CRM & Tech for The Small Business

Heard on a conference call this past week…

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“Managing is like holding a dove in your hand.  If you hold it too tightly, you kill it.  But if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.”

One rule for being a “Good Boss”:  Never let a meeting run overtime.  Repeat:  Never.  (Here’s a little hint:  Be risky – end early once in awhile.  Wow!)

Do you find that for every (seemingly) important decision that comes down the pike, your company throws together a well padded “committee”? Continue reading

(We welcome a guest writer to our blog this time to discuss with us a few pointers on the topic of human resource compliance for small businesses, Patricia Stockman, SPHR.)

In today’s business world, even the most conscientious employer can be found deficient in Human Resources compliance. 

It certainly is not willful, but gaps and mistakes are quite common.  Each issue has potential to result in significant costs in both time and money to rectify.  Continue reading

Who runs your day?  You?  

Or your email, IM, or cell?

While we likely believe these tools serve us, many of us have a nagging sense that we are not steering the ship… Continue reading

Ideas, of themselves, are abundant. 

“Idea people” is redundant when you ponder the thought.

Ideas alone are  valueless.

It’s when you act upon your idea that it gains substance.

Be wary of someone known as an “idea person”.  Rarely are they also known as someone “who gets things done.”

This past Saturday, I awoke knowing that the front lawn was piled with leaves.  Colleen had started a few weeks back, but the daily demands of life and running a business, coupled with unfavorable weather, had conspired to find the remaining balance of the job unfinished.  Daily, I pulled in and out of the driveway, reminded, and today was the day to get it off the ‘list’.

That is what this post is about – the ‘list’. 

Kind of. 

Perhaps more accurately, it is about how to escape the oppression of the list…

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