So the winds of fortune blew your way, and now you’re a manager. Suddenly those big questions start mouthing off in your head: “Can I really do this? Can I be the boss?” Here are a few tips to help you get through the new intellectual and emotional challenges you...
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The #1 Reason Small Businesses Prosper
One of the big advantages a CPA has working with small business owners is that we get to learn what makes them profitable and what makes them fail. In a past blog I gave you a number of reasons small business fail. But while avoiding these reasons for...
MYTH VS TRUTH: SALES TAX IS NOT A THREAT TO MY BUSINESS
The myth most business owners believe: Most business owners never worry about sales tax after they first open their business. At that time, they set up their procedures and then believed that as long as they paid their sales taxes monthly, there was nothing left to...
Focus Your Time on the Work That Increases Profits, Sales and Cash Flow
This is number two on my top ten ways to increase your business profits, sales, and cash flow. But I find it is almost always the hardest thing for any business owner to accomplish. Even when a business owner is highly motivated to increase sales and profits,...
Perk Up Your Internship Program
It may be winter now...but summer is never far away! Summer is traditionally a time for bringing college students into the workplace as interns. The students gain valuable work experience, and employers get a chance to spot potential and recruit talent. To...
Management lesson No. 1: Don’t fake it
Everyone knows how annoying it is when a leader pretends to know all the answers and fakes his or her way through tough situations. When a leader behaves like this, it can cause workers to roll their eyes and jump ship when it seems that no one is truly wrangling with...
How to Deal With Hostile People
Whether it is an angry customer or a frustrated employee, we all face times in the workplace when we find ourselves up against other people’s hostility. So knowing how to defuse a potentially explosive situation is a very valuable skill; here are a few things...
Are You Ignoring Your Superstars?
With around 70% of employees reported as being either “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” in their work, and with many of these workers causing problems in terms of productivity, motivation, workplace conflict and a whole host of other things, it is not hard to see...
Finding the Time to Focus on Increasing Sales & Profits
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the business owner’s time is the most valuable resource in the business! You can buy everything else except more hours in the day. So what are the best ways the business owner can use to “find” the time to focus on...
I Hate My Business!!
More and more business owners are telling me this. They are continuously complaining about working harder for less and just not having fun anymore. And more than a few are looking at killing their business and getting a 9-5 job where they don’t have to deal with all...