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If you are considering setting up in business and you are not sure what to do then how about a list of businesses you could begin - so here is a list of small business ideas: - An online business selling products using a drop-shipping company - like umbrellas or women's shoes or perhaps perfumes. - Become a plumber - even during a slow-down plumbers seem to be in demand and can earn significant sums. - Set up take away business selling pizzas or burgers - in a slow down these types of business always prosper, as people tend not to go to restaurants as much, but will still get a take away with a bottle of wine. You do have the option of setting up a franchise with this line of business, but you have to consider the fact that a per cent of your turnover will be taken by the franchisor.

How much money do businesses spend on advertising each year?

During an economic slow down most businesses take time out to think about their cash flow and their spending budgets, or so they should. I know from talking to other businesses that things are tough out there right now, and you only have to look down your own high street to see the all revealing closing down sales and empty shops of businesses, including some large retail chains, to know that things are very difficult. However, this is not a time to hold back on your advertising though and for one of my businesses we, as a board of directors, have recently decided to up our advertising spend. In this case the business concerned is in the care-sector and we chose to up our marketing budget to 7% of our turnover, so that as turnover begins to increase so will the amount we spend on marketing and advertising and so on.

Pay Attention to Retention
It is imperative to pay attention to retention because when there is turnover, it saps the organization in numerous ways. This article offers some ideas on how to improve employee retention.

A Fresh Start
There is no magical solution to solving your business problems. But, I will share a nugget of information with you that would help ensure that your company could obtain a unique competitive advantage. Many of these solutions will only cost you a little time and a minimal amount of money.

“People”…The Secret Ingredient to Success

In simple terms, you can measure your business success by how well you get customers, keep customers, and the efficiency of your operations. Many companies measure their success by revenues, income and other traditional accounting yardsticks. The problem is that the accounting approach measures how you did but not how you should have done. For example, take a company that grew 20% last year, and had $10 million in revenue. Its management team was weak, so it lost an additional 20% growth, missed out on another 5% in net margin, and had unnecessary turnover of 10% in client base. So this same company (assuming a 10% net margin) could have seen another $800K added to their bottom line. The one secret ingredient was “people.”

Incorrectly Assessing A Job Applicant's Motivation

In today's highly competitive and turbulent business environment, hiring average employees can spell "failure". Companies can not afford mediocrity while their competitors are striving to be the best. Hiring impacts profits in more ways than most companies realize. A Harvard Business School study determined that more than 75% of turnover could be traced back to poor hiring practices. The decision to hire -or not to hire- plays a significant role in turnover. The leading contributor to turnover is often not what happens after the employee is hired, but rather the process leading up to it. And turnover is not always bad if it's a bad hire that's leaving. You have to wonder if you really are hiring the best we can.

Buiding the Right Culture -- The Key to Retention

Almost every Human Resource expert will tell you that employees must enjoy their work to be effective doing it. Enjoying work is not limited to the task itself. What this really means is simply "enjoying work is exceptionally dependent upon the culture which the works resides in." In other words, the company must build a culture that the employees embrace. One that encourages self development, empowerment, social inter action, accountability and recognition. If your employees don't enjoy working for you and at your place of business, retention will become an issue.

How To Double Your Profits By Tweaking Two Business Drivers
So, you want to double your turnover, eh? Here is a way to do just that by focusing on just two key levers of your business. let me refresh your understanding of the five key levers you can manipulate to grow your business.

10 Keys for Reducing Turnover

One of the most daunting problems in any organization is turnover. It can cost a business millions of dollars a year and is incredibly disruptive. Reducing turnover should be a high priority activity for every organization, and it is not hard to figure out ways to do it. 1. Develop People 2. Recognize Good Performance 3. Build Trust 4. Reduce Boredom 5. Communicate More 6. Cross Train 7. Don't Overtax 8. Keep it Light 9. Feedback Performance 10. Train Leaders The following article describes some of the reasons why these steps can help cut down turnover significantly.

Creating sustainable competitive advantage; in a modern context

We are in the middle of one of the worst modern recessions in living memory and most companies are trying to focus, not just on how to survive, but on how to grow their businesses in the long term. Many companies have suffered from the effects of reduced turnover, increased costs and ever greater competition. It would be easy to be full of doom and gloom and to focus purely on survival but that would be to miss a great opportunity – how to prepare for the end of the recession and what comes next. Not all companies are doing badly! Some of those who were focused and well run have survived and come through the initial crisis relatively unscathed e.g. HSBC and Santander. Do you understand what resources you have and how they can be used to gain future competitive advantage? Can you inspire your stakeholders with your strategic messages?

Shopping For Success: How Sinegal Took Costco to the Top

When Sinegal’s college presented him with its Most Distinguished Alumnus award, the Costco founder was almost left speechless. “I’ve never been told I’m a most distinguished anything,” was all he could say. With his poor grades and lack of focus in high school, it is doubtful that Sinegal’s teachers ever thought he would amount to much. But, today, with a billion dollar corporation under his belt, Sinegal remains not only one of the most accomplished, but also one of the most admired and liked CEOs in the industry. How did this once reckless young boy become the success he is today?

Lesson #1: A Company Is Only As Strong As The Team Behind It
“One of the hallmarks of Onex is that since I started the company in 1983, every professional who has joined the company at our Toronto head office is still here,” says Schwartz. “We’ve had no turnover.”

Canada’s Billionaire Businessman: How Schwartz Made Onex a Success

Schwartz is 66 years old this year but has no plans of slowing down. As Chairman and CEO of one of Canada’s most successful companies, Schwartz’s goals for the future remain the same as they have for the past quarter century: “More people. More transactions. Larger amounts of capital. Identical philosophy,” he says. How did this son of an auto-parts dealer become one of the Top Ten Wealth Creators in all of Canada?

Lesson #3: Preserve Your Reputation No Matter What the Cost
As his success solidified and his name became a regular feature in the households of America, Hines found himself on the receiving end of numerous offers for collaboration from other entrepreneurs and businessmen. He was relatively new to the game, and he needed their help to expand his business while he could still capitalize on his successes - or so they thought.

Starting over with customer service
I've been writing a lot about this topic lately and thinking about it more. I have a radical proposal for you, but it takes a few paragraphs, so I hope you'll bear with me.

Who answers the phone?
The new rules mean that the most valuable marketing event is almost always an inbound phone call.

Staffing Shortages? Maybe You’re the Problem

Demographers are predicting that staffing shortages are only going to worsen in the coming years. Too many managers mistakenly assume the only way to keep people is to bite the bullet and pay more in salaries, benefits and perks. Unfortunately, those managers are often 'fixing' the wrong problem. Marcus Buckingham of the Gallop organization reported that the number one reason employees quit was their personal feelings about their immediate supervisor. Ask yourself if it's time your company took measures to fix the real problem when it comes to staff turnover - managers and supervisors are not equipped with the necessary skills to make their team members feel valued...

How to Attract and Keep Productive Employees
It's been shown time after time that there is a high positive correlation between employee commitment/productivity and reduced turnover. A stable, low turnover work force produces significantly more. All the secrets are revealed here.

Seeking A Target Market For Your Internet Home Based Business
There is no denying the fact that advertising and marketing is absolutely essential to succeed with an internet home based business. In order to generate customers, you must first attract visitors through effective marketing. Unlike what you may have heard, not all traffic is good traffic. Instead, you want to focus on finding your target market.

The Talent Exodus

The pending talent exodus is literally off the radar screen for Dan's company. He is the chief executive for a small company with a rich sixty year history. The niche markets and the specialty products he produces have created a comfortable living for the over four hundred employees and their families. He has veteran employees that have tremendous knowledge and experience in the work they perform. These sometimes thirty year employees have been the backbone of the company for many years. And truthfully, Dan takes the knowledge and experience for granted. No one on the team is thinking about the tremendous loss the team will experience over the next five to ten years.

10 Tips for Hiring Salespeople for Your Company
This is a perfect time to be hiring - the economy is quickly turning around - heading into an upswing - and you must have excellent salespeople to find opportunities and get them closed by outselling your competitors.

Is Your Law Firm Anything Like Your Sales Consulting Firm?

Did you ever stop to think about how much or how little you rely on your advisers? Not your board, not your board of advisers, but your business advisers. These are the individuals from outside of your company that you trust to direct, recommend, advise, consult and help with decisions, strategies, options and solutions to put your business in the best possible position to succeed. Take a look at the portfolio of advisers to the left.

Turning Back Time: Biver’s Watches Make a Comeback
“We bought Blancpain at the end of 1981,” recalls Biver, “and started to develop the brand from zero in 1982 with the concept that we would never make a quartz watch, because we would stick to and develop only and exclusively the traditional watch-making art.”

Case History - How Not to Hire Salespeople

A company wants to hire 5000 salespeople - but why? 2000 drop out before completing training, and another 2000 drop out during the first 90 days in the field. Another 500 drop out during the first 6 months, and at the end of the year they only have 500 of the original 5000 standing. What would it be worth to them from a cost, time, resources and practicality standpoint for us to simply identify, in advance, the final 500, before anyone is hired?

Shoes Glorious Shoes
Maria Darling started her own shoe business after she found it hard to buy nice shoes for her small feet. Now the business is being franchised nationally.

Return on Investment in Coaching: “But Will It Make Us More Money?”

Coaching is now widely recognised as a means of increasing employee motivation, retention and engagement, and that these will contribute to bigger profits or (in the case of state organisations) better budget management. But it is a fact that many L&D executives and suppliers have to find ways of justifying the spend in terms of concrete results. Corporate culture expert Carol Wilson looks at methods and tools for measuring the return on coaching programmes from the beginning to the end of the project, and tying that return into hard figures.

Arising from the Ashes of Professional Burnout

Even though I had wanted to be a veterinarian since I was 7-years old, after 12 years in practice, I found myself at the point I didn't know if I could stand another day in the office. I was frustrated, tired and worn out by the constant stresses of practice that included staffing headaches, client turnover, and financial strains. On top of it all, the stresses at work were having a profoundly negative influence on my personal life. I felt disjointed and disconnected from those I most cared about. My life was out of balance and nearly out of control. The pain of burnout became so bad that I started abusing alcohol and drugs in an effort to numb myself so I could make it through another day. I even contemplated suicide...

A Forgotten Secret of Sales Success

Brad learned early in his career that left to his own devices, he would find ways to avoid picking up the phone and making calls. Like so many salespeople, he suffered from call reluctance, fear of rejection, fear of failure, and more. Over time, he learned to trick himself, play games and, most importantly use purpose, motivation and fear to assure that he was consistently filling his pipeline. Listen to the show to hear more about this compelling topic.

Promote Work-Life Balance to Retain and Motivate Employees

As a manager, you may cringe when you hear the phrase "Work-Life Balance," which is viewed by many employers as a code phrase for "work less." But is the trend toward employees demanding more balance between their careers and their other obligations and interests entirely negative for employers? Viewed from a positive perspective, Work-Life Balance can be one of your best tools to retain and motivate your employees.

Ten 2011 Workforce Predictions
We can all take a collective sigh of relief as 2010 comes to an end. We finally finish a difficult year and frankly a trying decade. As we enter the New Year, there is reason for optimism. The economy is rebounding and businesses and employees can expect good things to follow. My workforce predictions for 2011:

Benefits of Hiring Older Workers
By 2016, it is expected that 1 out of 3 workers will be 50 years of age or older. A labor shortage, as much as 30% by 2030, is expected as boomers continue to mature. Employers who learn how to attract and keep older workers will be able to fill the expected shortfall.

Teaching Sales in School is Like Learning to Golf on the Wii

They're finally teaching sales in school - yeah! And even more surprisingly, kids are actually taking the classes - yeah again! Why surprisingly? How many of your salespeople selected, as their primary career choice, sales? Kids get a sense that selling is an honorable profession! This post, from November of 2008, demonstrates each of the last two points - kids don't choose sales because, well, they don't believe it's honorable...

How To Create a Reputation for The Best Place to Work
For those business owners looking to avoid high turnover at a time when business starts to turn around, here are 3 cost effective tips that will help you keep your teams together and your talent intact.

Avoiding The Activity Trap: Effective Problem Solving
Great HR professionals solve problems. They size up situations, identify solutions and then take action. But sometimes we need to slow the process down. We need to first understand what the REAL problem is before we do anything. There are times when taking no action is the best route. We aren't paid for activity.

Telemarketing Victory - Target Market Definition: Select Your Suspects

UK Telemarketing Expert Shaun Gisbourne looks into the first vitally important actions to take in order to ensure a successful start to any telemarketing activity. In this first article, Shaun focuses on the key questions to ask yourself before selecting, acquiring and calling on contact data for your intended target market and shows how the effort you devote to this step now will reward you later on.

Employee Induction – the why and how
We offer some helpful and practical advice on how to best work through this process. Once you’ve made your recruitment decision and chosen your new employees their induction is vital for both you as the employer and them as the new worker.

The Cost of Lost Sales
Accurate inventory stocking according to demand and sales history is vital to reducing lost sales and inventory overhead, thereby increasing profit, customer satisfaction, and loyalty.

Upselling Again
Upselling works in more ways than one. We've covered complementary items and related products, but how else can you upsell?

How to Increase Sales and Profits Without Spending a Cent!
Here's the strategy I've used to double, triple and even quadruple profits in months, sometimes even weeks!

Entrepreneurs â€“ Signs That You Have Expanded Your Business Too Quickly
You have been running your business for some time and things are going well, but you are starting to notice that you are getting some problems and maybe your profits and turnover arenâ€™t so good. Could you be expanding too quickly? Here are a few symptoms and some suggestions as to what you can do about it.

A Matter of Trust

Trust is the basis for all successful leaders and all successful relationships for that matter. You cannot buy trust, but it is free. Trust is priceless yet can be earned over time. Have you ever tried to request someone’s trust? Maybe it was a team member, customer or a colleague. You may have wanted a decision to be made in your favor. To overcome some initial disagreement and expedite the decision making process, you might resort to “Hey, just trust me!” That statement is worthless. Either the other party already trusted you based on your past actions or they did not trust you and your request won’t change that. Trust is not spoken, it is demonstrated. Trust cannot be requested, it must be earned.

Preparing the annual return for Audit - exempt companies

It’s that time of year. Your tax return form (CT1) has just been filed, and if your Year end is December 31 st, the chances are your Annual Return is also due. This is much better left to an accountant you can trust, but if like me, you want to do it yourself, this article will help you. I thought it was an easy process, ‘till I did it, so I decided to write out the key steps, along with links as to where you can get the appropriate information.It is also worth noting, that late filing, removes small companies from the Audit Exemption.

Why customer lifetime value is the most important measurement in your business

When I ask, all the people that I meet in business, if they know their top 10 customers, most proudly announce that they do. Then, when I then ask who their top 10 most profitable customers are, it is normally a very different look. Do you know? And why would you care? This article explores the importance of knowing the lifetime value of your customers and how to calculate it. This way, you can spot trends as they happen, and make the most from them.

In 17 steps, Create Marketing Messages that will Double your Sales
You know what your products do and how they do it, but do your potential customers know? Do they know what your solution enables them to do? And most importantly do they know how to put a value on it. If your potential customers can not put a value on what your product will give to them, they will probably think it is too expensive.

Vikings with Machine Guns: Is your Unique Value Proposition, unique in your customer's eyes?
Pretty powerful combination you might think. What would Brian Boru have done faced with 10th century marauders wielding 20th century weapons? He would not have had a hope! That is what dynamic imagery does for advertising and marketing. It provides an unstoppable combination that is guaranteed to get results. So what's missing?

What Impact Are You Having On Others?
An article of 1432 words explaining how to make the impact you want in the lives of those you meet along your journey through life.

Motivation determines the Price
A quick overview on how values of the past no longer determine the price paid today. The Motivation of the seller and the buyer is the key to the price paid.

Realtors Only...Vocation, Vocation, Vocation
Over the past eight months I have been observing and consulting in the Real Estate industry. I have the utmost compassion for their state of affairs and the struggle that many have had during the ongoing downturn in the industry.

Developing Employees
Steps to Effectively Develop Employees to Grow Your Business

The Job Market is Tough – Does Your Cover Letter Stand Out?
Knock Knock. “Who’s there?” “A unique amazing cover letter” “That’s a rarity - come on in” Your cover letter knocks on the door of the hiring company. When that door is opened does your cover letter get asked to “come in” or is the door slammed shut?

Do Cheap Bookkeepers Save Money?

As with any service today, there's always potential clients surfing the internet to find the cheapest bookkeeper. The short answer is that the cheapest bookkeeper is probably one who is straight out of college and has got a piece of paper to say that they can do bookkeeping. The cheapest bookkeeper may have recently completed a MYOB, Quickbooks or other accounting software course. But are they ready to start their own bookkeeping business, and more importantly would you feel comfortable exposing all your financial to their level of inexperience?

How to Conduct an Effective Interview
Far too many managers approach an interview as something they have to do rather than looking at it as an opportunity. Being prepared to interview enhances the possibility of hiring the right person for the right position. Lack of preparation almost ensures you get another warm body needing a job!

Entrepreneurs - Want To Grow Your Company?
You’ve got your company set up and the first scramble to get everything working ok and your cash flow positive has paid off. Now you need to grow your company – so how do you do this? Well there are four activities that will pay dividends in the future.

You Know What You Want to Do With Your Business – So How Do You Do Achieve It?
Business Marketing Strategy or knowing where you want your business to be next year and what steps you should take to achieve these aims. A business marketing strategy or strategic marketing plan is your overall plan of the marketing actions you intend to take in order to accomplish a specific goal for your company. So how do you define yours?

Businesses Failure – 10 Reasons Why It Happens And What To Do To Avoid It.
Many, many businesses fail – and most would not have done so if only the entrepreneur had ensured that they had fully planned out and set up their new business first. Here’s ten vital areas to get right!

Entrepreneurs, Thinking Of Starting A New Business – Making That Leap From Your Comfort Zone
To many people, starting their own business is a dream – so how do you move from your dream to reality? Making the move from your regular job with the regular income is a big step. Have you really thought this through? Do you really understand all the changes that you will need to make? Let’s examine how to make the journey as safe and quick as possible.

Entrepreneurs – Grow Your Small Business into a Large Business
So you have a small business just making a profit, but you really want a bigger and more profitable business. How do you make the jump from small to large?

Entrepreneurs – Do You Have Problems Keeping Staff?

Common Question: I run a small party-planning company and I've been having some employee problems recently. It's difficult to find people who are qualified for the job, have customer service skills, and are easy for me to work with. Maybe it's just my bad luck, or maybe I'm not interviewing them properly, or maybe it's another problem that I'm not even aware of. How can an employer find people to do the job right!?

Starting Your New Business – What Happens After The First Excitement Wears Off?
You’ve got your business idea and enough money to get started – everything started off well but now it’s less exciting and is getting more difficult to make those sales. So what do you do to make your business successful after the first enthusiasm starts to wear off?

Call centers do more then answer calls Importance of call centers to business
Learn how call centers are more important to a business then most think. Call centers effect sales and repeat business and more.

How Current are your Training Programs?

It's no mystery that companies are downsizing. How much knowledge are you letting out your door when you lay people off? What happens when jobs are combined? Are the employees who remain fully trained on their job requirements? Is there still a trainer 100% dedicated to training on a regular basis? What about your training materials? Are they still relevant. The business climate has changed and you have new challenges that perhaps you never faced before. Is anyone addressing these issues with a program that will teach your sales personnel how to sell to the new mentality of your customers?

Sales Best Practices - Not
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the difference between company A and B. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to implement the process either. But it does take more than a 60 day commitment to the new process. When it's been broken for a decade it doesn't get fixed in a calendar quarter.

Why You should Never, Never, discount your prices - Unless You Know The Following!
Do you really understand the impact a small change in price can have to your profitability? Once you have read this article you will think long and hard about dropping prices again!

Don’t Let your Smile Run Away from Your Face --- The Piano Man

There is a song called The Piano Man that uses the phrase - "The smile ran away from her face." That phrase reminds me of the look on many Sales Managers faces as they discuss sales training at their respective company. The least effective and the most expensive method of training sales people unfortunately is also the most common! Although a new sales person may have experience, simply providing product training for your line card is just not enough. The marketplace demands that sales people provide more than product knowledge, a product catalog and a price list. If that is the type of training you provide, chances are it is the root cause of management frustration, low productivity and high turnover not to mention lack of profitability. Training sales personnel appropriately can be expensive.

Older Employees in Big Demand!!

Employers are facing a critical workforce shortage in the not too distant future. There are fewer younger workers entering the US workforce than there are older workers leaving: in fact the ratio is close to 1:3. And this labor shortage is predicted for all industries, from construction and manufacturing, to technology and health care. At the same time, the definition of retirement is changing; more baby boomers are redefining traditional retirement planning by working longer. Sound like a formula for a great and continuing partnership between you and your (or another...) company?

Basics of Search Engine Optimization part 1

Having a website with no visitors is very much like having lots of corporate brochures designed and printed but never finding any prospects to distribute them to. All too often web designers build sites which, although attractively designed, will never rank well on the search engines for that company's product or service. This is because they may know lots about how to design something eye-catching and attractive but nothing about what search engines need to see for success in the search engine results pages ("SERPS"). This series of tutorials starts with an introduction into how search engines gather information from sites and highlights some common mistakes made by web designers in their build methods.

Questions Every CEO Should Be Asking His Sales Managers
High impact sales questions for CEOs

How to Keep Your Dream Team

If you’ve ever read Sir Richard Branson’s autobiography ‘Losing my Virginity’ then you’ll already know that... Now I have worked with and personally coached a multitude of business owners and their businesses and have noticed over the years that certain things come up time and time again... All business dynamics are continuously in a state of ‘fluidity’ and to get the end result of 1) and 2), you may seriously need to look at 3) first!

How to Improve Your Time Management

One of the most common things that I come across working with people in business (especially business owners) is the comment that ‘I just have too much to do and not enough time to do it’ Now experience has shown that, on average, many people are actually working productively for only 20% of their working week until they start to focus on how they plan their week and their use of time. Effective time management is not just about productivity though – it’s essential to your health too (and it’s one of the key determinants of your business success). It is not unusual, when coaching clients, that we see a substantial increase in time management effectiveness enabling business owners to double their previous output results in quite a short period of time

Are You Worrying about Retention During the Recession? You'd Better Be!

Is retention an issue for your company? Recently when I've asked this question of folks, their immediate response is a loud "NO" quickly followed by "employees are lucky to have a job right now. We don't have to worry about retaining them. They aren't going anywhere." In a sarcastic tone, I quickly retort with something like, if you were to lose a good employee right now, what would that turnover cost you? After they try to calculate it and get crazy numbers that are so far off base, I'll share the simple rule of thumb of 50 - 150% of the employee's annual salary. Can you afford that expense to hit the bottomline right now just to lose one employee? If that isn't enough to make you think about retention right now, let's talk a little more about the impact of losing even more employees when the economy picks up and the labor market is shor

YOU WON THE CLIENT NOW START MARKETING TO THEM
By Mike Schultz Answer: More often than you think. Question: How often should I send marketing messages to my current and recent clients? In How to Market Training and Information, Don Shrello wrote, “Regardless of how often you contact your clients and prospects (those who have already…purchased something from you), you're probably not contacting them enough.

You Are The Problem

In business you can often think that with better marketing and more capable staff your business and your life will improve. However if you're disorganised and the internal business systems are the same (which is very common), then your ability to cope with additional work and find and retain good people will diminish greatly. Through my work with small business, I find the personal strengths and weaknesses of the owner directly impacts the business... for better or worse.

Communicating Success: Shut Down the Gossip Factory and Get the Right Information to the Right People

Communication is key. If you ask employees to name an area that could be improved in their organization, they will always say there isn't enough communication. You can never communicate enough to employees. But what kind of information do they need? How do you communicate that information in the best way? How do you improve communication to prevent gossip and small problems from transforming into morale-crushing nightmares? In this article, we discuss the importance of effective communication.

Why Should I Buy From You
A seemingly simple question can often be the most difficult to answer when it comes to sales. Learn three proven sales tools to add to your repertoire when asked, "Why should I buy from you?"

What Are the 7 Proven Principles to Business Success?
The 7 Proven Principles to Business Success will overcome whatever limitation you have. Think of it as a recipe for success in business. All you have to do is first of all learn what the 7 principles are, and then apply them, in order. When you follow this recipe all of your challenges will fade away.

Why Does Turnover Take Place?
Turnover isn’t a problem - it’s a symptom caused by leadership problems. Fortunately, the problems can be solved, and you have the power to make that difference. Strive to become the best leader you can be.

Is your leadership effective?
In many ways, good leadership is hard to define. It can't be directly measured. In fact often the measure of leadership is qualitative rather than quantitative - although quantitative results always follow. So, the questions remains, how can you tell if your leadership skills are effective?

How Big Are Your Dreams?
For the last 25 years, I have been a Manager and one thing as a manager you must master is: Getting Things Done. Even more important getting things done through others, i.e. staff members.

Business Opportunity to become a Hair Extension Consultants
Have you seen what has been happening in the Hair Extension and Hair Enhancement sector? It has become a multi million pound business! Why... simply because women are living longer and the new 50's is now the new 30's. Women are spending more money each year on cosmetic surgery to help role back, pull up and suck in the years.

Double Your Profits and Your Productivity With The Right People
What is the no. 1 asset in your business beside yourself? It's your people. Then why is it they often fall to the bottom of the list when it comes to doing anything to help them improve their performance and look after them? If you want your business to run more effectively and/or make more money then you must invest time and energy into your no. 1 asset otherwise you will eventually lose them.

Getting Lucky, with Your Boss or with a Lady of the Evening: Speaking of Communication
Horatio Alger is dead. No one is going to take it upon themselves to discover your wonderfulness or the wonderfulness of your ideas. It's been said that if you're doing a good job and nobody needs to pay attention to you, nobody will. Consider it said again.

Business Advisors: Which is better: beautiful lies or brutal honesty?
Why many business leaders say things that they don't mean, and do things they say they don't -- and how to deal with it with integrity and authenticity.

Leadership Insight: The Great Turnover Bubble

It may well become the great turnover bubble of 2011. Or maybe 2012. The turnover bubble that is referenced has been created by economic conditions that began largely in 2008 but have been festering ever since. The bubble relates to a great number of people that would like to change jobs but cannot because other jobs are not available. When those jobs become available again, the bubble will burst and we will see a large migration of talent between companies and organizations.

The two hour challenge!
Here's a question to all business owners, could you run your business on just two hours of your time a day? In fact, could you make it even more successful?

Santa Claus Meets Happiness: Finding Ways To Reduce Turnover That Aren't From The North Pole
check out this article about a sometimes overlooked and misinformed construct---the happy employee--and how it relates to getting more out of your workforce

Dear Hiring Manager

Dear Hiring Manager, I am confused about your frequent complaints regarding the availability of talented people for your organization. You complain that good workers are difficult to find. Help me to understand your position and perspective because I just cannot understand your logic. Currently, there are people on your team that do not perform, do not show up, and do not appreciate the job they are asked to complete. Yet, you cannot seem to find the desire or ability to remove them from your team. What gives?

Profit Boosting Tip - Don’t just focus on turnover and sales
If you ask business owners what is the most important thing in business, many will say it’s all about growing your revenue. But ultimately what you want is profit – so don’t fall into the trap of seeing this as less important.

Why 'Hiring Now' Is A Sign You May Have Problems
The sign was hanging behind the service counter on the McDonalds nearby. 'Hiring Now', meant they had places to fill and this was potentially a great way to draw employees, with their throughput of customers. Yet what other message did it give?

Turnover, what does it cost?
Reducing turnover is a critical step in improving your resiliance during tough economic times. However, Retducing turnover isn't enough, you must retain the right employees. This is the first section in a four part white paper on reducing employee turnover.

Understanding and Calculating the Cost of Turnover
A brief look at how one determines their turnover rate. Another article details the causes of turnover and how to reduce it's impact on your organization.

Employee Turnover - What is it costing you?
In today's economy it is more important than ever to avoid turnover. Turnover is extremely costly. These are the factors you need to consider when estimating what the bottom line is when it comes to calculating turnover.

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