Employee engagement or buy in, for me, is the number one way to build a winning team. Mike's post, written with Barb Taylor Krantz, spells out why employee engagement for a small business is a recipe for success. Check out the post … [Read more...]
Best Biz Practices: Blogging For Business
Blogging as part of your business is rapidly becoming essential. No longer can you hide behind a fancy call center, web site or canned email response. Customers demand that personal touch that connects them to the business. Mike's latest … [Read more...]
David Silverman: How to Ask a (Near) Stranger for a Favor
David has a tough one over at Words at Work. The post is [here](http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/silverman/2009/08/how-to-ask-a-near-stranger-for.html). Cold emails/calls are stressful on both parties. The sending party has got to be nervous about sending some, seemly random, … [Read more...]
Don’t Spin Up Management
Attention all engineers. Want to prevent your engineering manager from going analeptic shock? Want to prevent those awkward “we need to talk” moments? Then, don’t spin them up. ##The First Step, Admit You Have A Problem## You know you do it all the time. That pressing issue … [Read more...]
Best Biz Practices: Small Business Owners Find PEOs
We use a PEO (Professional Employer Organization) now for all of our Human Resources (like payroll and benefits. Mike over at Best Biz Practices has a [post](http://bestbizpractices.org/2009/08/28/small-business-owners-find-peos-a-better-way/) that explains how these work. It's a … [Read more...]
