Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Often times, you may feel like you only have the “four walls of your office” to turn to for business advice. You may also feel that the only solution to getting the help you need is by hiring a business consultant who may prove to be very costly to a start up entreprise or small company.
Assembling an advisory board can be a valuable way to provide you with guidance, credibility, and knowledge to assure success of your business venture. These advisors allow you to “bounce” ideas off them and can help you make important business decisions. They can also provide valuable business contacts and networking opportunities. How do you assemble such a group? Stay tuned.
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Recruiting, hiring, and retaining talented employees are keys to operating a small business. How an employer goes about doing this is paramount if he/she wants to have the right players on their team.
In college football, coaches recruit by position and have a clear picture in their minds of the skill level of the players they are looking for in each position. Much of this is based upon the coach’s philosophy and style of play. If they are looking to build a strong defense against the run they recruit players that can defend against the run; similarly if they focus on defending against the pass, they recruit players who can defend against the pass.
In business recruiting the right players requires the owner to known his job positions, skill levels required, and the results those positions should deliver. The owner must have a plan in mind of how to build a solid team of talented people. So many times we see owners hire someone because they like the person, with too little regard for the results they are looking to achieve. The key word here is results, not just fulfilling job duties and responsibilities, as presented in a job description. Stay tuned and we’ll talk about getting results and hiring to get results in future blog.
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