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How to Fire an Employee

May 14, 2014 | 2,818 views

How to Fire an Employee

How to Fire an Employee

You may be completely comfortable hiring and managing your staff, but how do you feel about firing an employee? Like many business owners and managers, you may be uncomfortable at the idea of possible confrontation. But if you have employees who are lying, stealing, or simply not being productive, this is an imperative skill you need to develop, if you hope to make your business successful.

 

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8 Tips to Better Business Blogging

May 7, 2014 | 3,076 views

Better Business Blogging

Better Business Blogging

Despite the trends we’ve seen in the world of Internet marketing, one tool that’s here to stay is blogging. By creating a company blog and providing content your audience wants to read, you brand yourself as an expert in your industry and attract new potential customers to your site.

 

But if you’re overwhelmed and don’t know what to start, never fear. This is your quick guide to starting and running your own business blog.

 

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6 Reasons You Should Delegate More

April 16, 2014 | 2,768 views

Start Delegating Today

Start Delegating Today

Let me guess: you do everything in your business. You make the sales calls. You take orders. You buy inventory and even make the coffee. But have you ever stopped to consider whether doing it all was actually good for your business? Here are 6 reasons it’s not, and 6 reasons you should hand the keys over to someone else.

 

1. You’re Not Good at Everything

I’m sorry to be the one to tell you: you’re not successful at everything you do. Some things you do well, while others you’re only doing a mediocre job on. Do you really want anything related to your business to be mediocre?

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Your Schedule Maker – Deciding How to Create Employee Schedules

October 29, 2012 | 5,274 views

 

 

ScheduleBase Schedule Maker

ScheduleBase Schedule Maker

Have you ever evaluated your current schedule maker and thought about why it is so hard to schedule employees? What’s holding you back from doing the things you really need to do when creating employee schedules? It may be time you take a look at why you haven’t found a simple and effective method of communicating schedules with your staff.

 

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Simplify Your Employee Schedule – Online Scheduling Convenience

September 14, 2012 | 3,371 views

What if there were a simpler way to improve your office? Think about it. A miracle plan to boost efficiency, increase sales, lower costs, and ultimately increase the bottom line. How many headaches would this cure? Take a moment to imagine the many ways it could be done. Your list would most likely include strategies such as sell more, spend less,  and increase customers. You might find that these common efforts would produce great results. However, have you ever thought about changing the way you schedule employees in order to elevate your communication efforts to a higher level?

 

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How To Prepare Your Employee Schedule For A Workplace Emergency

September 11, 2012 | 14,084 views

Online Employee Scheduling

September is National Preparedness Month and ScheduleBase wants to know if you are prepared for an unexpected emergency in your office?  Do you know where to take cover if a tornado warning were issued?  Did you pay attention to your fire drill process in school?  These events, fortunately, are rare scenarios that only produce a small scare once in a great while and are either avoided or forgotten in most situations.

However, if you are a manager in your place of business, apply this same optimistic approach to your day-to-day outlook of scheduling your employees.  Are you comfortable with your process? How do you react when an employee needs a schedule change last minute?  Do you scramble and call each of your employees to see who is available?  Do you continue short-handed today and tomorrow?  How do you communicate the needs of your all-important employee work schedule to each one of your staff members?  Here is a quick list of tips to keep in mind when preparing your next employee schedule.


Make a Plan

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