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Jackie Nagel, Synnovatia
6 Employee Retention Strategies to Reduce Small Businesses Turnover
Replacing employees is time consuming, costly, and frustrating. It’s one thing to hire for a new position, but replacing employees you have spent time and money training is another. If you want to reduce costly turnover and create a more competitive workforce, follow these employee retention strategies for your small business.
Play Nice With Your Small Business Network to Net New Clients
Small business networking, whether conducted online or offline, is the lifeline for new business during the core business development of your business. It’s how you take your organization from one stage to the next. In fact, it’s much more than showing up and shaking a few hands or liking a few pages and commenting on status updates. The real success from small business networking is found in how you treat your network.
Busy or Productive: Why Words Matter to Entrepreneurs
During a recent coaching conversation, a client began the appointment with this statement: “I’ve been busy!” For most entrepreneurs, that generally means we’ve been running around like a “chicken with our head cut off” (as my Grandma would say) but not getting much accomplished. Yet, when we probed a bit further about what “busy” meant, we discovered that she was more than busy – she was downright productive. The volume of business development tasks completed in the short span of time between business coaching appointments was staggering.
Can Telecommuting Work for Your Small Business?
Telecommuting, commonly called a work-from-home option for corporate employees, is not new to the SOHO (small office – home office) community. For many entrepreneurs, we’ve run successful enterprises from a home office long before Marion Behr coined the phrase “home office” in 1978. In fact, the number of small businesses operating from a home office continues to grow as technology expands and improves.
What Entrepreneurs Need and Want Most: Besides More Time with Family
It’s highly likely that you launched your small business when you were single and without children. You were able to work whenever you desired – which usually meant “all the time.” Now you’re married with small kids. Priorities have changed and you want to get a grip on your business. You want to leave work at a reasonable time. You want to spend more time with your family and keep up with your growing families activities (kids in soccer, dance, etc). Is that too much to ask?
Want Results? What Every Small Business Gains From Business Coaching
Running and growing a business is a significant undertaking. You want to do it right. Is it beneficial to hire a coach, or simply a waste of valuable resources? Will a small business coach give you the push you need to succeed in starting and growing your business, or can you achieve success on your own? Many entrepreneurs wonder if strategic business coaching is right for them.
Interview Tips Every Small Business Owner Should Know to Find the Best Fit
Most small business owners have little time to attend seminars and train themselves on becoming an interviewing expert. But hiring the right people can dramatically impact the success of your business. The interview is the prime time to measure a candidate’s skill level and see if he or she is a great fit for your company. However, conducting an interview without preparation can result in choosing the wrong candidate or, worse, landing in some legal hot water.