Posts belonging to Category Employee relations

5 tips for reducing employee turnover

Guest poster Robert J. Hall writes about five key things small business owners can do to keep good employees from jumping ship.

Online companies help you show appreciation to employees

Affordable online solutions enable small business owners to show employees they appreciate their hard work, writes blogger Jeanne Yocum.

Book review: Performance Breakthrough is a small business must-read

Small business blogger Jeanne Yocum reviews a short, highly readable book that will help you build a stronger small business.

How can your small business recruit that outstanding job candidate?

Small business owner Michelle van Shouwen suggests ways that small businesses can successfully compete to hire super star employees.

Small business owners: Do you know what questions are illegal to ask job candidates?

Are you asking illegal questions when you interview employees for your small business? Blogger Jeanne Yocum suggestts you bone up on the law to avoid problems.

Employee training options for small businesses

Guest blogger Hugh McCullen lays out the options small business owners have for finding affordable training for their employees.

8 great ways to take time off from your small business (even when you are too busy to take time off)

Blogger Michelle van Schouwen provides tips on how small business owners (and their employees) can make sure they get the benefits of time off this summer.

Is your small business ready for the living wage movement?

Growing numbers of small business owners are realizing that paying a living wage benefits not just employees but the businesses, too, writes blogger Jeanne Yocum.

Should your small business become a B corporation?

If your small business’s mission includes addressing social and environmental issues, you may want to consider obtaining B corporation certification so you can better tell the world about these important business values.

The hard – and critical – work of updating your business premise

Michelle van Schouwen shares how her company’s business model has evolved over the past 30 years to keep pace with changing client needs and gives advice on how you can keep your own business model current.

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