Tag: Business

You may keep a wary eye on your competitors, but sometimes it helps to look just a little bit deeper. Even if you are a big fish in your pond,

Many businesses train employees how to do their jobs and only their jobs. However, amazing things can happen when you also teach staff to actively involve themselves in a profitability

From East to West Coast, hurricanes and wildfires recently created huge losses of lives, property, and emotional wellbeing. In the middle of the United States, crippling natural disasters can range

Natural disasters and other calamities can affect any company at any time. Depending on the type of business and its financial stability, a few weeks or months of lost income

Every company, big or small, should have a mission statement. Why? When carefully conceived and well written, a mission statement can serve as a beacon to the world — letting

For many years, owners of small and mid-size businesses looked at outsourcing much like some homeowners viewed hiring a cleaning person. That is, they saw it as a luxury. But

For many companies, there comes a time when owners must decide whether to renew a lease, move on to a different one, or buy new (or pre-existing) space. In some

As a business owner, you know it is easy to spend nearly every working hour on the multitude of day-to-day tasks and crises that never seem to end. It is

There is an old saying regarding family-owned businesses, “Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.” It means the first-generation owner started in shirtsleeves and built the company up from nothing but,