Posted by Laddie Blaskowski on Nov 18, 2009
I’m going to talk about an unpleasant but often necessary task facing many business owners in this economy—laying people off. No one likes to talk about it, let alone do it, but laying people off is becoming a reality for many companies, professional practices, and non-profit organizations.
If you’ve analyzed your business and concluded that layoffs are necessary, I’d like to offer some suggestions to make the process less painful for you as the business owner.
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Posted by Laddie Blaskowski on Nov 12, 2009
Many business owners and professionals today are finding themselves in a dilemma. On the one hand, they could get more accomplished, free up more of their own time and maybe even bring in additional customers if they had more staff. But in today’s economic environment, people are also reluctant to take risks on hiring new people. So what’s an entrepreneur to do?
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Posted by Laddie Blaskowski on Jun 04, 2009
The term “outsourcing” evokes various images in people’s minds. Some envision large companies sending manufacturing jobs overseas. Others think of payroll services, which are commonly used by both large and small companies. But with advances in technology, outsourcing has become a widespread reality that will impact virtually all business owners in some way in coming years. Competent, reasonably priced talent is now available locally, nationally and internationally.
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Posted by Laddie Blaskowski on May 28, 2009
New clients often ask me how they can accurately determine the success of various areas or divisions of their businesses. This is always an important question for business owners and professionals, but especially important in the current economic environment for companies needing to hunker down, cut costs, and maximize profitability.
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Posted by Laddie Blaskowski on Apr 08, 2009
CNNMoney.com recently published an article that’s worth reading titled Recession lifts social networking site LinkedIn.
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