It’s not always easy to know where to draw the line between being a friendly boss and being a “friend” in the workplace. In order to effectively lead, there must be a distinction between yours

When is an employee not an employee? When you use a contractor

Depending on your circumstances, you could be better off hiring a contractor for a particular job rather than employing

Teams, in one form or the other, are often at the heart of many businesses. The ability of a team of employees that can work together and complement one another, can often make or break a business.

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Buying versus starting from scratch

Some of the advantages of buying a business are:

You’re in operation immediately and therefore have immediate income

You may face less risk of failure than if yo

Few marketing strategies have the power of a personal letter. Just like a letter from a favourite relative, your personal letter has the power to practically jump out of the stack of mail at your pros

Should you hire a PR firm?

A public relations campaign can help your business enormously and it doesn’t have to be expensive. You basically have two choices when it comes to a PR campaign: you can ei

At a trade show, company image is reflected in booth design but depends to a large extent on your employees.

The quality of the people you choose to man your booths will determine the degree of its e

To read some of the Internet literature, setting up your own Web site is an easy as picking up your dry cleaning. Unfortunately, that is also why so many online businesses fail to succeed. It takes pl

Does your business premises need to be where they are now? Is your client-base shifting? Have rents increased beyond your means or are new markets developing in alternate locations? If so, it

The real business of your business is people. Without excellent staff you will not attract and keep loyal customers. How many times have you, yourself, been put off a business by poor customer