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Recession Slump…Helping Employees During the Crunch
There’s no denying it. There are hiring freezes everywhere, and unemployment statistics increase daily. This recession slump is hitting America hard, and organizations everywhere are trying to stay afloat. In previous recessions, layoffs have been the number one solution to combat rising expenses in the face of lower revenues.
The False Economy of “In-House”
The False Economy of "In-House" - Small businesses need to watch every dollar. Unfortunately, some expenditures seem reasonable but are, in reality, quite costly. These are called "false economies" and they can drive down your revenue even while you think you are saving money! In this article, learn about one classic false economy and discover how you can eliminate the problem and save money in your business with a solution that seems more expensive!

Obama Leadership: 8 Ways to Lead in the 21st Century
Leadership perspective piece on President Obama's leadership style and leadership lessons learned for leading effectively in the 21st Century. Includes 8 Obama leadership development tips.

10 Activities for Local-Remote Workteam Building
I was sitting in our conference room working on a project with a few on-site co-workers the other day - 5 professionals meeting to discuss a specific work-related project with the occassional sidebars about family, golf, airplanes, dating, and politics - when I started to think of the other 8 remote individuals that are part of our workteam. I started to think of the value that interpersonal relationships contribute to the overall success of a workteam and the greater company which employs and tasks it... When the meeting ended, I took a few minutes to sit down and come up with the following local-remote workteam activities...
How to Make Better Outsourcing Decisions
Virtual outsourcing is an exciting opportunity that offers multiple advantages for small to mid-sized businesses, including: 1. low-cost, low-overhead work without the typical initial recruiting/hiring expenses 2. a wide and more diverse global pool of skilled freelance talent 3. a mutually beneficial pay-for-performance compensation structure 4. flexibility within a predefined project arrangement, and 5. real-time management tools. Though outsourcing managers are left with the same ultimate hiring decision when contracting freelance professionals as when hiring in-house staff, the virtual world offers the following unique human resources option...

Are you Freelance Ready?
Most freelance assignments start small--non-staff providers are hired to complete specific outsourcing projects. But when these freelance specialists prove to their outsourcing employers that they can be relied upon, there is soon an increased allowance for more remote working hours and the performance of increasingly vital tasks. Soon freelance providers may find themselves fully integrated with the outsourcing organization's in-house staff, thus marking a change in the relationship between outsourcing employer and freelance provider. We've been there--oDesk hires freelance providers to work with our in-house staff on several different outsourcing assignments, and on some projects, one type of worker is virtually indistinguishable from the other.
How to Develop Organizational Culture in an E-Business
How to develop organizational culture in an e-business - Many businesses have staff but not all businesses have in-house staff. If your business uses freelancers, consultants, virtual assistants, or other outsource professionals, it can be tough to get everyone on the same page. In this article, you'll read about a few ways that you can improve communication and productivity among your outsource staff
Budget Salvation! 10 Ways for Small Business Owners to Save Money
You may have noticed that the economy is on shaky ground pretty much everywhere. It's been in all the papers. While everyone from the consumer to the corporation is on edge, the small business owner is probably the most nervous. They share the concerns of everyone, while also worrying about their budget in relation to the future of their business and their employees. The real challenge for small business owners is how to make their budget dollar go further - expenses can't be slashed any further because they're already running lean, and they don't want to stifle potential business growth out of economic fear. So, how does the small business owner balance the budget to ensure the prospects of future success?
Integrating Your Virtual Freelance Staff with Your In-House Team
Most outsourcing assignments start small--you hire a freelance provider to complete a specific project. Then, when the provider proves they can be relied upon, you start giving them more hours and increasingly vital outsourcing tasks. Soon you may find your remote freelance provider fully integrated with your in-house staff, changing the relationship between outsourcing buyer and freelance provider. Here's what we've learned (on the job) when it comes to integrating outsourcing and in-house workteams.
Follow The Outsourcing Trend With A Service Small Business
Outsourcing is one of those ugly words in today's economy, especially with the current state of things, but outsourcing doesn't always mean sending jobs to other countries, in fact, sometimes outsourcing means sending business to small business franchises right here in America. Many jobs including human resources and payroll make good business sense to be outsourced. Here's a look at some of the best franchises specializing in outsourced business services.
Planning for Web Site Disaster
Do you have a corporate site where the content is written by various in-house staff members, the pages are managed by your freelance web designer and your SEO campaigns are outsourced? Read on to put in place plans to prevent web site disaster.
Succession Planning - Vital For Your Business At All Levels
There are so many issues in management today and one that so often gets missed is planning for every eventuality. If you have no idea what succession planning is then this article is worth a read - it could make all the difference...

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Stellar Supervision Enhances Company Productivity
Looking for a framework to use to provide stellar supervision for each of your staff members? Proactive, collaborative supervision is a key to enhancing each staff member's competencies, commitment and optimum personal productivity. It enhances staff loyalty and reduces turnover because staff members feel their career success is a top priority of their leader. Read on to discover the things you can do to help your staff members excel.
Planning for Web Site Disaster
Do you have a corporate site where the content is written by various in-house staff members, the pages are managed by your freelance web designer and your SEO campaigns are outsourced? Read on to put in place plans to prevent web site disaster.
Top 5 Personnel And Staffing Small Business Franchises
An ever increasing trend in the business world today is the outsourcing of certain parts of the business that would have traditionally been performed in-house. This is probably most prevalent in the area of staffing/recruiting and human resources. For many businesses, it is simply not cost effective to have people on staff to interview and recruit temporary positions, or for small companies, it may be too costly to have an entire HR department on full-time staff. Here's a look at some of the best franchise opportunities in personnel and staffing that can put you in a position to help businesses get the job done right, with the right people in place.
Integrating Your Virtual Freelance Staff with Your In-House Team
Most outsourcing assignments start small--you hire a freelance provider to complete a specific project. Then, when the provider proves they can be relied upon, you start giving them more hours and increasingly vital outsourcing tasks. Soon you may find your remote freelance provider fully integrated with your in-house staff, changing the relationship between outsourcing buyer and freelance provider. Here's what we've learned (on the job) when it comes to integrating outsourcing and in-house workteams.
How to Develop Organizational Culture in an E-Business
How to develop organizational culture in an e-business - Many businesses have staff but not all businesses have in-house staff. If your business uses freelancers, consultants, virtual assistants, or other outsource professionals, it can be tough to get everyone on the same page. In this article, you'll read about a few ways that you can improve communication and productivity among your outsource staff
Are you Freelance Ready?
Most freelance assignments start small--non-staff providers are hired to complete specific outsourcing projects. But when these freelance specialists prove to their outsourcing employers that they can be relied upon, there is soon an increased allowance for more remote working hours and the performance of increasingly vital tasks. Soon freelance providers may find themselves fully integrated with the outsourcing organization's in-house staff, thus marking a change in the relationship between outsourcing employer and freelance provider. We've been there--oDesk hires freelance providers to work with our in-house staff on several different outsourcing assignments, and on some projects, one type of worker is virtually indistinguishable from the other.
Coaching Careless Staff
Managing careless staff can be very frustrating for both the manager and the team particularly if the staff member appears not to care about how their performance is affecting others. Here is how you can use a coaching approach to get staff to focus on fixing the problem themselves.
Coaching Passive/Aggressive staff
If you have staff on your team who aren't responding to you it may be because they are getting some benefit from it. These staff are often called Passive Aggressive staff. They may seem quiet perhaps sullen but they can be quite manipulative and quietly aggressive in getting their own way. Here's how a coach might handle them.

LTV: The Key to the Underwater Mortgage
If you're wondering whether or not you're in an underwater mortgage, the key is to understand your loan to value, or LTV, ratio. The LTV reflects how much you owe as a percentage of the total value of your house. So, for example, if you originally took out a $130,000 mortgage on a house that was appraised at $150,000, your LTV ratio would be 87%. In other words, you would then owe 87% of what the house was actually worth-a win for you once the mortgage was paid off, provided that the property value didn't change. Which, of course, never happens, does it?

Telemarketers: To Outsource or Not?
Some say it is more advantageous to just get an “in-house” staff, but some say outsourcing saves a great deal of money.
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