Even if your business does not make use of social media in any way, you still need to be aware of its power, and how social media posts by your staff could affect your business positively, and negatively. Many of your staff might feel that they should be able to post...
If you are self-employed then your business is almost totally reliant on you to be fit and healthy every day. Your goal may be to employ staff, including a manager, who can run the day-to-day business activities. But if you are not at that point yet, you really need...
When you run your own business, you are responsible for making sure you can get to work each day to keep the business running. There’s not much certainty in life and with the recent Covid pandemic as a reminder, the unexpected can happen at any time, and your...
One of the key elements of well-designed employee incentive schemes is that the benefits apply to all employees regardless of seniority, productivity, or perceived management favoritism. However one-off incentive awards can have mixed results for overall staff...
Will you get better performance from your employees by providing a carrot where you focus on rewarding them for the quality of their work? Or do you instead introduce a stick to reprimand them for bad behavior? People will always work harder when they are appreciated,...