Business Management News

A lot has been written about how to manage Millennials versus Baby Boomers. And that’s valuable information – for many employers, the key differences between young employees and those who have been in the workforce since the 1970s are stark.

Movies like The Social Network and TV shows like Silicon Valley glamorize the startup life as one of excitement, passion and – ultimately – payoff. Stories like Instagram’s Kevin Systrom walking away with 400 million after selling Instagram to Facebook make it impossible not to think “Maybe I should go into business for myself…”

Employee engagement is a hot topic in the world of human resource management, and for good reason. According to Gallup research cited by Paul Keegan, reporting for Inc. Magazine , only “30 percent of American workers are engaged at work.” The cost of this disengagement ranks in at a whopping 450 billion to 550 billion dollars per year, encompassing absenteeism,...

Whether you’re a startup or an established business, there’s no arguing that today’s recruitment environment has become more challenging than ever . Top candidates rarely apply for job board listings, and the consequences of making the wrong decision can be severe.

Move over, boys club – female entrepreneurs are here, and they’re changing the way we look at business.

For all the intricate apps, tools, and technology that Google has developed, its Calendar app is a fairly straightforward one: simply plug in appointments, events, and set reminders, and you’re good to go.

What started as an additional income stream, bringing in a little extra money when it was needed most, has blossomed into something that seems to take up more and more free time. You’ve planned, you’ve daydreamed, and you’ve marketed. Now, your freelance writing has grown into something that resembles a full-time business.

Business owners, leadership teams, and employees often struggle to find time for everything that has to happen on a daily basis. When you consider the time needed for meetings and communication, there are only a few hours in which to get a lot of work done.

It’s a dream of many to become an entrepreneur and start a business that provides financial freedom – and more specifically, the freedom to run that business from anywhere in the world. Data from the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that there were more than 27 million entrepreneurs in the U.S. in 2015 , and those numbers...

As a small business owner, you face unique challenges: diversifying your client base, money management, workforce management, long work hours, deciding who to hire –all while seeking increased revenue growth. Competing with large companies then, both locally and globally, can be difficult.