Category: Small Business

Family-Owned Businesses Concerned Over Employee Benefits Increasing

A study done by Family Enterprise USA (FEUSA) shows growing concern for family-run businesses are related to external factors–more so than the previous year. According to the study, 91% of the 230 respondents were more concerned about external factors than ...

Family-Owned Businesses Concerned Over Employee Benefits Increasing

A study done by Family Enterprise USA (FEUSA) shows growing concern for family-run businesses are related to external factors–more so than the previous year. According to the study, 91% of the 230 respondents were more concerned about external factors than ...

Follow blueprint for disabled access credit for business

In some cases, your business is legally obligated to make the premises accessible to disabled individuals. Strategy: Build the "disabled access credit” into your plans. If you qualify, you can write off half the cost. What’s more, the ...

4 leadership lessons from Butch Cassidy

You’ve got vision, while the rest of the world wears bifocals. If that bit of swagger sums up your leadership style, you’ve got something in common with Butch Cassidy. Here are some other techniques that could help you, ...

HR New Year’s cleaning: Employment document retention guidelines

In the name of organization, HR professionals and managers alike have been known to accidentally discard a document, whether paper or electronic, that they shouldn't have. Therefore, in your quest to clean out overflowing file cabinets or ...

Use chemicals at work? Heed new OSHA standards

OSHA has updated its hazard communication standard to harmonize it with international standards. Com­­panies that manufacture, transport or have chemicals in the workplace must begin complying with the new standard by June 26.

Bad attitudes & complaints: Handling workplace negativity

Negative employee attitudes and less-than-professional behavior can poison the workplace atmosphere. Here are some tips for nipping negativity before it derails morale, ensuring discipline warnings are legally compliant and investigating even seemingly frivolous complaints.

IKEA’s story: leading by design

When Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943, he didn’t sell furniture. He sold a variety of goods, including wallets and jewelry. Yet, IKEA became a worldwide success at selling simple, inexpensive assemble-it-yourself furniture through a series of shrewd ...

What’s the one amenity at work you can’t live without?

Question: “We’re slashing costs at work and it’s time to take aim at some perks people take for granted—varied office supplies, catered meetings, a nice coffee selection. Before I maybe push things too far, which amenities do employees tend to ...

Vanguard’s case study in judgment calls

Mabel Yu was a fairly low-level em­­ployee at Vanguard. But in 2009, Vanguard named Yu its analyst of the year. Here's why.

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