Business Advisory
Hiring to Grow
Almost every owner of a business wants to grow their business. Growing a business requires numerous tools, but the most important tool is a good, quality workforce. The first step in building that workforce is to hire the best individuals you can find. This means finding not only the best individuals but the best people that will help grow your business. The first step in the process for hiring the right people is to develop…
Read MoreFirst Question When Hiring – Where Do I Find the Right People?
At some point in our lives, we are all seekers and hunters for food, clothing and housing. I would suggest that you use the basic skills that you have developed in looking for life’s basic needs as a starting point to find the right employees for your business. All of us are equipped to some extent to find the basics we need to survive and these same tools and experiences can help you find the…
Read MoreOh No, I Have to Hire!
The process of hiring employees should not send you as the business owner into a cold sweat. If you will take the time to build a process and properly use, then you can win the challenge by hiring the best people available. The first step is to locate the resources you need to build your own hiring process. You can find a variety of hiring processes by looking on the internet, buying a book, attend…
Read MoreCommunications – A Key to Your Business Success
Listen to Rick’s Tip of the Week You, as a business owner, and your company’s ability to communicate will probably have more to do with your success (or failure) in business than any other single factor. For that reason and no other, I encourage you to turn your communication system into a strength of your business. Verbal communication is where it all starts and many times it is the weakest part of a company’s…
Read MoreYour Business Website is Only a Beginning
Every business process has a beginning and an end. In the case of your business technology there is also a lot in the middle and really no end in sight. A business website is typically a good place to start building the technology that your business will use for communication both inside and outside of your business. The website can be a place where all or most all of your communication technologies meet. A website…
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