Articles
The articles below form a library of useful information for business professionals.
Use Employee Assessments to Hire the Right Person For the Job
Using assessments to make good hiring decisions
The Recruitment Process That Succeeds
How to use testing to screen applicants and establish internal scoring benchmarks.
People Are More Important Than Pizzas
How to avoid legal action and how NOT to treat your employees.
Always Busy But Still Behind?
How to manage your time effectively.
An Open Door Swings Both Ways
Why effective and open communication is important
Consider The Cost Before Speaking Your Mind
The cost of being a whistle-blower and how to address ethics in the workplace.
Coping with Change
How to cope with changes in the workplace.
Coping with Job Stress
How to cope with stress at work
Coping with Management Stress
Coping with stress as a manager.
Coping With The Mid Life Crisis
How to deal with with your mid-life crisis.
Creative Problem Solving
How to solve problems creatively in the workplace.
Develop The People Factor In Productivity
How to motivate people and be more productive.
Don’t Be a Know-It-All Manager
How to be a better manager by using common sense and a little popular psychology.
Employees & Profits: How to Increase the Bottom Line
How to treat your employees well and reap big benefits.
Ethical Employment in an Uneasy Economy
No matter how bad an economy is (or when it takes a down turn) ethics are always important to observe in business.
Hot Opportunities In Franchising
A look at how entering franchising brings success to many people.
How HR Managers Can Help People Cope With Job Stress
Advise on how to manage workplace stress more effectively.
How To Be Surrounded By Self-Starters
Managing people to make your organization more effective and your employees more productive and happy.
How to Sidestep Disaster
Ideas for good business management
How To Use Consultants Effectively
How To Use Consultants Effectively
The Illiteracy Problem Is Shameful
The high cost of illiteracy in the workplace
ISO and the New Focus on Customer Satisfaction
How to focus on customer retention to increase longterm profits and stability
Keep Your Customers Coming Back
How to maintain happy customers.
Keeping Tabs on the Competition
Wouldn't it be wonderful to know just what your competition is up to? Wouldn't you love to know: how big they are; whether they are developing a new product or process; whether they expect to expand and, if so, where and when; what they charge and how they sell? It...
Let’s Quit And Go To Spain
How to capitalize on your existing skills and start a new career doing something different.
Modern Firms Know All Problems Are Work Related
Understanding how home and work-related problems are interrelated and what to do about them.
Nothing Is As Constant As Change
Change in the work place
Partnerships: Delightful or Disastrous?
How to create strong lasting business partnerships.
Preparation Is The Key To Managing Change
Managing change in the workplace.
Productivity Through People
Encouraging highly productive organizations by focusing on the human factor.
Psychology In The Workplace
Using psychology to facilitate leadership, teamwork, profitability and workplace satisfaction.
Searching For New Business Opportunities
How being entrepreneurial and future-looking can pay off for businesses.
Signs of Trouble
A common sense approach to business management and avoiding problems before they occur.
Some Common Sense About Customers and Profits
How to be more successful in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
Some Good Ways To Ruin A Business
Common pitfalls to avoid in order to keep your business thriving.
Strategic Planning Pays Off
Why strategic planning is so important to success in business.
The Art of Managing Difficult People
How to be a good manager, deal with “problem” employees and not lose your mind in the process.
The Business of Business Writing
How to write for business.
The Fair Way To Fire Employees
A discussion of fair practices for employee terminations.
The Sting of the Salary Review
How to conduct effective salary reviews.