Category: Tips and Tools

The art of scheduling used to be so much simpler - the boss would hand-write out the schedule every week on lined paper, stick a tack in the top, and post it in the breakroom. If they were fancy, they might type it out on the typewriter, laminate it and post it in front of the time clock. Either way, it was a simpler time. Requests for time off, whether for vacation, bereavement or something else, had to be submitted in writing far in advance. Oftentimes, you had to take the time to carefully analyze the schedule to look for things like overtime, early or late clock-ins, overlapping schedules and other conflicts, which would then need to be dealt with quickly. Most times, discrepancies in schedules were ironed out face…

As a small business, you probably feel like there are some things that you will not need to address until you become a larger and more stable entity. Well, unfortunately, some things do not depend on the size of your business. There are some things that you should make sure you do that can really help your development. In this post, we are going to be suggesting a few moves you should be looking at if you are fed up of being the small business on the block. If there is one thing that every business has in common, it’s the need to grow year over year. While this can often pose a challenge for smaller businesses, there are a few things that can help. Big Moves You Need To…

Growing a business is a challenge, and that’s an understatement. You can’t always throw money at your company and expect change to happen, and that isn’t always an option for small companies with limited funds, anyway. Obviously, investment is important, but it needs to be well-planned. You need a meticulous and well-considered business strategy if you want your small company to expand. The following pieces of advice should help you to start developing a business strategy to help your small company steadily grow. Developing A Business Strategy To Help Your Small Company Steadily Grow Invest in your physical growth. You should start by investing in your physical growth. If you want your small company to steadily grow, then you have to make an effort to turn it into a bigger…

Running your own business can be an incredibly fulfilling and enriching experience. Not to mention the fact that it can, if all goes well, secure your financial future in a pretty significant way. Of course, being an entrepreneur isn’t an effortless or straightforward thing. Plenty of setback and failure is inevitably going to be involved in the course of pursuing and achieving your professional dreams. For many entrepreneurs, one of the biggest obstacles that arises is that they end up losing passion and enthusiasm for the project they are working on (and have been investing so much time in). They subsequently yearn for something that feels more “fulfilling” again. Here are a few tips for getting more fulfillment out of your business, so that you can keep feeling on top…