Choosing a Successor: Eight Tips
How to Make the Right Decision for Your Business It's not easy to decide to step down from your position leading a company. But when the time is right and…
How Small Businesses Are Using Generative AI
FreshBooks, a cloud-based accounting software company that targets small- and medium-size businesses, polled more than 1,000 small-business owners across North America to see what they thought the usefulness of generative…
Bullies at Work
Bullying behavior remains rampant online and in the workplace. U.S. surveys show that about 48.6 million workers, or roughly 30% of the workforce, are bullied at their jobs. State and…
How NOT to Misclassify Employees
So, what's the big deal? Misclassification is considered wage theft, whether you knowingly or accidentally misclassify employees. It could put your business at risk of an IRS audit for back…
Is It Time To Review Your Business’s Organizational Structure?
The way businesses operate has changed in many ways since the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of these changes are dramatic, and others are fairly straightforward. Now we are entering what can…
Managing the Effects of Inflation During Retirement
The biggest threats to your financial stability in retirement include unrealistic budgeting, inflation, health care costs and living longer than anticipated.The first threat is, in some ways, the easiest to…
Digital Transformation: How To Do It Right
Everyone is talking about digital transformation — the integration of digital technology into a company, resulting in fundamental changes to how it operates. But it's not clear how to undertake…
Are You a Strategic Leader?
Performance reviews often feel like a one-way, top-down process in which you, the boss, are judge and jury. But if reviews are instead a two-way street, employees feel significantly less…
Managing a Dream Team of Freelancers
Freelancers provide a valuable adjunct in many diverse areas. Their services range from copywriting and graphic design to computer programming, bookkeeping and secretarial work. Whether you are hiring them for…
Effective Employee Performance Reviews
Performance reviews often feel like a one-way, top-down process in which you, the boss, are judge and jury. But if reviews are instead a two-way street, employees feel significantly less…