by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Aug 29, 2012 | Customer Service & Culture, Employee Management, Financial
Your business is growing and the next step in the commitment process is that crying, stress-filled little bundle of wages, taxes and insurance payments. It’s time to talk about salaries. Adding on a new staff member is expensive and there is no guarantee you will get...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Aug 22, 2012 | Business Culture, Customer Service & Culture, Employee Management
Recently, I was listening to someone talk about their new mission statement and my ears perked up when he started talking about not being able to read another business’s mission statement on an elevator ride because it was too long. He pointed out that your...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Aug 15, 2012 | Business Culture, Employee Management, Personal Improvement, Uncategorized
Your priorities shift when the economy has your business grasping for the seat before the flush sucks all of your hard earned money in, and it’s easy to forget that respecting your staff members can actually save you some dollars and sanity. Research has shown that...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Aug 8, 2012 | Business Culture, Business Networking, Employee Management, Uncategorized
I have seen my fair share and somewhat ashamed to say that I myself have been involved in a few conflicts in the workplace. Conflict is a natural part of human behavior and no matter where you go it will happen. The key is to understand how to approach the issue at...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Aug 1, 2012 | Business Management, Customer Service & Culture, Employee Management, Personal Improvement
According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 64% of employers said that they’d think less of an employee who repeatedly uses curse words, and 57% would be less likely to promote that person. Does your office culture promote naughty words? Many businesses with a relaxed...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Jul 16, 2012 | Business Improvement, Business Management, Employee Management, Image & Marketing, Personal Improvement
One of the worst things you can do is let your clients be the proof reader on a project when they don’t know they are the proof reader. It makes you look bad and it wastes everyone’s time when they have to point out mistakes rather than focusing on the...