by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Apr 1, 2013 | Customer Service & Culture, Employee Management, Trends, Uncategorized
Boss, Manager, Owner, Foreman, Supervisor; if any of those titles preface your name, you are in a relationship with others – your employees. Libraries are full of management books on how to motivate, educate, discipline, and compensate employees which are a...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Apr 1, 2013 | Business Improvement, Customer Service & Culture, Selling
This past week I was contracted to redo a module in a web application because the sales team was misrepresenting that part of the application in their sales process. The sales team wasn’t trying to mislead anyone, they honestly thought that part of the...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Mar 27, 2013 | Changing Lanes Events
The American Culinary Federation’s local chapter, The Maumee Valley Chefs’ Association, would like to invite all interested area residents to a night of exquisite dining at their Annual Scholarship and Awards Dinner. This dinner will be held on Sunday, April 14, 2013...
by Linda Fayerweather | Mar 24, 2013 | Business Culture, Business Management
Being three months into the new year with our resolutions, let’s talk about those goals you may have set. Most goals are a fixed point desire like, lose 30 pounds; learn to speak French; achieve 10% profit; reduce expenses by 5%. Business and Personal goals...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Mar 24, 2013 | Business Improvement, Personal Improvement
It only takes an extra minute to do it right or fix a problem but it will take a lot longer to fix it if you let it go. This holds true for anything and everything. Forget to change the oil on your car, if you let it go long enough it will damage your engine. Instead...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Mar 24, 2013 | Employee Management, Uncategorized
Does your staff look like they had a role in The Walking Dead? Has the winter left your office ravaged by colds, flu’s and other viruses? If so, your staff may need a little springtime motivation to get that productivity level back to where it needs to be....
by Linda Fayerweather | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Haven’t we all learned about time management? I know my book shelves are filled with books looking for the next best thing for managing the time we are given. One of my favorites is Dave Allen’s Getting Things Done. Too often, Time Management is making...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Mar 18, 2013 | Business Improvement, Business Management, Employee Management, Personal Improvement
Lead, follow or get out of the way. Failing to know which to do is probably one of the most annoying and frustrating things I have to deal with on a constant basis. It is usually one person on the project that is suppose to lead, follow or get out of the way that...
by Linda Fayerweather | Mar 11, 2013 | Financial
If you haven’t contributed funds to an Individual Retirement Arrangement for tax year 2012, or if you’ve put in less than the maximum allowed, you still have time to do so. You can contribute to either a traditional or Roth IRA until the April 15 due date...
by Linda Fayerweather | Mar 11, 2013 | Business Improvement, Selling, Selling a Business, Uncategorized
Last week, I had a discussion with a business owner about the pros and cons of putting all business revenue received on the tax return – this is the error that many business owners make when they don’t record and report all cash payments thinking they are...
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