Managing Your Small Business
These resources will help you get started learning best practices for employee relations, customer relations management, long-term business planning and exit strategies. Without good management practices, the company you've built may sputter on, but it won't thrive or grow. Consult these resources and check our links page for expert small business strategies.
A Company Blog Keeps People Connected
Blogs can help businesses communicate internally more effectively and cheaply than e-mail and workflow management software.
Handing Firm to a New Boss
Entrepreneurs should seek professional help to create detailed, useful succession plans.
Carefully Screen Executive Recruiters
Headhunters can help bring in talent, for a price.
Invest in Workers to Keep Them
Q: How can I mentor my employees so they stay and move up the ladder?
Keeping a Business Alive During a Divorce
You can make bad decisions under emotional stress. You might even lose the business entirely. Here are savvy tips.
Best Practices from the Best Employers
What makes these the top small companies to work for? Their No. 1 priority is good communication as part of management strategy.
When a Business Partnership Goes Wrong
If the business is failing and your working relationship sours, there are steps you can take to either mend fences with your partners or dissolve the partnership.
Employee Benefits: Making It Easy
As open-enrollment periods unfold, here are some tips for employers eager to help employees make good decisions about benefits.
Buying and Writing Off a Building
What to consider before purchasing a property for your business—and what to do at tax time.
Planning an Exit Strategy
Q: I’m middle aged and have been told I need an exit strategy for my business. How do I develop one?
PODCAST: Recognize (and Fix) Bookkeeping Mistakes
A large percentage of startups fail within the first five years of operation. Others hang on but struggle to grow past the microenterprise stage. One key remedy: better bookkeeping.
PODCAST: What is the Best Way to Fire Someone?
The prospect of letting an employee go raises serious questions: What are the legal considerations? How do you prevent a wrongful termination claim?
PODCAST: Boss Talk Without the Warm Fuzzies
Publisher Bruce Feldman discusses his book, Harry Says: Boss Talk Without the Warm Fuzzies.
PODCAST:Business Fraud
Learn about fraud protection for entrepreneurs.
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