Any employer worth their salt will offer a decent amount of holiday hours. Aside from being fantastic for team morale, paid vacations are a fantastic way to ensure you get more out of your employees. They make sure everyone can afford to take time off. And, they’re sure to work in your favor when it … Read more
If you are a small business owner then you will understand how important it is for you to stay on top of everything. This can be difficult when you have so much going on and if anything is going to suffer as a result, it is probably going to be your logistics. If you want … Read more
We spend most of our working week in the office and it can often affect our health after a while. If you want to make sure that you and your workers can stay as healthy as possible throughout the year, there are some ways you can change the office for better health all around. If … Read more
No matter if you are running a production plant or a financial firm, it is important that you communicate your vision and mission, create a strong brand, and keep an eye on your company’s reputation. There are several branding tools you can take advantage of if you would like to establish your company on the … Read more
When you log onto your laptop every morning you have a whole list of jobs you need to cover before the day is over. It is extremely rare that you ever cover your to-do list, so what is going wrong? Perhaps you need to learn how to get more out of your employees, or maybe … Read more
As a business owner, it’s likely that one of your biggest nightmares is the thought of someone getting hurt within your business premises. Not only is your conscience going to play on you, but you could face hefty charges if you don’t have the right things in place to keep everyone safe. While safety signs … Read more
Creating products that customers will rush out to buy has arguably never been harder than it is right now. With a range of products available to everyone online, no matter what niche they’re searching in, you need to be doing something really special in order to stand out these days. That makes your life more … Read more
Whether you have the word entrepreneur on your business card, business leader or manager, it doesn’t really matter; one of your most important responsibilities is inspiring those around you to be the best versions of themselves they can possibly be. It’s about making them more productive, effective and efficient. It’s about boosting their morale and … Read more
Reducing costs can help a business to be able to continue. Overheads can get so expensive that they become too much for an owner to cope with. Finding ways of cutting costs can have a huge effect, and may mean the difference between continuing to operate or having to close down. You may well think … Read more
You should have heard the terms “Bitcoin” and cryptocurrencies” being thrown around quite a bit online recently. Even though cryptocurrencies – those forms of money that only exist in a digital form on the blockchain – has been a hot topic in financial circles for years already, it is starting to creep into the business … Read more
Many people start up a business every day. In the first year, 90% of startups will fail, and this is usually because they have made some common, but silly mistakes. Entrepreneurs may try to get too big too fast and end up putting what they already had in jeopardy. If 90% of startups fail, you … Read more
Funny enough, most businesses don’t bother evolving with the times when it comes to recruitment. Instead, they use the tried and tested methods which have served them well in the past. In many ways, it’s easy to see why this is a tempting decision. They know these tactics are effective, so why change? The … Read more
We all want to believe that our business will keep going without a hitch for years. No issues, no worries and no panics that it could all come crashing down. Unfortunately, business failures are quite common. Indeed, a rather worrying report suggests that around 90 percent of new startups will fail within their first … Read more
If you’re asked to think about what kind of traits contribute greatly to making an entrepreneur as successful as they can possibly be, you’ll likely come up with a bunch of type-A, alpha characteristics, such as a tendency to be proactive, forcefulness in the workplace, being comfortable with conflict, assertiveness, self-belief, even to a fault, … Read more
Leadership sometimes thrusts itself upon people who were not expecting it. Let’s take the case of entrepreneurs, for instance. They start out with an idea and then find that they can make it a reality, and then before they know, they’re in charge of a venture that’s much bigger than themselves. When they’re in this … Read more