Layoffs

I’ve had my own business since I was 9 years old. I’ve started, bought, sold and helped out in many different kinds of businesses over the thirty some odd years since then. I’ve done everything I’ve always wanted to do, and I’ve had a lot of fun. Some of the highlights: I worked on Wall Street, I helped take a company public and I threw one of the biggest VC names in the country out of my office. I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in the online and offline space, a...

Team building is the process of bring together individuals who need to work cooperatively and providing activities or exercises that help develop the basic skills required for effective teamwork including good communication, clarification of goals, problem solving skills, and more.

Granted, when you're dealing with high-powered executives, programmers or salespeople, a Friday afternoon pizza party may not be quite the ticket. Higher goals merit higher rewards - but the principle remains the same. If you're planning a corporate event weekend, then your plans should include all three arms of the success formula - recognition, reward and motivation.

Can merchant services make a difference in the way you do business? You bet they can! A merchant services account can equip you to conduct e-commerce with the latest credit card processing technology. You may be able to manage your company with fewer employees to handle billing and collect payments when you implement technical credit processing equipment that can save you time and money. In addition, a merchant account will place you in the ranks of your industry’s foremost p...

Work at home scams, which promise employment but usually deliver nothing, are enjoying renewed success via the Internet.

I was slowed down when my computer crashed and I had no data, no address book and not even my passwords to get back online. I didn’t think I was doing anything remarkable by bouncing back to productivity even with this handicap for a week. But from the feedback I’ve had from more than a few people, it seems paralysis would have been the acceptable common option. Yes, I got slowed down, but nothing critical was lost and no appointments missed. Why? Internal reserves, resou...

The ideas behind branding, which allow companies to build trust and good will in their products or services, can also be used to enhance employee communication.

For a driver, a blind spot is an area not easily seen. It may be the area the mirrors miss, either beside or behind the driver...or is simply forgotten by the driver. Accidents occur when the driver changes lanes and there is another car in their blind spot. As humans (and executives!), we have blind spots in our lives and businesses as well, and these blind spots cause all sorts of trouble.

Rather than view strategy as a selection of options, here is another approach: creation or invention. Strategic planning is not strategy Strategic Planning, often synonymous with Annual Planning, details how you are going to get where you have decided to go. It is a description of how you will achieve your goals -- those milestones you established in structuring your business plan. Strategic Planning is operational in nature, it examines the particular actions you inte...

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…