Employers and employees who thrive exhibit many similar personal qualities but also remarkable distinctions. For instance, the two require a positive attitude, however, the attitude of the employer is likely to be determined by some key aspects of their personality. A business owner who lacks the proper attitude will never be successful in business. Success […]

Your staff is a clearly defined group, but that doesn’t mean they are a team. How do you tell the difference? Well, if your employees are most strongly bound together because they work for the same company in the same workplace each day, then they’re a group.  But if they have a shared mission and

Buying or selling a business is stressful. Too often, the outcome can leave both parties dissatisfied; with sellers feeling disappointed that they got less than they wanted, and buyers thinking that they paid too much. On all sides, it helps to be realistic about expectations and to be objective about the evaluations that are part

We’re living in the times of the most crowded marketplace ever known.  Thanks to the Internet everything local fast becomes global, and small business owners don’t necessarily compete anymore just with other businesses in the area. It doesn’t take long for global multi-nationals to pick up on small, but great ideas.  Copy cats abound, in