Yearly Archives: 2010

Most organizations conduct employee surveys of various types either annually, every two years or sporadically. Some organizations use the data from the employee survey to affect real change that contributes to their ongoing success.

The article describes the pros and cons of the auto ship. If you own a small business and currently use the autoship then this article is for you.

The illegal dumping of hazardous waste is a global threat to human health and the environment. Find out why hazardous waste should be disposed of legally and by professionals…

Many successful marketers began their careers as children setting up a lemonade stand or selling newspapers.

Formed after the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) was forced to break up its regional companies, Bellsouth is based in Atlanta. Strangely enough, it is also the only one of those companies left that uses an actual bell symbol in its company logo. Bellsouth is a combination of Southern Bell and South Central Bell and provides services to 9 southern states in the eastern United States In the 1990’s, when mergers were the name of the game, this company took a ...

A common theme in the many get-rich-quick home business offerings that are currently available is the emphasis on the lack of effort required to make a substantial income.

An employee survey can provide you with a good understanding of what is happening within your business when you are not there or what your employees think of working there. While any company can benefit from doing an employee survey, there are many reasons for those companies that have issues with such things as poor retention of employees and high turnover to those companies that have a low productivity level. Finding out what is happening behind the scenes will help you to ...

The challenges of today's global marketplace are forcing companies to look at doing things differently in order to get that extra edge over their competition. According to Makino, a global provider of advanced machining technology, companies doing things the same way they have been doing them for the last 10 to 15 years are probably in a "recurring uniform trap," or "RUT," while the global market is passing them by.

Team building allows you to generate ideas, resolve conflict and merge personalities in order to complement and balance all members of the team. Some examples include having one on one honest meetings to elicit trust, ensuring that each member contributes to final solutions, etc.