Whether a small business owner is a one-man show or has a staff of twenty, his business success depends as much on how he manages the business as on any other factor. Management is defined as coordinating the actions of the people in a business to achieve the desired results: high sales, loyal customers, and [...]

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Managing a sales staff can be challenging due to the nature of the business. Sales people are generally extroverted and assertive, so it’s a good bet if you are a sales manager, you’ll have your hands full. Keeping upper management informed while supporting your staff is no easy job, but you can have success if [...]

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By Mary Gormandy White, M.A., SPHR, Mobile Technical Institute & MTI Business Solutions Management can be a very rewarding career. However, many people apply for or accept their first management job without stopping and thinking about what it really means to make the transition from being an employee to being a supervisor. A lot of [...]

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Guest Post by Jason Westland, ProjectManager.com As a Project Manager, you need to manage people, money, suppliers, equipment—the list is never ending. The trick is to be focused. Set yourself 5 personal goals to achieve. If you can meet these simple goals for each project, then you will achieve total success. So read on, to [...]

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Contributed by Timothy Keiningham and Lerzan Aksoy There’s a good reason to develop your loyalty skills. Our loyalty as employees impacts our happiness at work. According to the landmark Ipsos Loyalty Study, the most comprehensive study of loyalty ever conducted, employees with the highest levels of loyalty to their job also characterized themselves as happiest. [...]

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