What’s the first thing to get cut when companies are economizing? It’s always training. In the last three years, training budgets have fallen by nearly a quarter. It’s stupid. … Because when you’re battling for customers and trying to do more with less, your most valuable asset is your staff. And they can do more [...]
Where’s PLUS when you need them? Concessionaire says couple had left before they arrived Thursday, June 17th, 2010 09:00:00 Cheap Accutane THILAGAVATHY from Klang is unhappy with PLUS Expressways Berhad for not rendering the required assistance when her car broke down along the highway around 10pm on June 5, when she and her husband were [...]
According to a recent study by Network Solutions and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, while twice as many small employers (100 or fewer workers) report using social media to meet their business goals now vs. a year ago, the share of those that use it is still only one out [...]
This week Ben White at Slate’s BizBox site pulled out what I thought was the most important point that the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) made in its commentary that accompanies its latest monthly Small Business Optimism Index. NFIB argues that more than government incentives to spur lending by local banks, what small businesses [...]
If you have not checked out Wally Bock’s Three Star Leadership Blog – one of my recommended small business/entrepreneurship blogs – you really need to click here and add his latest posts to your reading list. In Wally’s latest weekly digest of independent business blogs, he links to our post on how our employee engagement [...]
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