by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Oct 17, 2012 | Business Management, Employee Management, Uncategorized
Did you know that a whopping thirty percent of staff members in the US will call off of work and fake being sick? Just a few of the reasons workers feel the need to call off and play hooky for the day include family emergencies, child care issues and unpalatable...
by Linda Fayerweather | Oct 9, 2012 | Business Management, Employee Management, Planning for Business, Selling
Let’s say you’re in the market for buying a house and you go to view one that looks appealing in the ad. How does it look on the inside? The outside? What about the location? What is your general impression? Like your house, your business projects an image to...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Oct 8, 2012 | Business Culture, Employee Management
While talking to a friend this past week, she was telling me about a co-worker that was very negative, rude, and in some ways would do things just to stop progress. Whether it is on purpose or not he causes a bad work environment. The problem is management...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Sep 19, 2012 | Business Culture, Business Partnership, Employee Management, Uncategorized
Have you noticed lately when you have a complaint to a company the voice on the other end offers a cheap discount and ends with “Is there anything else I can do for you?” Since when will it be okay to give three free months of a service that does not have anything to...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Sep 12, 2012 | Business Culture, Business Management, Employee Management, Personal Improvement, Uncategorized
Recently, I have gone through several interviews with very different companies. Each company had different ways of achieving their success, so why did they ask the same interview questions? Canned questions are a big annoyance to me. The question that burns me to the...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Sep 10, 2012 | Business Improvement, Employee Management, Personal Improvement
This past week I was reminded of a situation that I had to deal with a while ago. I helped on a small project, just fixing some bugs and finishing up some functions while the head developer was busy doing more important things. Everything was going fine till I...