A small business is a work in progress. You have to keep building up and up, until one day you have a small team of people working for you, and you suddenly realise that you’re a small business no more! But for a small business to be able to get to the point where it can drop that small business title, there are a few things that have to be done. One of them is outsourcing. Although this might be harder for a small business with a bank account that…
It’s a pretty well-established fact that running a business is pretty complicated. The sheer number of different elements that make up a successful business can actually be pretty overwhelming. In fact, one of the most frequent reasons that many potential business owners either never actually try or fall at the first hurdle is because of how overwhelming it can all seem. This is especially true if you’re the business owner and it feels as though the responsibility for managing everything falls directly on your shoulders. Well, fear not! There are…
Creating the right policies, procedures and practices in HR takes a lot of time and thought. It’s something that you need to keep up to date as the law changes and times change too. As employees start to want different things and behave differently, you need to pay attention to how to get the best from them. Staying in touch with what’s important and what the best practices are is essential, but what if you don’t know where to look to find out what you should be doing? There are…
You should be doing things to ensure that you have all the ingredients for long-term, company-wide productivity at your business. But while this is a good initiative to enact, it’s worthwhile remembering that while the larger policies will help you to have a higher output, much productivity that’s lost has to do with small errors made during each day. When it comes to getting as much done as possible, you need to have your eyes on here and now, not the long-term! Below, we take a look at four things…
When it comes time to hire new people for your business it can sometimes be hard to know exactly where to start. Hiring a new person to come and work for your business is a big decision to make and you always want to make sure that you have the best people representing your business and this is where you need to think about a few different things. Here are some of the tips and tricks for hiring the best people for your business this year. Experience and skills The…
It has been proven that happy employees are more productive and will work better in a team. This can only be good for your business, and one of the things that can help to achieve happy workers is to have some perks for them. Most employees look beyond their salaries when they are considering jobs, and once you have a good team around you, keeping them is crucial for a successful business. Health Benefits With the cost of health insurance being so high for individuals, offering them health benefits is…
At the heart of an office, your team’s productivity beats as the single heart that keeps the business afloat. When the productivity is affected, your business slows down. If you can’t address the issues in a timely and effective manner, you’re likely to suffer lasting consequences that can take the business down. Indeed, when the team can’t perform to the expected standards, everything falls out of place. Your customers suffer on the receiving ends, either from delivery delays or faulty products. Your strategy can fail to meet its target. Your…