Business Tips

What’s the Secret Sauce to Effective Performance Management?

At the start of February, we heard news about a former manager at Yahoo challenging in federal court the company’s quarterly performance review (QPR). This came just after IBM announced it would repla Read More

Hold on a second before you send that news release

Put yourself in these shoes: You have some terrific news to share about your company. Maybe you are expanding, have made some key new hires, or perhaps you have a merger/partnership to announce. So Read More

Tax-Planning Tips for Year-End

Taxpayers are always on the hunt looking for ways to reduce their tax bills. Even with the looming year-end tax legislation sessions that can result in tax provisions being changed, extended, extingui Read More

5 Strategies for Small-Business Owners to Lower Taxes before the End of the Year

Although you may not be thinking about tax-season preparation just yet, fall is the perfect opportunity to get ahead and organized. Small-business owners and entrepreneurs typically rush to pull toget Read More

Six tips for improving your business communications

It’s easy to roll your eyes and complain about the state of business communications. I mean everything from incomplete, inaccurate, and confusing emails and memos to meeting minutes and reports that d Read More

Small Business Tip: Communication is a Priority

Communication: The exchange of ideas, messages, or information by speech, signals, or writing. Or, a system for sending and receiving messages, as through telecommunications. How are you getting mess Read More

What Do Your Marketing Tools Say About You?

Reading a question and answer article about proper distribution of business cards made me pause to think about my own. Are my business cards good representatives of me and what I do? This led me to ex Read More

Seven Tips for Hiring “A Players” for your Business

Your business does not run itself. The quality of your organization depends on the quality of your team — a motivated, energized staff is the key to companywide success. You want “A Players,” those co Read More