Seen that? – Strategis – Managing for Small Business Success
Strategis – Managing for Small Business Success Small Business Unplugged
If you are looking for sources of practical information, tools and advice for any of the following topics; Finance, Human Resources, Operations Management, Leadership, Advanced Topics, Marketing and Sales, Administration, Strategy, Innovation and Technology, Business Support then you want to check out Strategis – Managing for Small Business Success site. For a government website Strategis actually has links that cover a wide range of topics from a select group of small [...] Read More
Managing People Effectively Small Business Unplugged
Did you know that D&B offers a number of Leadership and Business Skills Self-Study programs? I knew D&B for their business credit services but I wasn't aware of their small business training programs. One that caught my eye was the Supervisor's Guide to Managing People Effectively. Supervisor's Guide to Managing People Effectively – Course Content 1. Breaking In as a New Supervisor 2. The Supervisor as a Coach and as a Trainer 3. Building [...] Read More
Staffing Your Business In Tight Labor Market Small Business Unplugged
The number of self-employed persons in Canada has doubled since 1976 to 2,412,700 (Statistics Canada, January 2004.) The same thing is happening with our neighbor to the south. In the last eight years entrepreneurial activity in the United States has grown from 7,200,770 businesses to 20,038,163 (according to the 2000 census). The trend is clear: self-employment and small business is well entrenched in Canada and the US. However, the Canadian [...] Read More
Are Cell Phones Costing You Business? Biz Plan Hacks
Is someone in your store driving away customers? Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Peter Elvidge No business can afford to loose customers, much less a small business owner so that is why it is so important to insure that none of your employees is doing anything than could possible drive away a customer. The creation of the cell phone and the use of text messaging has become a hot item of debate. [...] Read More
Laying off or Firing with respect Biz Plan Hacks
While you never want to be in the position to let someone go it is going to happen whether because they did not fit in properly or you no longer need their skills. So how do you dismiss someone? We have all heard the horror stories lately of companies that laid off people with no taste such as Radio Shack by sending out the email. I just read a story to [...] Read More