Culture – If You Build It, They Will Stay
Within today’s job market, employees have the power in deciding where they choose to work. Because of these market conditions, it is necessary for organisations to create a culture to both attract and retain employees. Unfortunately, voluntary turnover is at an...
How One on One Meetings Create a Positive Office Culture
Article by Max Woolf As a manager, you have a lot of plates to spin and many hats to wear. With all of the work adding more meetings might be the last on your list. But, if you don’t run 1 on 1’s with employees, you’re walking straight past the opportunity to...
How A Positive Company Culture Is Built By Aligning Employees
What does company culture mean? Every organisation comes with a unique culture, a set of agreed-upon values that govern the way the company does business. Some cultures grow with the company and others are laid out in the first draft of the business plan. Either way,...
When You’re the HR Department for Your Business
Article by Phil Spensieri Human Resources (HR) is an area that seems to cause most business owners the highest amount of stress. Unfortunately, without an HR Department, HR issues become the responsibility of you, the business owner. If you’re like most of the owners...
How to set up virtual office for a small business
Article by Garry Hoffman Virtual Office Space Dos and Don’ts You’re ready to give your business an impressive corporate presence, but you’re not willing to plunk down millions of dollars for the office space, the permanent staff, and the infrastructure. A...
How to Appreciate (And Retain) Your Employees
Any business that doesn’t place a high priority on employee appreciation is likely one that sees a fair degree of employee turnover. Back in the day, simply paying a worker on time—and perhaps presenting them with a cake on their five-year anniversary—was enough. But...
Can You Have a “Fun” Workplace that’s also Productive?
Somewhere along the line, the idea of a serious, no-fun-zone workplace became institutionalised among American businesses. For a long time, that meant no intersection between “work” and “fun.” Employees were obliged to spend a considerable portion of their lives in an...
How to Manage Your Small Business’ Cash Flow
Article by Phil Spensieri, TAB York Region In the past 30 plus years I’ve spoken to many business owners who have encountered cash flow issues over the course of running their businesses. The proper management of your cash flow can help you prepare for seasonal...
What are the Worst Mistakes You Can Make as a Leader?
It takes a lot of smarts, experience, vision, intuition and skill to be an effective CEO or business owner. But all leaders must be mindful that their ability to make mistakes—just like everyone else—doesn’t magically disappear when they reach the C-suite. What’s also...
How Stronger Vendor Relationships Can Spur Growth
Vendors may not seem like a high-priority constituency to most CEOs and business owners, but in fact, a strong business-vendor relationship can significantly boost growth. Unfortunately, many people take this relationship for granted, or seek to squeeze the maximum...
Why Email Is Critical to Growing Your Business
Article written by Lane Harbin, Campaign Monitor Most entrepreneurs consider one key factor during every business decision: growth. After all, businesses are created with the intention of success and expansion. If growing your business is your primary business...
Are you ready for your exit? Creating Your Exit Strategy
Article written by Phil Spensieri, TAB York Region As a business owner, at some point, you will start thinking about what’s next; very often this thinking results in creating an exit strategy (or exit plan). Many business owners that I work with acknowledge the...
How A Brand Strategy Can Help Your Business Grow
Amazingly, even in our highly brand-conscious times, it’s not always clear what people mean by “branding.” Different experts place emphasis on different elements in the brand strategy, so it’s probably not surprising that some confusion persists. Generally speaking,...
How to Boost Email Marketing through Email Scoring
Article written by Corina Leslie, ZeroBounce With an ROI of $44 for every $1 spent, email marketing promises to deliver outstanding results. Once you have an effective email marketing campaign then next step is to think about the quality of your customer email list....
How to Plan a “Pivot Strategy” to Grow Your Business
“Failure” is a word no CEO or business owner is comfortable with. But inevitably, failure occurs all the time (in lesser or major ways) in the business world. Small companies can’t get a foothold in the marketplace, larger companies fail to hold onto a once-loyal...
5 Tips for Planning a New Product Launch
No business can afford to rest on its laurels for very long. Even the most successful enterprises must find ways to reinvigorate themselves and their product offerings—or risk losing customers to more innovative competitors. Successful businesses understand the need...
How to use Facebook to market your business
With over a billion users a month, your company needs a Facebook presence. Marketing your business on Facebook has become increasingly challenging in recent months. However, with over a billion users a month, your company needs a presence on the world’s largest social...
What Habits Can Cripple a Leader’s Productivity
With all the attention given to boosting employee productivity, it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of the same urgency for business owners or CEOs and their executive teams. Ask yourself: are you doing all you can to be productive during your working day? Or are there...
This Book Means Business: How to Write a Book that Builds your Business
You already know that publishing a book would be rocket-fuel for your personal brand, bringing you new clients, positioning you as the go-to person in your field, and creating opportunities for speaking, consulting and more. However you have products to deliver, a...
How to Plan for Your Company’s Expansion
Successful business growth doesn’t happen accidentally. While there are times when rapid expansion occurs due to unforeseen factors such as large-scale market changes or shifts in demographics, for the most part, a business plans for expansion long before actual...
How To: The Best Ways to Secure Capital for Your Business
[column_wrapper][two_thirds] Best Ways to Secure Capital for Your Business White Paper While small business owners have a wider range of options for financing new businesses and expanding existing businesses, what we learned is that sound planning is still a key...
Networking To Grow Your Business
Article by Phil Spensieri As a business owner, you can be so busy with other aspects of your business that you may neglect putting in the time to connect with like-minded people. Whether it’s online or in person, networking is an ideal way of expanding your reach,...
4 Small Business Accounting Hacks that Increase Productivity by Jaren Nichols
As a small business owner, you have a lot on your plate, and it can become easy to neglect your books. Lots of small business owners view bookkeeping as a weight over their head—and come tax season, this weight becomes tangible. In order to file accurate returns and...
A Guide to Reducing Workplace Stress and Improving Productivity
Everyone experiences stress at some point, but when it occurs in the workplace, the effects can become dangerously widespread. Job performance is diminished, productivity lessened, and if left unchecked, stress can dominate the entire environment and impact a...
5 Employee Oriented Ways to Increase Productivity by Morgen Henderson
The standard corporate definition of productivity usually refers to getting more done in less time. And strategies like streamlining your meetings or investing in technology are common solutions. But smart business owners are going beyond making processes more...