when? Do you know what the correct production efficiency from each of your job codes is, even yours? What is your monitoring frequency? Read More

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Why the Organization Chart is Not Obsolete

Posted by Aaronontheweb under Human Resources
From http://blog.smartdraw.com 5959 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 18, 2008 8:37 pm

"As someone who has built a business from one person to 40 (and growing fast) I think most entrepreneurs misunderstand org charts and their value even to the smallest business of just one person. Yes, I'm serious: A one person organization that aims to grow needs an org chart!" Read More

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Corporate Training Is For The Birds

Posted by d2kd3k under Human Resources
From http://trustedadvisor.com 5960 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 16, 2008 4:24 pm

Most corporate training methods build on outdated animal behavior research, but new studies are showing there's a better way to teach and motivate birds, chimps, and even...employees! Read More

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The Key to Retaining Sales Talent

Posted by suzyQ under Management
From http://www.thestreet.com 5962 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 14, 2008 4:13 am

Your salespeople are some of your most valuable investments. You recruit them, train them and trust them with your valued customers. You depend on them to keep your business growing. So what happens if they leave? Even worse, what if they're lured away by one of your competitors, along with your accounts? That would be a real blow to your busi Read More

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New Employee Verification Bill an Orwellian Nightmare for Small Business

Posted by suzyQ under Human Resources
From http://www.allbusiness.com 5963 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 13, 2008 7:34 pm

Imagine a country of 146 million workers, where a massive database maintained by hapless bureaucrats determines who can hold a job. It's a place where simple statistical error alone can annually deny work to half a million of these workers, and those lucky enough to appeal the error must wait months, even years, to reenter the labor pool. Suc Read More

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Biz celebrates record sales with underwear-day

Posted by JuliePower under Human Resources
From http://www.cfosnafu.com 5966 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 10, 2008 12:58 pm

Get your folk to come to work in their underwear? That would work in the United States (NOT). Read More

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Your Employees Are Dying to Be Heard

Posted by GPorter under Management
From http://www.businessweek.com 5968 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 8, 2008 5:22 pm

According to Opinion Research, what annoys employees more than anything else is poor communication. And unhappy employees can do more damage to your business than you might imagine. Read More