Tips and Tricks

Dysfunctional Staff Roles and Their Impact on the Business
A three part series on how many businesses hamper their own success with poor organization of staff roles:

• Family Business Roles: Part I
• Family Business Roles: Part II
• Dysfunctional Roles and Their Impact on the Business

Small Business: 3 Lifetimes Worth of Advice in 5 Paragraphs
I am part of a long line of entrepreneurs. Here are a few “lessons” handed down that I find myself thinking about quite often as I navigate the ups and downs of managing my own company.

Play (Sell) With Purpose!
When the experience of spending money is fun for the customer, then the profession of selling becomes even more fun.

Boomers Waking Up About Long-term Care
Rising health care costs and involvement in elderly parents’ care are driving interest in long-term care insurance among boomers.

Retail

People Don't Always Enter Your Website Through the Homepage
It's been estimated that over 60% of the traffic that enters your web site does so through an interior page; that is, they don't land on your homepage first.

Construction

Training Employees to Train Apprentices
An aging population has forced businesses today to begin to hire apprentices. However, many businesses are unprepared to train new apprentices.