Tips on How to Hire the Right Bookkeeper
What should you look for when hiring a good bookkeeper for your business? Hiring the most bookkeeping experience you can afford is only one of the tips that Steve…
What Makes a Good Manager?
Do you define a manager only by the tasks for which they are responsible? Steve explains that HOW a great manager accomplishes tasks with their team is far more important than the tasks themselves. A good manager employs servant leadership to encourage and orchestrate the tasks completed by the team.
Stop Hiring and Start Auditioning to Find the Best Candidate
Steve explains how auditioning can work for your business by ask each of them to "audition" with a small project. This gives you tremendous insight into how each candidate…
Consider Three Main Traits When Hiring
Steve shares tips for uncovering these three traits during the interview process.
Happy Productive Employees are Working with Their Strengths
Your employees are important pieces of the puzzle that make up your business. Help your employees to discover and work within their strengths instead of forcing them to fit where it doesn't belong.
Appoint a Manager to Lead your LLC
Steve explains why it is prudent and important to select a Manager to lead your LLC when there are several members vs. a Member-managed LLC. Unless your LLC is owned by only one Member, a Manager-led LLC is your best choice. Discover why...
Charge an Application Fee When Hiring to Help Pre-Qualify Candidates
Run of the mill recruiting brings you a LOT of unqualified applicants. Before you invest your time and money screening those applicants - reviewing applications, paying for drug screens and background checks - why not consider charging an application fee to prospective employees? You might find that those who are unqualified won't pay the fee and you're left with a smaller, more qualified pool of applicants to choose from.
How to Manage the Three Different Types of Employees that Make Up Your Workforce
Explore the different ways to lead and collaborate with the three different types of employees that exist within your workforce.
Paying a Livable Wage as a Business Strategy
Discover how paying a livable wage to your employees helps attract and retain great employees while supporting your business strategy.
Five Areas to Consider Before the Hire
Explore these five considerations when deciding which candidate to hire for the job.
Finding, Hiring & Retaining Great Employees
Explore four considerations when adding a new employee to your team.
Interview to Discover Character and Attitude
Learn how to ask questions that will help you understand the character and attitude of the person you are interviewing.
Use Key Predictive Indicators to Help Employees Succeed
Think about KPI's - the two or three actions that will indicate success - when communicating expectations to an employee.
Understanding, Managing, & Exceeding Expectations with Clients and Employees
Clearly communicated expectations offer the keys to avoiding most relationship problems with both clients and employees.
Use Key Predictive Indicators to Improve Employee Performance
Identify, communicate, and reward two or three actions - key predictive indicators - that an employee must take to be successful.
Maximize Employee Strengths for Business Success
Focus on your employees' strengths and determine how to use those strengths to improve your business.
Avoid Pitfalls When Hiring Family Members
Family members as employees must bring real value and receive a fair wage - just like any other employee.
40 Interview Questions to Find 20 Character Traits
Here are 40 interview questions that will give you insight into 20 character traits. Find the character traits you are looking to hire below.