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The A to Z of Business Success
Every business owner aspires for their business to be successful. In order to do this, every business owner needs to challenge the status quo and develop new strategies to move their business forward. This article will give you a few ideas to develop and grow your business.
Organizational Alignment: The Importance of Building HR Infrastructure
Companies seem to inherently value the role, presence and necessity of infrastructure when it comes to their technology, financial and other operational systems. But human resources is a vital a system too, one that provides just as much support to a business as any other, if not more. Yet often times HR gets overlooked because it’s considered “soft” which usually translates into “less important.” Except, how can the very system upon which all others depend not be important?

Delegation, the Key to Small Business Growth
In his bestselling book, "The E-Myth Revisited," Michael Gerber suggests that you prepare an organizational chart for your business right from the get-go, complete with descriptions for each job you currently perform. This may seem unnecessary (after all, you know what you have to do!) but it will help you prepare for the time when you need to start delegating to employees or outside services. Having formal job descriptions in place will not only allow you to identify the work you can delegate as your business grows, but make the transition less disruptive and stressful.
How to Deal: Office Disputes
One of the most feared days has come for you as a manager, or human resource representative. An office dispute has landed in your office between two employees, or worst yet, between a manager and an employee. It’s a natural inclination to want to solve the issue rather quickly, or to shoulder the mediating skill on to someone else. However, it is more practical to resolve the issue and take preventative steps to assure such disputes can be kept at a minimum, or none at all. Astronology continues a popular series called, How To Deal with the topic of: Office Disputes
Preparing for the Strategic Planning Retreat - A Checklist
Every nonprofit organization should conduct strategic planning on a regular basis, as strategic plans outline what action steps the organization will take in the future to sustain and grow their operation, while adhering to their mission. Many organizations focus attention on conducting the strategic planning session and developing a plan, but don't allocate sufficient time to prepare for the planning retreat. Taking time to adequately prepare for a strategic planning session can help the actual event to run much more smoothly and efficiently, resulting in greater productivity. This article provides a checklist of items to consider in preparing for your next strategic planning retreat.

TIME FOR BUDGETS BUT NO TIME FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT!
Make your performance management system work for you, or if you are still without one, implement one urgently. This means making it the driving force of your improvement plan for 2010. If you are like so many other businesses out there where by you have reduced your headcount but require more out of each member of the team now, follow this simple plan.

Board Member Job Descriptions - Which Roles and Responsibilities Should You Include?
Prior to developing a job description for board members, take time to determine what you expect from them. What roles should they adopt and which tasks, projects, and activities do you want them to be responsible for? This article provides some items you should consider including in board member job descriptions.
Job Descriptions
We’ve all heard someone say “It’s not my job.” Not that this portrays a very positive attitude from an employee, but have you ever asked yourself how that person know it’s not their job?
Outsourcing Your Human Resource Needs by: Dinah Bailey
Many small to medium sized organizations aren’t in a position to have a full time human resource role within their company. By outsourcing this function, organizations get the support and guidance they need, when they need it, at a cost that is reasonably affordable.
7 Reliable Strategies to Lead and Build Your Team
Learn 7 simple steps to build team spirit and a "can do" attitude.
Retaining Employees – Protecting Your Most Important Asset
Developing and maintaining an employee retention program demonstrates that you value your employees and want them to succeed. They will be happier, look forward to coming to work, and want to remain with the organization. Satisfied employees are more committed and loyal, resulting in a productive work environment. This article provides helpful tips on how to retain your employees, your most important asset.
The Importance of Job Descriptions
The EEOC recently published its Best Practices to assist employers in avoiding violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act as it relates to employees with caregiving responsibilities (read more about avoiding caregiver discrimination claims at instanthrsolutions.com). One of the recommendations is that employers develop "specific, job-related qualification standards" to ensure that hiring decisions are based on an applicant's qualifications, rather than on his or her personal caregiving responsibilities. The same holds true for any other protected category under federal equal employment opportunity laws, including race, color, national origin, religion, gender, disability, or age.

How to Write Better Job Descriptions
I never understood why job descriptions were such banal documents with no structure, but a laundry list of task-driven responsibilities instead – responsibilities that pretty much look the same from one organization to another. That makes no sense. They’re more than that. Or, they could be. Meanwhile, what they shouldn’t be are generic copy/paste instruments borrowed from the Internet or someone else’s workplace. That approach deprives a company of its originality. No, rather their contents should show a relationship to the larger organization, so that the person who occupies the role actually understands his or her relationship to the larger organization.

The Fearful FLSA Audit
In this issue of Astronology, we take a look at the Department of Labor audit, and the steps you can take in order to avoid one.
It’s Time For The Small Business Owner To Get Back In The Game
There is no doubt that market conditions have deteriorated over the past few months regardless of the industry. Business leaders and owners have acted quickly to cut unnecessary personnel and expenses to protect the bottom line. That’s a good thing for the survival of the company even though it doesn’t do much for the overall economy. There is an important bi-product of this activity. It forces the owner or executive to get more involved in the day to day activities of the business and in the case of a small company, forces them to “go back to work”.

Franchising Advantages in a Bad Economy
This article discusses the half full half empty aspect of opening a franchise business in a weak economy.
RISKY BUSINESS
Human Resources is its own quagmire of risk. Compliance, employee relations, interviewing, and on and on. There are certain basic rules in the world of hiring and managing employees where risk-taking is not advisable. You can’t afford to not do background checks. You can’t afford to not have employees sign release forms, you can’t risk classifying your employees incorrectly, or guessing about the proper way to implement a disciplinary policy.

Aligning minds and what that means
If we are to align staff actions with goals and strategies then it is essential that we understand how to align minds.

The Myth of Multitasking: How Doing It All Gets Nothing Done
Multitasking has become something of a heroic word in our vocabulary. Many executives pride themselves on their ability to “multitask”. Recent job descriptions that I have seen even ask that potential employees have the ability to multitask. A current national commercial sings the praises of multitasking. However, multitasking, as most people understand it, is deceptively counter-productive. Multitasking is tremendously costly. Multitasking hurts us every time we attempt to engage in it.
Sales Recruitment and Hiring Process
Find who you want, don't just take who you get. There are plenty of great people out their looking for a place to contribute. Good people are interviewing you, so you need to be prepared, organized and professional in your approach. You can attract top quality people if your company can support them and your hiring process is attractive to them.
Success Really Isn’t About Money…
This morning I had a meeting with several professional Scouts. These people make their livings serving the Boy Scouts of America. They are not likely to become wealthy in the conventional sense. Their jobs involve long hours and they all serve well above and beyond the normal parameters of their job descriptions...
Development of A Franchise Program
A company that decides to franchise must have a clear understanding of how it will support franchisee operations, how it will foster communications with franchisees, what financial results the company and its franchisees can anticipate, and how it will market its franchise once it has the franchise program in place. Some key considerations for each of these aspects of a franchise program are discussed below.

How to hire great employees - every time
What are the chances the person you just hired will still be here in 18 months? Answer: Flip a coin. It's sad how bad we're doing. Is there a better way?
Green Jobs: It's about growing your existing employees too
Looking to green your workforce? Perhaps the perfect candidate is already in your workplace, just waiting to be unleashed to help green your environment. On-the-job learning is still a major factor in the growth of green jobs
HR Lessons from the Canucks: What Businesses Can Learn From the Firing of Dave Nonis
The firing of Vancouver Canucks General Manager, Dave Nonis, has catapulted the Canucks and its owners into the glaring light of public scrutiny. The media activity and the public response across the city has highlighted some critical lessons for all companies on how to effectively manage employees. For small businesses, in particular, these lessons can be particularly helpful as they compete for talent in this tight labour market.

Writing SMART Goals (also called KRAs) from Job Descriptions
Many Managers (Including HR managers responsible for writing others Goals) often ask to help them onHow to Write Goals KRAs for Sales HR Finance Managers and Executives creating Goals (Key Responsibility Areas) for different designations, which they can use for setting Goals and/or conducting performance appraisals. While most of these managers are completely aware of their job profile, they find it difficult to shape it in a written form.
Clear Goals Need Clear Roles
Job descriptions evolve over time. But all employees, new or old, need to have a clear understanding of their role in a company and what is expected of them. New hires need a starting point for their position. Long-term employees may need guidance about what their continuing role in a company ought to be. In this article, we discuss the importance of defining job role.
Here Is A Quick Way To Improve Your Performance Review
The annual and dreaded performance review. Do you prepare for it? It is a waste of time? It's your personal review...so prepare!
Sales Management
Some people might not like the people at the top rung of this industry, thinking they are pushy and aggressive, but the truth is that sales management is one of the most crucial roles in any company. From hiring the right salespeople to training and evaluating them, a sales manager is one of a company’s major make or break factors. How do you find the best people to hire? What do you need to be looking out for? How do you keep your sales force motivated and productive? This article will answer these questions and more.

Human Resources Job
Advertising a human resources job available within your company is the same as any other position, and key to all of them is writing the most adequate and best possible job description that you can. Today, in a business world that has become so muddied with legal complexities, writing a job description is often delayed as much as possible, left to the last minute, or done with very little thought at all. But, by denying yourself an excellent job description – and yes, they can be excellent – you are potentially denying your company that one person that could be the difference between success and failure down the road.

Human Resources Training
Starting a new job is never easy, but it is all the more difficult if your employer has not provided you with adequate human resources training. As a small business owner, you need to make sure that each and every single one of your new workers feels comfortable with both their new tasks and their new surroundings. Often times, we don’t like to put forward the money it costs to train employees. But, trust me, in the long run it will be worth it for your company. No matter how stellar someone’s qualifications may appear on paper, beginning without the proper training could lead them to crash and burn.

SECURITY CLEARANCES
In the US, while conducting your job search, you may come across job descriptions with the statement Secret clearance required or TS-SCI required. This means that the successful candidate must either already possess the appropriate level of security clearance or they must submit to and successfully complete a personnel security investigation (PSI).
Employee Training Plans: More Powerful with a Results-Oriented Job Description
Employee training is all about improving job performance. Since the job description is all about job requirements, it stands to reason that it is the best base for identifying training objectives and methods. A Results-Oriented Job Description not only defines job requirements, it more importantly highlights the results that must be accomplished, and thus, explains why training is important.
We Believe in Job Descriptions, But They Have to be Results-Oriented
“Please don’t make me write a job description; I’ve got better things to do.” No you don’t if you want to be an effective communicator. No job description, no clear expectations, and then you’ll spend your time cleaning up messes from misunderstandings. But all job descriptions do not communicate equally. Only a Results-Oriented Job Description focuses away from tasks and instead on results that need to be accomplished.

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How to Write a Results-Oriented Job Description
Job descriptions are necessary to communicate job responsibilities to employees, but you’ll waste your valuable time writing traditional task-oriented job descriptions. Instead, write job descriptions in a powerful results-oriented style that brings new meaning and job clarity to employees. Here’s a simple structure to use.
Two Questions That Matter Most
When you consider writing marketing copy, throw out all your notions about features and benefits, riveting, detailed descriptions and techno jargon and focus on answering the only two questions that really matter - and do it before you pass go.
Delegation, the Key to Small Business Growth
In his bestselling book, "The E-Myth Revisited," Michael Gerber suggests that you prepare an organizational chart for your business right from the get-go, complete with descriptions for each job you currently perform. This may seem unnecessary (after all, you know what you have to do!) but it will help you prepare for the time when you need to start delegating to employees or outside services. Having formal job descriptions in place will not only allow you to identify the work you can delegate as your business grows, but make the transition less disruptive and stressful.
TAKE MY ‘WORD’ FOR IT
How do you convert dry facts or descriptions into compelling headlines or sentences?
Increase Your CTR: How to Write Enticing Page Titles and Meta Descriptions
You can increase your CTR by learning how to write enticing page titles and meta descriptions. Implement these simple SEO writing tips to make your site stand out against your competition.

Board Member Job Descriptions - Which Roles and Responsibilities Should You Include?
Prior to developing a job description for board members, take time to determine what you expect from them. What roles should they adopt and which tasks, projects, and activities do you want them to be responsible for? This article provides some items you should consider including in board member job descriptions.
Meta Description Tags: There’s No Reason Not to Use Them
Meta descriptions are an easy way to attract more eyeballs to your listing in Google's search results. Following the meta description guidelines in this article can improve qualified traffic and revenue!

How to Write a Job Description in 3 Easy Steps
Avoiding misunderstandings when it comes to employee expectations is one key to business success. One way of making sure that employees understand their role is having excellent job descriptions. Here are some tips for managers.

Advanced Franchise Business Accounting - Part 1
In FranchiseHelp's 3-Part Guide on EvanCarmichael for analyzing the profit potential of a franchise business, we provided basic descriptions of several important accounting terms. Those descriptions were fully sufficient for building out a basic franchise business plan model, but some people like to dig deep into the weeds, so for you detail freaks we've assembled the following guide to Advanced Franchise Accounting Concepts. Read on for Part 1 of a 2-Part Series on Franchise Accounting Terminology.
Whiteboard Story Selling: Shiny Jewels To Capture Attention
What’s the best way to capture attention of your audience? Cut through the clutter. Today’s audiences are drowning in information, verbal descriptions and yes…bullet points. But is all that information leading to fresh ideas and smart decisions?
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